Sema Ergenekon

Sema Ergenekon is a Turkish television screenwriter and producer. He is known for his scripts for long-running TV series such as Karadayı and Judge; He became one of the productions that won awards at the International Emmy Awards with Judgment.

He was born on April 9, 1977 in Afyonkarahisar. He graduated from the dramatic writing department of Ankara University Faculty of Languages, History and Geography.

Screenwriting career

He started writing TV series scripts around 2005. In his early years, he worked in productions such as Gümüş, Dolunay and Sıla; Then he took part in the Melekler Korusun and Yer Gök Aşk teams. Karadayı, which started in 2012, became one of his most popular works. He wrote the script of the series together with Eylem Canpolat, and the duo shared the best screenwriter award at the 41st Pantene Golden Butterfly Awards in 2014 with this work. He was also among the screenwriters of Karagül, which was broadcast on Fox in the same period.

The legal and family drama Judgment, which started in 2021, was the second big stop of his career. This series earned him the best screenwriter award for the second time at the 48th Golden Butterfly Awards in 2022. Judgment received the award for best telenovela at the 51st International Emmy Awards held in 2023. In 2025, he wrote the script for Ay Yapım's TV series "fakers".

Ergenekon is considered one of the most productive screenwriters of Turkish television, with the series he wrote for over twenty years.