Drama

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Original Title: Kis Gunesi
English Title: Winter Sun
Also Known As: Mentari di Musim Dingin; Aftabe Zemestani
Genre: Romance, Drama
Episodes: 18
Broadcast Network: Show TV
Broadcast Period: February 23, 2016 – June 21, 2016
Production Company: Endemol Shine Turkiye
Director: Murat Onbul
Screen Writer: Ayca Mutlugil, Alev Toprakoglu, Erkan Ciplak, Hale Calap

Synopsis
Efe is only 7 years old when he sees his mother Leyla (Senay Gurler) with another man. He hides in his father’s car with a fear that his mother and his father would end their marriage. While everybody is looking for him, his father gets in the car and finds out Efe in anxiety.

Efe and his father find themselves in the middle of a big trap. In a car accident, Efe’s father is murdered and Efe becomes the only witness to the murder. The killers arrange for the little boy to meet the same fate as his father, but the hired assassin cannot go through with it and gives the child to his fisherman friend.

Efe loses his memory; he forgets his name and family. He is separated from his identical twin brother, Mete. His real family believes that both Efe and his father have died in the car accident. In fact, Efe starts to live together with his adopted father Ismail (Mehmet Esen), mother Fatma (Gamze Suner Atay) and sister Nadide. His new life becomes a lot different than his previous life.

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Original Title: Elif
English Title: Elif
Also Known As:
Genre: Drama, Romance
Episodes: 940
Broadcast Network: Kanal 7
Broadcast Period: 15 September 2014 – 10 June 2019
Production Company: Green Yapim
Director: Fulya Yavuzoglu, Canan Yilmaz
Screen Writer: Ruya Istanbul
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkiye

Synopsis
Little girl Elif (Isabella Damla Guvenilir) lives with his mother Melek (Selin Sezgin), stepfather Veysel (Hasan Balliktas), her step-sister Zeynep (Gulcin Tuncok) and step-brother Murat (Batuhan Soncul). Elif is almost 5 years old but she is much more mature than her peers. She is very helpful and at the same time, strong enough to endure her stepfather’s cruelty.

Veysel is a hopeless, violent gambler who tortures not only Melek but also little Elif. He plans to sell Elif to pay back his gambling debts. Out of pure coincidence, Melek discovers his husband’s ill intention and finds out the passport on behalf of her daughter. In order to save her daughter, she eventually decides to call her long-lasting friend Ayse (Ozanay Alpkan) and asks for her assistance.

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Original Title: Bu Sehir Arkandan Gelecek
English Title: This City Will Come After You
Also Known As: Heart Of The City; Kota ini Mengikuti Arahmu
Genre: Romance, Drama, Action
Episodes: 20
Broadcast Network: Netflix, ATV
Broadcast Period: January 4, 2017 – June 14, 2017
Production Company: Ay Yapim
Director: Cagri Vila Lostuvali
Screen Writer: Ece Yorenc, Melek Gencoglu
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Ali Smith (Kerem Bursin) has had a tough life after his mom was killed by his father when he was just 4 years old. He starts to live in cargo boats together with a man Rauf (Osman Alkas) who has cared for him after this tragedy. Ali travels all over the world and considers the cargo boat as his home/country. He becomes a man with no country.

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Original Title: Fi
English Title: Phi
Also Known As:
Genre: Romance, Drama
Episodes: 22
Broadcast Network: Puhu Tv
Broadcast Period: March 31, 2017 – March 09, 2018
Production Company: Ay Yapim
Director: Mert Baykal
Screen Writer: Nukhet Bicakci
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
This Turkish drama is based on the popular trilogy of novels by Azra Kohen: Phi, Chi, Pi.

Can Manay (Ozan Guven) is a famous psychologist, television personality, and instructor at the university. He is a womanizer, spends each night with different woman but never falls in love. He thinks that he can control everyone he meets.

The perfect life of Can Manay turns upside down when he decides to move his house away from the city’s chaos. While he is looking for a new house, Can Manay sees a young woman dancing in the garden near the house and starts to watch her unintentionally. Even though the house does not qualify his requirements, Can Manay buys the house so as to become close to this young dancer, Duru (Serenay Sarikaya).

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Original Title: Kalbimdeki Deniz
English Title: Deniz Inside My Heart
Also Known As: Second Chance
Genre: Drama, Romance
Episodes: 60
Broadcast Network: Fox Tv
Broadcast Period: January 12, 2017 – March 12, 2018
Production Company: Pastel Film
Director: Aysun Akyuz Mehdiabbas
Screen Writer: Funda Cetin
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Deniz (Ozge Ozberk) has everything a woman can ask for: she has a wealthy life and lives happily with her two lovely children and a handsome husband. She has been raised without seeing any hardship. Therefore, she is well-intentioned all the time and trusts all the people around her.

Deniz’s life turns upside down when her husband Alihan (Hakan Eratik) disappears with no trace. She worries about the life of her husband without knowing that her husband has left them behind and has run away with his lover Sebnem (Zeynep Aydemir) in order to start a new life. She also does not know that her cousin Hulya (Devin Ozgur Cinar) is the one who arranged this forbidden love.

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Original Title: Olene Kadar
English Title: Until Death
Also Known As: Eternal, To Death
Genre: Drama, Action, Romance
Episodes: 13
Broadcast Network: ATV
Broadcast Period: January 12, 2017 – April 13, 2017
Production Company: Tims Productions
Director: Umur Turagay
Screen Writer: Elif Usman Erguden

Synopsis
Daghan (Engin Akyurek) is a talented young doctor who is trained to get his proficiency. He has a moderate life with his parents and his little sister. When he learns that his girlfriend Beril (Gulcan Arslan) is pregnant, they decide to get married as soon as possible. Even though his family does not approve the marriage at the beginning, he persuades them that he can work and study at the same time and can give a happy life to his lover.

Daghan and his family go to Beril’s house to get her father’s approval for the marriage. However, they are rejected at the door even without meeting in person. They feel humiliated but Daghan never gives up his love. He gets Beril without her father’s approval and plan to get married.

On their wedding day, Daghan gets a call from Beril’s father and goes to the meeting place with the hope of making peace. However, he falls into a big trap: Daghan is narcotized meanwhile a hitman shots Beril’s father, a little girl gives false testimony and Daghan is accused by the murder. He cannot persuade that he is innocent and he is sentenced to life imprisonment. He loses his hope, his future, his lover and the most beautiful days of his lives due the crime that he has never committed.

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Original Title: Kaderimin Yazildigi Gun
English Title:  The Day My Destiny Is Written
Also Known As: Belahan Jiwa Kahraman; A Part of Me
Genre: Romance, Drama
Episodes: 50
Broadcast Network: Star Tv
Broadcast Period: October 14, 2014 – December 29, 2015
Production Company: 03 Turkey Medya
Director: Sadullah Senturk, Ulas Inac
Screen Writer: Muharrem Buhara, Ozlem Atasoy, Kerim Ceylan, Bektas Topaloglu

Synopsis
The members of Yorukhan family gather all together in Antakya, the city in the southern part of Turkey. They celebrate the first day of pomegranate harvest and wish to have peace, fruitfulness, and wealth. However, their day is ruined when the bride of the family, Defne (Begum Kutuk Yasaroglu) is criticized for not having baby. Kahraman (Ozcan Deniz) protects his wife and makes it clear that they do not care about baby. However, this event changes the life of Yorukhan family forever.

Defne wants to have a baby and becomes willing to do anything to reach that goal. She consults her mother-in-law Kiymet (Gul Onat) and they decide to hire a surrogate who will bear a baby on behalf of Kahraman and Defne, and who will leave after giving a birth. They convince Kahraman and start to search for a perfect surrogate. Their destiny intersects with a beautiful and young girl, Elif (Hatice Sendil).

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Original Title: Kordugum
English Title: Intersection
Also Known As:
Genre: Drama, Romance
Episodes: 31
Broadcast Network: Fox Tv
Broadcast Period: January 7, 2016 – October 23, 2016
Production Company: Endemol Shine Turkiye
Director: Gokcen Usta
Screen Writer: Yigit Okan
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Kocaeli, Ankara, Italy

Synopsis
Ali Nejat (Ibrahim Celikkol) is a young businessman who comes from a wealty family. Years ago, he was involved in a car accident due to his passion for high speed and caused the death of his little nephew. After this tradegy, Ali Nejat never forgives himself and cannot become close to his family ever after.

When Ali Nejat goes to Italy for a business trip, he meets a talented young doctor Naz (Belcim Bilgin) who saves the life of his close friend at the restaurant. Naz unfortunately misses her flight to Istanbul in order to take care of Ali Nejat’s friend and these two have to return to Istanbul together.

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Original Title: Kirgin Cicekler
English Title: Hurt Flowers
Also Known As: Orphan Flowers
Genre: Drama
Episodes: 113
Broadcast Network: Atv
Broadcast Period: June 19, 2015 – March 12, 2018
Production Company: NTC Yapim
Director: Serkan Birinci
Screen Writer: Gul Abus Semerci, Yelda Eroglu

Orphan Flowers Synopsis

Feride (Ipek Karapinar) is an idealist young officer who works in an orphanage. She tries to do her best to help the girls who lives in the orphanage. She tries to understand them and devotes her time to help them gain dignity. She considers these girls who are left behind by their parents as flowers in her garden.

One day, a young girl named Eylul (Biran Damla Yilmaz) who is 17 years old comes to the orphanage. Eylul has a family consisting of her little sister, her mother, and her step father. When she discloses the harassment of her step father, she finds herself in the orphanage. She expects that her mother would send her step-father away but her mother sacrifices her own daughter and lets her go. Now, Eylul has to adapt her new life in the orphanage.

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Original Title: Maral En Guzel Hikayem
English Title:  Maral, My Most Beautiful Story
Also Known As: 
Genre: Drama, Romance
Episodes: 17
Broadcast Network: Tv8
Broadcast Period:  March 5, 2015 – November 5, 2015
Production Company: Acun Medya
Director: Deniz Kolos
Screen Writer: Yazi Odasi

Synopsis
Maral (Hazal Kaya) is a young and naive girl who works as a waitress in the restaurant section of a well-known store named Luna. She dreams about two things in her life: one is being the manager of Luna and the other is Sarp (Aras Bulut Iynemli) who is the rebellious young guy working as a chocolate chief at the same restaurant where Maral works. She thinks that both of her dreams are far away from being real. However, one day, her first dream becomes true.