as ı ▁and ▁Co Med ya . ▁ ▁Y em ek te y iz ▁costs ▁ 1 , 2 0 0 ▁per ▁episode ▁and ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁popular ity ▁it ▁achieved , ▁its ▁format ▁was ▁copied ▁by ▁various ▁TV ▁channels . ▁Ex amples ▁include ▁A TV ' s ▁Kom ş u ▁Kom ş u , ▁FO X ' s ▁T ad ı nd a ▁A ş k ▁Var ▁and ▁Zu hal ▁Top al ' la ▁Sof r ada , ▁and ▁Star ▁TV ' s ▁Y eme ğ e ▁B iz de y iz . ▁ ▁Popular ity ▁▁ ▁Soci olog ists ▁attributed ▁the ▁popular ity ▁of ▁the ▁program ▁to ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁the ▁Turkish ▁people ▁were ▁less ▁likely ▁to ▁read ▁books , ▁and ▁more ▁likely ▁to ▁follow ▁the ▁controvers ies ▁among ▁the ▁contest ants , ▁appro ve ▁the ▁legit imation ▁of ▁cook ing ▁and ▁sp ending ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁kitchen ▁by ▁TV ▁programs , ▁and ▁favor ▁the ▁format ▁of ▁" win ning ▁and ▁losing ". ▁ ▁Show ▁TV ' s ▁Inter ior ▁Produ ctions ▁Director ▁Can er ▁Er dem ▁stated ▁in ▁his ▁interview ▁that ▁the ▁underlying ▁reason ▁for ▁the ▁popular ity ▁of ▁the ▁program ▁was ▁the ▁reality ▁of ▁daily ▁interactions ▁that ▁was ▁reflected ▁in ▁it . ▁ ▁Since ▁the ▁day ▁it ▁has ▁been ▁broadcast ▁in ▁Turkey , ▁the ▁program ▁has ▁gar ner ed ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁popular ity . ▁According ▁to ▁soci ologist ▁Za fer ▁Y en al ▁the ▁interest ▁in ▁the ▁public ▁and ▁political ▁ar ena ▁in ▁recent ▁years , ▁the ▁impact