Comedy

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Original Title: Atesbocegi
English Title: Firefly
Also Known As:
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 17
Broadcast Network: Star Tv
Broadcast Period: June 29, 2017 – October 26, 2017
Production Company: Mia Yapim
Director: Baris Yos
Screen Writer: Ebru Hacioglu

Synopsis
Baris (Seckin Ozdemir) is a successful lawyer. He is 35 years old, single, and handsome. He thinks that he can understand each person’s personality at first sight because he has known many people thanks to his job. Baris feels that there is nothing in this life that can surprise him. However, his life changes dramatically when he accepts his last lawsuit.

Baris learns that his car has been involved in a car accident when it was borrowed by his nephew Hakan (Umur Yigit Vanli). Baris is blackmailed by his plaintiff with a video that shows that his car hits a little girl on the street and leaves the scene of accident without helping the injured girl. On the video, his car’s license plate is clearly seen but the driver who is driving the car is not seen. Baris and his family first suspect about Hakan but later on, understand that the accident was made when the car was stolen.

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Original Title: Dolunay
English Title: Full Moon
Also Known As: Bitter Sweet
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 26
Broadcast Network: Star Tv
Broadcast Period: July 4, 2017 – December 31, 2017
Production Company: No Dokuz
Director: Cagri Bayrak
Screen Writer: Aysen Gunsu Teker and Fikret Bekler

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Nazli (Ozge Gurel) is a beautiful young girl who aims to be a successful chef. While she is studying at gastronomy and culinary arts, she also goes to Japanese language course and works as part-time worker in order to support her family financially. Nazli lives happily together with her two sisters: Fatos and Asuman. Fatos (Oznur Serceler) is the biggest sister who studies fashion design and becomes the best friend of Nazli. Asuman (Ilayda Akdogan), on the other hand, goes to tourism school and aims to get married to a rich guy.

Nazli’s cheerful life changes dramatically when she gets a part-time job offer. She will work as a private chef for a rich businessman Ferit (Can Yaman). She will prepare his dinner according to given food list each day during 12 pm – 5 pm and will leave the house before her boss comes. Nazli is not allowed to wander around outside the kitchen area and change the order of the house. She needs to be so careful, organized, and tidy so that she could keep her job and please her picky boss.

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Original Title: Bizim Hikaye
English Title: Our Story
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Episodes: 70
Broadcast Network: Fox Tv
Broadcast Period: September 15, 2017 – May 23, 2019
Production Company: Med Yapim
Director: Serdar Gozelekli (1-37), Koray Kerimoglu (38-70)
Screen Writer: Hatice Meryem, Banu Kiremitci Bozkurt, Ebru Kocaoglu, Verda Pars
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkiye

Synopsis
Our Story (Bizim Hikaye) is the Turkish adaptation of popular American series Shameless.

Filiz (Hazal Kaya) is a young girl who takes care of her 5 siblings due to her mother’s absence. She bears much of the child-bearing responsibility and tries to do her best keep her family together. She dedicates her life to her family. She quits her school and starts to work at low-skilled jobs to support her family financially.

Filiz does all the household chore, works at various jobs even at night, and raises the rest of the family on her own. She also needs to cope with her alcoholic father. Her father Fikri (Reha Ozcan) is selfish and spends much of his time drinking. He takes everything and offers nothing.

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Original Title: Two Families
English Title: Iki Aile
Also Known As: Fetele tale, baietii mei (Romania), Semeen saraj (Bulgaria)
Genre: Comedy
Episodes: 93
Broadcast Network: Star TV
Broadcast Period: June 19, 2006 – June 16, 2008
Production Company: D Productions
Director: Nursan Esenboga, Metin Gunay, Yildiz Hulya Bilban
Screen Writer: Saygin Delibas, Fethi Kantarci, Barkin Senuren

Synopsis
Oguz (Emre Kinay) is a 45 years old man who owns an advertising agency. After his wife passed away years ago, he never gets married and lives happily together with his three daughters. His eldest daughter Damla (Bahar Yanilmaz) studies at medical school and tries to do her best to take care of her sisters. His second daughter Ceren (Ece Cesmioglu) goes to high school and is carefree unlike her elder sister. His youngest daughter Merve (Zeynep Ozkaya) goes to primary school.

Eda (Iclal Aydin), on the other hand, is a 35 years old woman who has divorced her husband upon his infidelity. She wants to start a new life with her two sons without getting any help from her ex-husband. Her eldest son Efe (Dogac Yildiz) goes to high school and still could not get used to the divorce of his parents. Her youngest son Timur (Akcahan Akca) goes to primary school and is torn between his mother and father. Eda wants to buy a house where she can live with her two sons in the upstairs while she can work at the downstairs as a pre-kindergarten caretaker.

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Original Title: Akasya Duragi
English Title: Taxi Station
Also Known As: Crossing Lives
Genre: Comedy, Family, Friendship
Episodes: 174
Broadcast Network: Kanal D, Star TV
Broadcast Period: July 14, 2008 – September 1, 2012
Production Company: Erler Film
Director: Yasar Seriner
Screen Writer: Resul Ertas

Synopsis
Mrs. Melahat (Melek Baykal) loses everything after her husband goes bankrupt and then passes away. She and her daughter Tugce (Zeynep Dortkardesler) need to forget their wealthy life and start to find a way to survive. Their former driver Nuri (Zeki Alasya) learns their situation from the news and wants to help them.

Nuri is a very old driver who starts his own taxi company after retirement. He is the owner of a taxi station named Akasya Duragi where many taxi drivers work. He acts responsibly for his former employer’s family and finds an old but a cozy house in his neighborhood. Mrs. Melahat and her daughter Tugce move in to their new house and start to have a new life in this friendly neighborhood.

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Original Title: Canim Ailem
English Title: Dear Family
Also Known As:
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Episodes: 63
Broadcast Network: ATV
Broadcast Period: November 18, 2008 – June 9, 2010
Production Company: TMC Film
Director: Sadullah Celen
Screen Writer: Selin Tunc

Synopsis
Samim (Ugur Yucel) is a 45 years old man who has never taken a significant responsibility in this life. He is working as a waiter on cruise ships and travels from one country to another as an unmarried carefree man. While he is working on the cruise ship and going towards Caribbeans, he gets a phone call and learns that his sister and his brother-in-law have died in a traffic accident.

After getting this sad news, Samim wants to return to Istanbul and attend his sister’s funeral. His close friend Ali (Ozan Guven) who is also working on cruise ships does not want to let him alone and decides to accompany him. Samim and Ali leave their job and return to Turkey.

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Original Title: Kardes Payi
English Title: Equal Share
Also Known As: Brotherhood, Trivia
Genre: Comedy
Episodes: 35
Broadcast Network: Star Tv
Broadcast Period: February 13, 2014 – April 30, 2015
Production Company: NTC Media
Director: Selcuk Aydemir
Screen Writer: Selcuk Aydemir

Synopsis
Two brothers Metin (Ahmet Kural) and Ali (Murat Cemcir) are plumbers with no scientific education. Ali is a widower but still goes around his ex-wife. Metin is in love with the pharmaceutist at the neighborhood but cannot gain her hearth no matter what he does. Their sister Feyyza (Seda Bakan) works at the gas station and secretly loves the gas pumper.

Metin, Ali and Feyyza live happily together even though they argue most of the time due to trifling issues.

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Original Title: Yahsi Cazibe
English Title: Marry Me
Also Known As:
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Episodes: 93
Broadcast Network: ATV
Broadcast Period: July 16, 2010 – June 16, 2012
Production Company: Surec Film
Director: Bora Onur
Screen Writer: Gani Mujde

Synopsis
Cazibe (Aslihan Gurbuz) is an Azeri woman who immigrates to Turkey. She decides to have an arranged marriage with a Turkish citizen in order to get a work permit. This marriage would be on paper and would last for 3 years according to the agreement.

With the help of a matchmaker, Cazibe finds a man in financial trouble. Kemal (Hakan Yilmaz) is a Turkish citizen who works at importing company but has financial problems. Kemal decides to get married to Cazibe so as to get a substantial payment in return. He does not meet Cazibe before marriage and sees her at his wedding day.

Kemal and Cazibe get married and agree to stay married for three years. They think that they would not see each other again and this marriage would be on paper. However, nothing works out as planned.

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Original Title: Yeni Gelin
English Title: New Bride
Also Known As:
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Episodes: 63
Broadcast Network: Show TV
Broadcast Period: March 11, 2017 – November 24, 2018
Production Company: Surec Film
Director: Ersoy Guler, Tulay Kocaturk
Screen Writer: Ersoy Guler
Filming Locations: Adana, Turkiye

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Bella (Jessica May) is an educated young girl who comes from an aristocratic background. She was born in Milan, Spain as the only daughter of a Turkish father – an ambassador of Turkey and a Spanish high-society mother.

Bella finds her prince charming at university. Hazar (Tolga Mendi) is the heir of a tribe from Adana (a city in the East of Turkey). His tribe is known as a Bozok family who is devoted to their customs and traditions.

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Original Title: Leyla ile Mecnun
English Title: Leyla and Mecnun
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Episodes: 104
Broadcast Network: TRT 1, Netflix
Broadcast Period: February 9, 2011 – June 17, 2013
Production Company: EfLAtun Film
Director: Onur Unlu
Screen Writer: Burak Aksak
Filming Locations: Kirecburnu, Sariyer, Istanbul; Ankara; Izmir; Yozgat

Synopsis
It is a surreal, absurdist comedy revolving around the poetic love story of Layla and Majnun.

Mecnun (Ali Atay) and Leyla (Ezgi Asaroglu) were born on the same day in the same hospital. Since there were not enough beds in the hospital, the two babies were put to the same bed. Seeing this absurd situation and inspired by the poetic love story of Layla and Majnun, the fathers decided to give the names of Leyla and Mecnun to their babies and agreed to make them marry 25 years later.

Destiny brings Mecnun and Leyla together as newborns and again years later.

Even though Mecnun has never seen Leyla for 25 years, he cannot persuade her father and goes to Leyla’s house in order to ask her hand in marriage. He finds this situation nonsense. However, Mecnun falls in love with Leyla at first sight and wants to get married to her no matter what.