Drama

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Original Title: Kara Ekmek
English Title:  Black Bread
Also Known As: Stolen Life
Genre: Romance, Drama, Mistery
Episodes: 37
Broadcast Network: Atv
Broadcast Period:  January 23, 2015 – December 25, 2015
Production Company: Limon Film
Director:  Taner Akvardar
Screen Writer: Gul Abus Semerci, Yelda Eroglu

Synopsis

Asiye (Ozlem Yilmaz) is young and beautiful girl who works as a manicurist in a small beauty salon. She lives in a poor neighborhood with her family and wants to get married as soon as possible in order to get rid of her step mother’s evil tongue. When she learns that she is pregnant, she immediately talks to her boyfriend and wants him to come and ask her family’s approval for marriage.

However, her boyfriend wants her to have an abortion and mentions clearly that he has no intention for marriage.

Asiye fears about honour killing. That’s why, she wants to have a final talk with her boyfriend in order to persuade him for marriage. However, her talk does not go well and she injures her boyfriend with a knife. She thinks that she has killed him and for this reason, she runs away from her house. Her sister Mine (Elifcan Ongurlar) does not want to leave Asiye alone and accompany her. They together leave everything behind and decide to go to another city.

Original Title: Asla Vazgecmem
English Title: I Never Give Up
Also Known As: Aku Tidak Pernah Menyerah
Genre: Romance, Drama
Episodes: 59
Broadcast Network: Show TV
Broadcast Period: February 12, 2015 – October 6, 2016
Production Company: Gold Film
Director: Aysun Akyuz
Screen Writer: Sirma Yanik, Melis Civelek
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

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Yigit (Tolgahan Sayisman) is a young and rich business man who had nothing in the past but manages to become very successful with his own effort and passion. He never believes in love and never thinks that he will fall in love with someone.

Therefore, Yigit accepts to get married to his aunt’s daughter Iclal (Safak Pekdemir) even though he does not love her. After marriage, he gives all his attention to his child and puts his shoulder to the wheel.

When Yigit realizes that he cannot continue like this, he wants to get divorce. However, his wife Iclal prefers to die instead of getting divorce. While they are discussing at the car, they make an accident and Iclal enters the unfortunate condition of a persistent vegetative state.

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Original Title: Yilanlarin Ocu
English Title:  Revenge of Snakes
Also Known As: 
Genre: Drama, Romance
Episodes: 49
Broadcast Network: Show Tv
Broadcast Period:  August 27, 2014 – December 2, 2015
Production Company: Koliba Film
Director:  Cemal San
Screen Writer: Ali Esen Bilen, Bekir Baran Sitki, Rana Mamatlioglu

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Bayram (Cemal Toktas) comes from a small village in Cappadocia area in Turkey. He does his military service and is looking forward to go back to his hometown, continue to work as a farmer and support his mother and his little sister. There is only two days left to finish his military duty. However, in his last day, he finds himself in a dangerous situation. As being a soldier, Bayram goes to give assistance to put out fire and help people in need. There, he shows a great courage and rescues a young girl Fatma (Hande Soral) and her brother Omer (Burak Can) from house fire.

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Original Title: Gunesin Kizlari
English Title: Daughters of Sun
Also Known As: Sunshine Girls
Genre: Drama, Romance, Mistery
Episodes: 39
Broadcast Network: Kanal D
Broadcast Period: June 18, 2015 – March 19, 2016
Production Company: Surec Filmcilik
Director: Sadullah Celen
Screen Writer: Deniz Dargi ve Cenk Bogatur
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

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Gunes (Evrim Alasya) is a 35 years old woman who has 3 daughters and works as literature teacher in Izmir (a city in the West of Turkey). Since her husband left her without saying anything, Gunes has been living happily with her 3 daughters, all of them has totally different characters: 17 years old twins Nazli (Burcu Ozberk) and Selin (Hande Ercel) and 15 years old Peri (Miray Akay).

Meanwhile Gunes meets a well-known successful businessman Haluk Mertoglu (Emre Kinay) who lives in Istanbul but comes to Izmir frequently to do business. Gunes and Haluk fall in love with each other. Although they have been seeing each other for just 6 months, Haluk proposes to Gunes and wants her to move in to Istanbul with her daughters. Gunes wants to get married to Haluk because she thinks that this time, she has found her perfect prince charming. However, there is one problem: Gunes has not disclosed her relationship to her daughters yet.

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Original Title: Poyraz Karayel
English Title: For My Son
Also Known As:
Genre: Romance, Drama
Episodes: 82
Broadcast Network: Kanal D
Broadcast Period: January 7, 2015 – March 1, 2017
Production Company: Limon Film
Director: Cagri Lostuvali
Screen Writer: Ethem Ozisik

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Poyraz Karayel (Ilker Kaleli) is a police officer who lives with his son happily. While he is fighting against smuggling, he finds himself in the middle of a trap. He is suspended unjustly because of a crime that he has not committed. He is imprisoned for one year and for this reason, he has lost his son’s custody to his father-in-law.

In summary, Poyraz has a life full of contrasts just like his name: Poyraz (northeast wind) Karayel (northwest wind).

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Original Title: Paramparca
English Title: Broken Pieces
Also Known As: Förväxlingen, Broken Hearts, Gebroke Harte, Vidas cruzadas
Genre: Romance, Drama
Episodes: 97
Broadcast Network: Star Tv
Broadcast Period: December 1, 2014 – March 27, 2017
Production Company: Endemol Yapim
Director: Cevdet Mercan
Screen Writer: Yildiz Tunc
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

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The lives of two people from different backgrounds intersect with an accident. Gulseren (Nurgul Yesilcay) who is a young and beautiful girl living in poor neighborhood of Istanbul is hit by a car and brought to a hospital to give a birth.

Meanwhile, Dilara (Ebru Ozkan) who belong to a rich family gives a birth to her own baby at the same hospital. The babies are given to wrong parents: the baby girl of Gulseren is given to Dilara and the baby girl of Dilara is given to Gulseren.

15 years later, we see that Gulseren lives with her daughter Hazal (Alina Boz). She has been trying to do her best to look for her daughter after her husband has left her. She works at a small store as a saleswoman.

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Original Title: Dirilis Ertugrul
English Title: Resurrection Ertugrul
Also Known As:
Genre: Historical, Romance, Drama, Action
Episodes: 150
Broadcast Network: TRT1
Broadcast Period: December 10, 2014 – May 29, 2019
Production Company: Tekden Film
Director: Metin Gunay
Screen Writer: Mehmet Bozdag, Atilla Engin
Filming Locations: Riva, Istanbul, Turkey; Nevsehir, Turkey

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The story takes places in 13th century and tells a story of Ertugrul who is the father of the Osman I, the founder of the Ottoman Empire.

400 large nomad tents are settled in Anatolia but get through a difficult time due to famine. All these nomads want to migrate to another place where they can have a better life.

Suleyman Shah who is the leader of this group (Kayi clan) wants to give a better life for his people but he does not want to make a quick decision without considering all side effects.

Because of this reason, some nomads start to blame him for not being able to be a good leader. Even his elder ambitious son Gundogdu (Kaan Tasaner) starts to question his decisions. However, his younger son Ertugrul trusts his father decisions all the time and does not want to be involved in clan issues.

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Original Title: Gullerin Savasi
English Title: War of Roses
Also Known As: Guerra de rosas, Война роз,
Genre: Drama, Romance
Episodes: 68
Broadcast Network: Kanal D
Broadcast Period: July 8, 2014 – February 6, 2016
Production Company: MED Yapim
Director: Merve Girgin
Screen Writer: Melis Civelek

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Gulru (Damla Sonmez) is a young and beautiful girl who belongs to a poor family. Her father works as a gardener at a rich mansion where the owners give them a small living place at the garden. Her older sister also works as a cook at the same rich mansion. Gulru lives with her father and two sisters at that small house built for the staff and sometimes she helps her sister to do house chores. She cleans the house and carries out the orders of the residents.

Gulru has been dreaming of becoming just like the daughter of the rich mansion: Gulfem (Canan Erguder) who has been living abroad for a long time. Gulru admires Gulfem so much that she wants to become a successful designer just like her. For this reason, she goes to university with a scholarship and she plans to work with Gulfem after she graduates.

When Gulfem’s father dies, Gulfem comes to Istanbul to attend her father’s funeral. Soon after, she discovers that her father’s last wish is keeping his children together in Istanbul. That’s why; Gulfem starts to live with her little brother Cihan (Sercan Badur) although she does not want to stay by his side. Gulru becomes so happy because she thinks that she would have a chance to see her role model everyday. However, nothing happens as expected.

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Original Title: Yedi Guzel Adam
English Title: Seven Good Men
Also Known As:
Genre: Drama, Romance, History
Episodes: 39
Broadcast Network: TRT 1
Broadcast Period: April 19, 2014 – April 20, 2015
Production Company: Pusula Film
Director: Levent Demirkale
Screen Writer: Silan Avci

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Erdem (Uraz Kaygilaroglu) is a young guy who comes to his hometown after his undergraduate study and starts to work as a Turkish teacher at a high school where he was a former student. Erdem is an idealist teacher who inspires his students through his teaching poetry. He reunites with his high school friends years after and they decide to found a poetry journal.

In this story, you will explore the lives of seven men who start writing poetry during their highschool years and after then reunite again to found Mavera Journal. The story takes place in 1970s and is full of flashbacks to the time when main characters are high school students. The tv series tells a true life stories and can be considered as a documentary for Turkish literature.

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Original Title: Kurt Seyit ve Sura
English Title: Kurt Seyit and Shura
Also Known As: Kurt Seyit and Sura, Amor En Guerra
Genre: Drama, Romance, History
Episodes: 21
Broadcast Network: Star TV
Broadcast Period: March 4, 2014 – November 20, 2014
Production Company: Ay Yapim
Director: Hilal Saral
Screen Writer: Ece Yorenc

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Kurt Seyit (Kivanc Tatlitug) is a womanizing lieutenant who is the first son of a rich Crimean landowner of Turkish origin. He is so handsome and successful. Shura (Farah Zeynep Abdullah), on the other hand, is the beautiful daughter of a noble Russian family. She is so naïve and beautiful.

These two young persons meet at a ball in St. Petersburg. Before Shura comes to the ball, Kurt Seyit makes a bet with his friends and tells them he will manage to kiss the first girl who enters the room. And then Shura joins the ball. When Kurt Seyit sees Shura, he develops a crush on her. At the same time, Shura falls in love with him at first sight and can’t get him out of her mind.