meaning "Upper Neighbouhood". Fidan later decided to focus on a crew (tayfa). The name Rafadan Tayfa translates to "Soft-boiled Crew", which was due to the personality of the young characters not having settled in yet and since they make a lot mistakes and learn new things in the series. Broadcast The first episode of the series was broadcast on 1 December 2014. Six or nine episodes are aired on TRT Çocuk throughout the day. , the series has a total of 127 episodes. These are around 15 minutes long. Themes The series portray the mahalle culture of the 1980s and 1990s. Helpfulness, solidarity, scientificity and sharing are the main themes observed in the episodes, covering similar topics as several other Turkish cartoons. An analysis of 15 episodes showed that the development and creativity of the characters are well covered in episodes, and that political and religious topics are avoided in the series. Other studies have found that playing games—football, tug of war, marbles—and gender equality are also frequently featured and that the creators focused more on universal values rather than national. Reception and viewership In a 2018 study, over 50% of participating 6–8 year olds said that their favourite cartoon was Rafadan Tayfa. Another study that same year yielded similar results with the series being the most popular among first and third graders. According to a 2020 journal article in UEAD, a significant number of games shown in episodes advance psychomotor learning, thus finding the series "encouraging and motivational to children" to play these games. Rafadan Tayfa reportedly broke viewership records on TRT Çocuk. Exact ratings of the series is not known as the viewership numbers of the channel have not been made public since 2017. Based on their "own study", the creators of the series claim that they have an audience aged between 2 and 60 years old. Other media Spin-offs Several spin-offs of the main series exist. Ramazan Tayfa is aired during the fasting month of Ramadan. In 2020, TRT started to broadcast Trafik Tayfa in coorperation with the Ministry of the Interior, which aims to teach traffic rules to kids at a young age. Later that same year, it was announced that a new series related to technology and the virtual world, Dijital Tayfa, would also be aired. Featured movies Three featured films related to Rafadan Tayfa have been created. In a 2021 interview, director Fidan said