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why did you discontinue the turkish house project :(

that's actually a great questionnn because I loved the turkish house MD adaptation translation project and I think about it every other day

It wasn't one thing or the other but rather a combination of things, mainly:

Getting the episodes was a huge hustle: I had to pay for the Kanal D app subscription that would ONLY work on mobile, then screenrecord the episodes, making SURE that my notifications were completely off and that no pop ups would interrupt the 45 minute run of the episode. Goes without saying that I couldn't use my phone for anything during that period

Subbing takes sooo much time. It wasn't the first time I ever subbed but all my previous experience at work and independently was of videos no longer than 10 minutes. A 45 minute episode was huge, and they would take me several hours. Hours I didn't have because of my job (fortunately I got more home office days so I could potentially solve that issue)

Not only is subbing hard, but I DON'T SPEAK TURKISH. to translate the show I was relying on two things: the spanish dub that I got from my Kanal D subscription, and an english subtitled source that was not only of a bad quality but also clearly translated into english by someone who wasn't 100% fluent in English. Now, English is not my primary language either, but I tried to make things at least a bit more cohesive (in hindsight I realize now it was worth trying to run the turkish version through premiere's voice recognition and a reputable translator to cross reference with both the spanish dub and the dubiously subbed version, but it did not occur to me at the time)

The audio situation was HELL. I went above and beyond to try to offer you guys the SOURCE material in the best quality I could achieve. With this I mean, I didn't see any point in offering these episodes with the spanish dubbed audio, personally, as someone who enjoys watching live action in its original language. I made it my mission to switch the audio of my source to the turkish audio from the dubiously subbed version. Here's an issue: not only were there minor synchronization hiccups that I had to localize and fix, but also the turkish run was the two hour long run in opposition to my 45 minute run version so I had to kind of find my starting spot. Not as easy as it sounds when the videos are TWO HOURS LONG and you're working with two different episode numbering systems 😵‍💫

The storage situation was unmanageable since I was using Google Drive at the moment. In hindsight I should have invested my time on further research on other sharing options like uploading it to archive.org or even making my own torrents

But honestly, mainly? There just wasn't as much engagement as I was expecting. That was maybe the biggest thing. Knowing myself I would have kept pushing through for at least two or three more episodes if I knew enough people were interested. I felt like I was going above and beyond for this, working a lot of hours for free on something I was quickly losing passion on and I was doing it all for myself. So I just stopped.

I still have a special place for hekimoglu though, and a passion for rescuing lost media/abandonware that makes me want to give this another try, somewhere in the future. Also I was kinda hooked on the show and wanted y'all to get to the good bits so bad (I did way too much watching ahead). But who knows. At the moment I'm kinda disconnected from house md as a whole and also the fandom so it is possible that someone has found an easier way to access these episodes in good quality and I can just rest in peace. Maybe with house being on Netflix there's more interest from people that have a clue as to how to make the process less tedious. Maybe I could eventually figure out a way to make it work and bring it back. Maybe we could circulate a petition for Kanal D to offer these episodes with english subtitles once again.

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I'm soooo not making it to turkish house thursday this week ngl :/

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Stills from 4x01 - Alone

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Happy still Turkish House Thursday in some part of the world!

I know, I know, ungodly hour, but Episode 3 is finally up! as well as the turkish house masterpost!

Imma go to sleep now byeeee

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Stills from 5x02 - Not Cancer

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happy turkish house thursday friday (whoops!)

as promised here's episode 2 of 157.

I'll try my best to organize this a little bit this weekend, adding a masterpost where you'll be able to find all the episodes in order. RIght now i am too busy strolling through the circles of hell but i stay silly!

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Hiiii so I really tried to do turkish house thursday on Thursday but god said what if you were incredibly sick and busy and sleepy all week. BUT THEN I PUSHED THROUGH. but then as I was uploading I realized my subtitles got out of sync and I don't know how it happened lol. Anyways uhm it should be here tomorrow morning. It's always Thursday somewhere in the world right?

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extracted messages to kutner from his official virtual obituary. the site is no longer up (it used to be at fox.com/kutner) but an archived version can be found here!

thanks to hugeegosorry and dorkylittleweirdo for contributing in the notes w/ the missing letters and the web archive link :-)

(im working on adding alt text to these, but for now transcriptions for the letters can be found under the cut)

Dr. Chris Taub:

I really don't want to write anything. I Have nothing to say… I'm pissed off. Why didn't you talk to me? Idiot. I miss you.

Chris Taub

Remy:

My first memory of you is when you got fired as #6. My second memory of you is when you reappeared as #9. My third is when you set that patient on fire trying to restart his heart. Later on, I was the one you confided in about your parents. About what happened to them. And I always felt there was so much more to talk about…

I wish we had more time.

Remy #13

Eric Foreman:

I wish I'd gotten there sooner

I'm sorry

E.F.

Dr. Allison Cameron:

I don't know if you knew this, but… out of all those new people, I'm pretty sure you were House's favorite.

Love

Allison Cameron

Lisa Cuddy:

I think what I remember most was your kindness. When I first adopted Rachel, a lot of people offered to come help, to babysit. But you're the only one who actually did. Nobody could make Rachel laugh like you. We'll both miss you.

Cuddy

Dr. Robert Chase:

I didn't know you that well – I guess nobody did x

Robert Chase

Dr. James Wilson:

When you gave me some of your short stories to read, I remember you practically apologized as you handed them over; that's how shy you were about sharing them. But I don't know why. They were actually pretty good.

James Wilson

Gregory House:

[Left blank]

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Stills from 3x16 - Top Secret

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Welcome to ✨Turkish House Thursday ✨

Where every week I'll try to upload a subtitled episode of House MD's turkish adaptation in the highest quality I can manage.

Episode 1 of 157 is up on google drive right now!

I don't think a drive folder will be sustainable and im looking for alternatives but for a few weeks it'll probably do. This file contains the original audio language and has closed captions (disableable for any screenshotting, giffing, etcetera) in both spanish and english but i think the process will be quicker during the next weeks if i translate over the original subtitle, so the spanish might go.

The 157 episode count is the result of a redistribution done by Kanal D Int. for people who are not used to the 2-hour length run of turk dramas, dividing them into 40something minutes episodes. It's the version I have HQ access to and the one that is possible for me to subtitle and share once a week.

You can find the original episodes list (in which every episode constitutes a full case), on IMDb

Small disclaimer: translation might not be 100% accurate as I very much don't speak Turkish. I'm relying on translations from a low quality rip and the official spanish dub. But i think overall it's the best you can get out there for this show at the time.

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give me like half an hour so I can recover from work and then you shall have turkish house thursday I promise

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Turkish House Thursdays - the masterpost

What is turkish house?

It's a Turkish adaptation of House MD, called Hekimoğlu, that aired from 2019 to 2021

How many episodes does it have?

Depends on the distribution. It originally aired 51 episodes with a duration of 2 hours each, covering a case per episode. It later got reformatted into 157 episodes of around 42 minutes each for an easiest international distribution. This is the version I have access to. You can find the original episode list on IMDB

How many episodes have you uploaded

I try to upload a new episode every Thursday. This is the list of all uploaded episodes so far:

Episode 1 [Case 1 - Everybody Lies] Episode 2 [Case 1 - Everybody Lies] Episode 3 [Case 1 - Everybody Lies & Case 2 - His Father's Son]

How can we support the project?

While the fact that you enjoy it warms my soul more than enough, the reality is that I'm paying a subscription for these, and take a fair amount of time fixing the subtitles. I'm trying to look for a suitable platform to receive donations on (one that isn't illegal in my country lol) for those who want to support the project economically.

Why Thursdays?

No idea. I made a poll and Thursday won.

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BTS pictures from 8x09 - Better Half

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Stills from 8x09 - Better Half

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Stills from 2x10 - Failure to Communicate

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Stills from 3x20 - House Training

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BTS pictures from 05x04 - Birthmarks