Drama

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Original Title: Esaret
English Title: Redemption
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Genre: Romance, Drama
Episodes: 160+ (each episode is 90-100 minutes)
Broadcast Network: Kanal 7
Broadcast Period: November 21, 2022 – present
Production Company: Karamel Yapim
Director: Ayhan Ozen, Serkan Mut
Screen Writer: Basak Yazi Odasi
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Sakarya

Synopsis
Orhun Demirhanli (Cenk Torun) is a successful businessman who has a wealthy life in Istanbul. He is a cold-hearted and strong man who does not have mercy. His merciless character resembles his mother Afife (Melahat Abbasova).

Orhun’s twin sister goes to Eritrea as a volunteer doctor despite her family’s disapproval. After a while, nobody can contact her, and starts to worry about her life.

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Original Title: Gulcemal
English Title: Gulcemal
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Genre: Romance, Drama
Episodes: 13 (each episode is 130-140 minutes)
Broadcast Network: Fox Tv
Broadcast Period: April 6, 2023 – July 13, 2023
Production Company: MF Yapim
Director: Yusuf Pirhasan, Merve Colak
Screen Writer: Eda Tezcan, Selda Akin
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Bursa

Synopsis
Gulcemal (Murat Unalmis) is a cold-hearted cruel man. Even though his name means smiling-faced, he never becomes happy in his life. He faces various difficulties in life since his childhood. Abandoned by his mother years ago, Gulcemal always looks for love and compassion.

Gulcemal and his little sister Gulendam (Nilay Erdonmez) are shattered by their mother’s departure. Their mother Zafer (Ayda Aksel) leaves her children in order to start a new life together with her lover and chooses her love over her family. For this reason, Gulcemal never forgives his mother and wants to get his revenge.

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Original Title: Yuz Yillik Mucize
English Title: A Hundred Years of Miracle
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Genre: Romance, Drama
Episodes: 13 (each episode is 130-140 minutes)
Broadcast Network: Star TV
Broadcast Period: March 23, 2023 – June 15, 2023
Production Company: OGM Pictures
Director: Hilal Saral
Screen Writer: Nuran Evren Sit
Filming Locations: Mugla, Istanbul

Synopsis
Ali Tahir (Birkan Sokullu) was born in Thessaloniki in 1893. He stops aging after being brought back to life from death when he is shot in the battle. Ali Tahir in fact dies on the battlefield but comes back to life with a miracle. After this miracle, he stays physically 28 years old.

This miracle brings lots of hardships to Ali Tahir’s life. His close friend realizes his secret and attempts to abduct him for study. For this reason, he loses his family and children. After then, Ali Tahir understands that his secret puts not only his life but also his loved ones’ lives in danger. Therefore, he periodically changes his identity.

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Original Title: EGO – Erkege Guven Olmaz
English Title: EGO – No Trust in the Man
Also Known As: Temptation
Genre: Romance, Drama
Episodes: 13 (each episode is 140-150 minutes)
Broadcast Network: Fox
Broadcast Period: 5 February 2023 – 21 May 2023
Production Company: Pastel Film
Director: Doga Can Anafarta (1-3), Senol Sonmez (4-13)
Screen Writer: Gulsev Karagoz, Zafer Ozer Cetinel, Gorkem Tuzun, Okan Basar Bahar, Ahmet Orcun Oksar, Erkan Birgoren, Elif Tuna Kiygi
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Antalya

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Sibel (Melisa Asli Pamuk) is a beautiful young woman who comes from a wealthy family. She is a successful businesswoman who runs a family business. She is confident, ambitious, and hardworking. She devotes herself completely to business and sacrifices her private life for the sake of her career.

The life of Sibel turns upside down when she finds out that she has only three months to have a baby. Even though she does not have any plans to get married soon, she needs to admit that she should start a family if she does not want to lose the opportunity of having a child. She knows that she cannot become a mother to any man’s child. She wants to have a real family and get married to a man whom she loves.

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Original Title: Aile
English Title: The Family
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Genre: Romance, Drama, Action
Episodes: 6+ (each episode is 140-150 minutes)
Broadcast Network: Show TV
Broadcast Period: March 7, 2023 – present
Production Company: Ay Yapim
Director: Ahmet Katiksiz
Screen Writer: Hakan Bonomo
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Izmir

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Aslan (Kivanc Tatlitug) is a young man who is the leader of the crime family business of Soykanlar. After his father committed suicide 5 years ago due to some psychological problems, Aslan takes over the family business. He struggles to balance the conflicting requirements of his family with those of the mafia world he controls.

Devin (Serenay Sarikaya), on the other hand, is a young and successful psychologist. She has been raised without love and tries to do her best to deal with family problems. Her mother has bipolar disorder while her sister suffers from borderline personality disorder.

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Original Title: Adim Farah
English Title: My Name is Farah
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Genre: Romance, Drama
Episodes: 11+ (each episode is 140-150 minutes)
Broadcast Network: Fox
Broadcast Period: March 1, 2023 – present
Production Company: O3 Medya
Director: Recai Karagoz
Screen Writer: Deniz Dargi, Cem Gorgec, Cenk Bogatur
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkiye

Synopsis
Farah (Demet Ozdemir) is a 28-year-old Iranian woman who has been living together with her 6-year-old son. She has been living in Istanbul illegally for 6 years. While fleeing from Iran to France, she stops in Istanbul after finding out that she was pregnant.

Farah lives in Istanbul as a fugitive. Even though she has a medical school degree from Iranian University, she cannot perform her occupation. She works as a cleaning lady and does anything to support his son.

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Original Title: Kizilcik Serbeti
English Title: Cranberry Sorbet
Also Known As: One Love
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Episodes: 23+ (each episode is 140-150 minutes)
Broadcast Network: Show TV
Broadcast Period: October 28, 2022 – present
Production Company: Gold Film
Director: Hakan Kirvavac
Screen Writer: Melis Civelek
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkiye

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Kivilcim (Evrim Alasya) is a single mother who has two daughters Doga (Sila Turkoglu) and Cimen (Selin Turkmen). She is a strong and independent woman who works as a school manager. She wants her daughters to have a good education, a good job, and a career.

Kivilcim lives together with her mother, and two daughters. Her life turns upside down when her elder daughter Doga discloses that she wants to get married to a conservative man.

Doga is a university student who studies dentistry. She has been dating Fatih (Dogukan Gungor) who is a businessman. Doga and Fatih have different social backgrounds and for this reason, it is not easy to disclose their relationship to their families.

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Original Title: Aldatmak
English Title: Deception
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Genre: Drama, Family
Episodes: 12+ (each episode is 150 minutes)
Broadcast Network: Atv
Broadcast Period: September 22, 2022 – present
Production Company: Tims&B Productions
Director: Murat Saracoglu
Screen Writer: Yildiz Tunc, Atilla Ozel, N.Selena Caglayan
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Guzide (Vahide Percin) is a successful judge. She has been married to Tarik (Mustafa Ugurlu) for 30 years and has two children: Ozan (Yusuf Cim) and Oylum (Feyza Sevil Gungor).

Guzide and Tarik know each other from the law school. Guzide becomes a judge while Tarik becomes a lawyer. They have a happy marriage and get along well very well.

However, Guzide’s happy life turns upside down after she discovers her husband’s infidelity. Tarik has been living with another woman for 5 years and has a little daughter. Tarik lies both to her wife and her lover. Guzide never suspects her husband and thinks that she has a happy marriage. Likewise, Tarik’s lover Yesim (Asena Girisken) also does not know that Tarik is married to another woman.

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Original Title: Gecenin Ucunda
English Title: Poison Ivy
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Genre: Romance, Drama
Episodes: 10+ (each episode is 150 minutes)
Broadcast Network: Star TV
Broadcast Period: October 5, 2022 – Present
Production Company: TMC Film, Alim Yapim
Director: Baris Ercetin
Screen Writer: Basar Basaran, Emre Ozdur
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Macide (Neslihan Atagul) is a young and beautiful girl who has studied psychology and has been working at a private company. She has an ordinary life together with her mother. Macide has some problems with her mother who is addicted to gambling. Even though she complains about her mother’s reckless behavior, she tries to do her best to get along well with her.

Macide is not happy at her job and wants to become a healer as like her father. She eventually gets her courage and quits her job and goes to Istanbul to attend a training course about healing. She just wants to follow her destiny and tries to understand whether she has a healing power or not.

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Original Title: Yali Capkini
English Title: Golden Boy
Also Known As: The Kingfisher
Genre: Romance, Drama
Episodes: 36+ (each episode is 120-150 minutes)
Broadcast Network: Star TV
Broadcast Period: September 23, 2022 – Present
Production Company: OGM Pictures
Director: Burcu Alptekin
Screen Writer: Mehmet Baris Gunger
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Gaziantep

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Halis Agha (Cetin Tekindor) is the head of Korhanli family who founds a large jewelry company from nothing. He is an authoritarian man who always says the last word in the family. Even though he has some health problems and leaves the family business to his son Orhan, he still continues to make important decisions.

Ferit (Mert Ramazan Demir) is the grandson of Halis Agha. He graduates from a university in the USA just because his family wants to send him away as a punishment. After returning to Istanbul, Ferit continues his carefree and reckless life.