Drama

Online database of information related to Turkish drama tv series. It shows Turkish series by genre and list Turkish drama tv series.

Can’t Run From Love (Asktan Kacilmaz)

Can’t Run From Love (Asktan Kacilmaz) Tv Series

Details
Original Title: Asktan Kacilmaz
English Title: Can’t Run From Love
Also Known As:
Genre: Drama, Romance, Crime
Episodes: 11
Broadcast Network: Star TV
Broadcast Period: September 14, 2014 – November 18, 2014
Production Company: Erler Film
Director: Metin Balekoglu
Screen Writer: Mahinur Ergun

Synopsis
Yasemin (Pelin Akil) is a young prosecutor living in Istanbul with her family. She is so ambitious that she tries to do her best to change the world. She has been dating with Ali (Cagdas Onur Ozturk) who is a police superintendent of narcotic branch in Istanbul.

Yasemin and Ali work together in order to catch the gang leaders who engage in illegal drug travel. They have been working for a long time to catch the culprits and reach the leaders of this gang. However, no matter how hard they try, they cannot become successful.

Having a break from this tight schedule, Yasemin and Ali eventually get engaged and decide to get married soon. However, the day after their engagement, Yasemin finds out Ali’s affair with another woman. She cannot forgive her fiancée’s betrayal and decides to move away from Istanbul for a while. She immediately requests a transfer from her workplace to another city for a temporary duty so that she would be far away from Ali.

Read More »

Moms and Mothers (Analar ve Anneler)

Moms and Mothers (Analar ve Anneler) Tv Series Poster

Details
Original Title: Analar ve Anneler
English Title: Moms and Mothers
Also Known As:
Genre: Drama, Romance
Episodes: 9
Broadcast Network: ATV
Broadcast Period: October 22, 2015 – December 25, 2015
Production Company: Ay Yapim
Director: Mehmet Ada Oztekin
Screen Writer: Berkun Oya

Synopsis
This Turkish drama takes place during 1970s and tells the story of two different women from different background.

Zeliha (Sinem Kobal) is a beautiful university student whose passionate relationship with the activist Murat (Hakan Kurtas) puts her in danger. She gets married to Murat without her father’s consent and starts to get involved in political fights between right-wing (ultra-nationalist groups) and left-wing opposition.

One day, there occurs a political fight at the university and one student from a right-wing is killed. Both Zeliha and her husband Murat are wanted by the police and for this reason; they start to hide in the house of Murat’s mother, Neriman (Binnur Kaya).

Neriman (Binnur Kaya) is a widow who works at the hospital as a nurse. She accuses Zeliha for letting her son be involved in political fights. When her son and her daughter-in-law come to her house for backing, she calls her brother Ayhan (Okan Yalabik) who is a police officer in Istanbul. Ayhan, in fact, secretly loves Zeliha and wants to separate her from his nephew. He has some physiological problems and kills her nephew Murat in the middle of the night while Murat is planning to escape to abroad. Nobody learns the fact that Ayhan has killed Murat.

Read More »

Shubat (Subat) Tv Series

Shubat (Subat) Tv Series Poster

Details
Original Title: Subat
English Title: Shubat
Also Known As:
Genre: Crime, Drama
Episodes: 32
Broadcast Network: TRT 1
Broadcast Period: September 14, 2012 – May 30, 2013
Production Company: Eflatun Film
Director: A. Volkan Kocaturk
Screen Writer: Funda Alp

Synopsis
Subat is a young boy who was left to an orphanage on February and given a name of Subat – which means February in Turkish. While he is staying at orphanage, he is subjected to experiments that give him superpowers.

One day, there starts a fire at the orphanage and 17 orphans die. Subat’s face is partially burned in a fire and he is rescued by a homeless guy named Mr. Aziz (Musa Uzunlar). Aziz lives at the tunnels of Istanbul and makes a living by collecting waste. He saves the life of Subat and starts to raise him in a secluded place after discovering his superpowers.

15 years later, Subat (Alican Yucesoy) becomes a young guy with a scar in his face. He lives happily with Aziz and his friend Saltuk (Tansu Bicer) at the tunnels of Istanbul. They have an isolated life from ordinary people and for this reason; they draw attention on public places. They are street dwellers and assumed to be criminal even if they do not do anything wrong.

Read More »

Mrs. Fazilet and Her Daughters (Fazilet Hanim ve Kizlari)

Mrs. Fazilet and Her Daughters Tv Series (Fazilet Hanim ve Kizlari)

Details
Original Title: Fazilet Hanim ve Kizlari
English Title: Mrs. Fazilet and Her Daughters
Also Known As:
Genre: Romance, Drama
Episodes: 13+
Broadcast Network: Star TV
Broadcast Period: March 25, 2011–
Production Company: Avsar Film
Director: Murat Saracoglu
Screen Writer: Sirma Yanik

Synopsis
Fazilet Hanim (Nazan Kesal) has been dreaming to become rich throughout her life but never becomes successful and lives in a poor neighborhood. After her husband’s death, she becomes the head of the family and lives together with her two daughters, Hazan (Deniz Baysal) and Ece (Afra Saracoglu). Fazilet Hanim has raised her daughters with difficulty but never gives up her passion about a better life. She starts to use her younger daughter Ece and wants to make her an actresses or photomodel. In pursuit of this goal, she even does not care about her daughter’s education and takes her from one audition to another.

Hazan, on the other hand, does not approve her mother’s attitude and hides her beauty. She wears masculine clothes and works at the gym as a trainer. She blames her mother for the death of her father and never gets along with her mother since then. Hazan thinks that her mother Fazilet does not love her due to the fact that her mother had to say goodbye to her dreams after giving birth. For this reason, Hazan becomes stubborn, aggressive and firm towards her. She becomes the biggest obstable in front of Fazilet’s dreams and attacks her mother for using her little sister.

The life of Fazilet Hanim and her daughters changes drastically when they come across the wealthy and prestigious family of Egemen.

Read More »

My Destiny (Serce Sarayi)

My Destiny (Serce Sarayi) Turkish Tv Series

Details
Original Title: Serce Sarayi
English Title: My Destiny
Also Known As: The Palace of Serce
Genre: Romance, Drama
Episodes: 13
Broadcast Network: StarTv
Broadcast Period: March 5, 2015 – June 14, 2015
Production Company: Endemol
Director: Mesude Erarslan
Screen Writer: Arzu Mutlu Dastan, Mustafa Mutlu, Nuriye Bilici, Rodi Guven Yalcinkaya

Synopsis
Serce (Songul Oden) is a middle aged woman who lives in the poor neighborhood of Istanbul with her two sons and her sister. After her husband’s death in a car accident 2 years ago, Serce devotes her life to her children and sister. She still mourns for her dead husband and does not want to get married again even though there are many men who want to get married to her.

One day, Serce wants to help her best friend Aliye (Selen Ozturk) for chasing her husband. They suspect that Aliye’s husband has a love affair and for this reason, they secretly chase him. Eventually, they find out Aliye’s husband with another woman. However, the reality is not what it looks like! That woman, in fact, is the mistress of Serce’s husband.

Out of pure coincidence, Serce learns her husband’s betrayal. Her whole world turns upside down. She learns that her husband had a love affair with another woman before he died and had an illegitimate son from this love affair. This fact changes Serce’s life forever. Now, she does not want to be faithful toward her dead husband.

Read More »

Winter Sun (Kis Gunesi) Tv Series

Winter Sun (Kis Gunesi) Tv Series

Details
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.

Read More »

Elif Tv Series

Elif Tv Series

Details
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.

Read More »

Heart Of The City (Bu Sehir Arkandan Gelecek) Tv Series

Heart Of The City (Bu Sehir Arkandan Gelecek) Tv Series

Details:
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.

Read More »

Phi (Fi) Tv Series

Phi (Fi) Tv series

Details
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).

Read More »

Deniz Inside My Heart (Kalbimdeki Deniz) Tv Series

Deniz Inside My Heart (Kalbimdeki Deniz – Second Chance) Tv Series

Details
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.

Read More »