the characters over time. Writing for the media site MedyaBey, Şadan Kaba described Fi as a story centered around "Can Manay and other characters" and believed that producing the series in the format of 60-minute episodes would be an advantage as it would eliminate the risk of running out of time and material. In addition, the erotic scenes in many of the episodes of Fi were the subject of discussion on social media. Milliyets writer Sina Koloğlu wrote in his article that while broadcast on television these scenes needed to change and suggested that the production team should make two different versions for this type of scenes. Series overview Production Development In an interview, author of the novels series Azra Kohen talked about having met with many production companies about turning her books into a film or TV series and said that initially she did not want her books to be turned immediately into a TV series and had decided to wait for at least 5 years. However, after having a discussion with Ay Yapım she changed her mind. Ozan Güven said in a meeting in May 2017 that the project was first proposed 1.5 years ago and that the main cast had not been formed at the time but the project itself had been initiated. The author of the novels later mentioned that the novels had been written as a series of self-help books, which she did not except to be turned into a successful work at the time, and added that she had "already [written] the books with a visual perception" and therefore she had designed the storylines accordingly. The author also mentioned that the person who had changed her mined about turning the books into a TV series was in fact Pelin Diştaş, and said: "Apart from Ay Yapım, Pelin Diştaş was a quite important figure [...]". The author attended meetings held by production companies in order to recognize "different categories of people" until she came to Ay Yapım, and also added, "If it was not for this team, without the staff of Ay Yapım, there would have been no series made from these books". When the project was announced online for the first time, it was referred to as "Fi Çi Pi" on social media, but Azra Kohen, the author of the novel series, said the series would have only one name. The official name of