Drama

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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

Synopsis
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

Synopsis
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
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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

Synopsis
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

Synopsis
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
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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

Synopsis
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: 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, Melek Gencoglu, Murat Uyurkulak, Aylin Aliveren
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkiye; Saint-Peterburg, Russia

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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.

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Original Title: Yasak
English Title: Forbidden
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Genre: Drama,Romance, History
Episodes: 9
Broadcast Network: ATV
Broadcast Period: April 11, 2014 – June 13, 2014
Production Company: TMC Film
Director: Kudret Sabanci
Screen Writer: Volkan Sumbul, Emre Ozdur, Meryem Gultabak, Ali Demirel

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Calibe (Deniz Cakir) is a young and beautiful girl who has a modest life in Istanbul. She has been in love with her aunt’s son, Nejat (Burak Yamanturk). Nejat has been raised together with Calibe after his parents passed away due to typhoid fever. For this reason, Nejat wants to become a successful doctor and save people’s lives.

Calibe and Nejat love each other to death and plan to get married after Nejat’s graduation. In order to disclose their love and get their parents approval, they just need to wait one more year. When Nejat goes to France in order to finalize his studies, Calibe feels that nothing would be the same as before.

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Original Title: O Hayat Benim
English Title: That Is My Life
Also Known As: That Life is Mine
Genre: Drama, Romance
Episodes: 131
Broadcast Network: Fox TV
Broadcast Period: February 16, 2014 – May 2, 2017
Production Company: Pastel Film
Director: Merve Girgin, Yildiz Hulya Bilban, Hamdi Alkan, Sadullah Senturk
Screen Writer: Gul Abus Semerci, Ahmet Saatcioglu, Ozer Cetinel, Yelda Eroglu, Esin Gok, Ali Ercivan, Mert Mericli
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkiye

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Bahar (Ezgi Asaroglu) is a young and naive girl who has a modest life in Istanbul. Because of financial difficulties, she quits her school and starts to work in a cake shop in order to help her family. Bahar is a thoughtful, optimist, and hardworking girl whereas her sister Efsun (Ceren Moray) is quite the opposite. Although Bahar does her best to make her sister happy, Efsun purposely hurts Bahar due to her jealousy.

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Original Title: Kara Para Ask
English Title: Black Money Love
Also Known As: Dirty Money & Love, Kala Paisa Pyar, Amor & Dinero, Love and money, العشق الأسود, Dragoste de contrabandă, Amor y dinero, Amor de contrabando, Pul va gul ishqi
Genre: Drama, Romance, Action, Detective
Episodes: 54
Broadcast Network: ATV
Broadcast Period: March 12, 2014 – July 15, 2015
Production Company: Ay Yapim
Director: Ahmet Katiksiz
Screen Writer: Sema Ergenekon, Eylem Canpolat

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Omer (Engin Akyurek) is a young man who works at organized crime branch in Van (the city in the Eastern part of Turkey). He is an idealist police officer who has chosen this occupation after his father was killed years ago yet his murder case could not be solved.

Omer wants to do his best so that no other crime cases remain unsolved. That’s why, he even postpones his engagement in order to fulfill his recent assignment. Upon being successful, he is granted with a success award and one month leave from the workplace. As a vocation, Omer immediately goes to Istanbul where his family and his fiancée live.

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Original Title: Tatar Ramazan
English Title: Tatar Ramazan
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Genre: Drama, Romance, History
Episodes: 26
Broadcast Network: ATV
Broadcast Period: April 26, 2013 – January 26, 2014
Production Company: TMC Film
Director: Cevdet Mercan
Screen Writer: Can Sinan

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Ramazan (Bulent Inal) is a young and handsome man who lives for his honor and fights for justice. He ends up in jail when he kills the Mayor for his injustice. He is exiled to another city and for this reason, he has no choice but to leave his only love Sureyya (Turkan Yilmaz).

Ramazan becomes very popular among condemned people. His fame spreads all over the country. Since he protects the rights of poor and downtrodden prisoners, he is considered as a legend. He tries to do his best to change the corrupted order in the prisons. However, he finds it really difficult because the prison administration is also on the corrupted side.