Drama

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Original Title: Bizim Hikaye
English Title: Our Story
Also Known As:
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Episodes: 37+
Broadcast Network: Fox Tv
Broadcast Period: September 15, 2017 –
Production Company: Med Yapim
Director: Serdar Gozelekli
Screen Writer: Banu Kiremitci Bozkurt, Ebru Kocaoglu, Verda Pars

Synopsis
Our Story (Bizim Hikaye) is the Turkish adaptation of popular American series Shameless.

Filiz (Hazal Kaya) is a young girl who takes care of her 5 siblings due to her mother’s absence. She bears much of the child-bearing responsibility and tries to do her best keep her family together. She dedicates her life to her family. She quits her school and starts to work at low-skilled jobs to support her family financially.

Filiz does all the household chore, works at various jobs even at night, and raises the rest of the family on her own. She also needs to cope with her alcoholic father. Her father Fikri (Reha Ozcan) is selfish and spends much of his time drinking. He takes everything and offers nothing.

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Original Title: Kadin
English Title: Woman
Also Known As: Mujer, Coraje de Mujer, Fuerza de Mujer, Žena, Μια Ζωή, Femeie în înfruntarea destinului, Sila ženy, Ayol, Kisa, Grua
Genre: Drama
Episodes: 81
Broadcast Network: Fox TV
Broadcast Period: October 24, 2017 – February 4, 2020
Production Company: Med Yapim, MF Yapim
Director: Nadim Guc
Screen Writer: Hande Altayli

Synopsis
Bahar (Ozge Ozpirincci) is a beautiful single mother. After the accidental death of her husband Sarp (Caner Cindoruk) 4 years ago, she becomes all alone with her two children Nisan and Doruk. She tries to do her best to provide for her children but finds it so hard to give her children decent living conditions.

Bahar works as an ironer in a small workplace and sometimes does an extra job like dish washing or cleaning. She works so hard to make a living but no matter how hard she tries, her financial situation does not improve. She is even thrown out of the house for not being able to raise her monthly rent. Desperately, she moves into another neighborhood which is not suitable for a single woman and two children.

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Original Title: Hayat Sirlari
English Title: Life of Secrets
Also Known As:
Genre: Drama, Family
Episodes: 11
Broadcast Network: Star Tv
Broadcast Period: November 8, 2017 – January 26, 2018
Production Company: Most Production
Director: Murat Can Oguz
Screen Writer: Mahinur Ergun

Synopsis
Mustafa Kuzgun (Ahmet Mumtaz Taylan) has a modest life in Istanbul. He lives happily together with his wife Inci (Devrim Yakut), his son Kemal (Olgun Toker), and his daughters Seher (Hazar Erguclu) and Sirin (Ecem Erkek).

Mustafa is the owner of a small restaurant where he works as a cook from 4:30 am to 5:30 pm each day. His restaurant becomes all his life after he migrated from Adana 30 years ago. Mustafa never returns to his hometown Adana during this time and lives happily in his small world together with his family. His son Kemal (Olgun Toker) also works as a cook in another restaurant but hides this from his parents.

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Original Title: Yasak Elma
English Title: Forbidden Fruit
Also Known As: Forbidden Apple
Genre: Drama, Romance
Episodes: 11+
Broadcast Network: Fox Tv
Broadcast Period: April 9, 2018 –
Production Company: MED Yapim
Director: Neslihan Yesilyurt
Screen Writer: Melis Civelek, Zeynep Soyata

Synopsis
Zeynep (Sevda Erginc) and Yildiz (Eda Ece) are two sisters who are living together in Istanbul. Even though they are sisters, they are totally different from each other.

Zeynep is a beautiful girl who adheres to her ethical values and works as a manager assistant. When the company she works is taken over by another company, she starts to work together with a young businessman Alihan (Onur Tuna). Alihan is an arrogant, cool, serious, and rich guy who does not refrain from hurting people. Starting from his first day at the company, Alihan and Zeynep fight like cats and dogs. Neither of them takes steps backward. Alihan likes the way Zeynep behaves and starts to develop some feelings for her.

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Original Title: Avlu
English Title: The Yard
Also Known As: Prison Yard
Genre: Action, Drama
Episodes: 44
Broadcast Network: Star TV
Broadcast Period: March 29, 2018 – May 30, 2019
Production Company: Limon Film
Director: Yuksel Aksu
Screen Writer: Ahmet Yurdakul
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

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Deniz (Demet Evgar) is a beautiful and attractive middle aged woman who has been exposed to domestic violence for a long time. Her husband Hakan (Teoman Kumbaracibasi) uses alcohol and accuses his wife for preventing him to become a successful musician. Even though they have a wealthy life, Deniz does not have happiness and peace at home. She tries to be strong as much as possible and endure this violence for the sake of her only daughter Ecem (Eslem Akar).

One day, during the fight, Ecem shoots her father while she is trying to protect her mother. Deniz does not want to let her daughter get a penalty and ruin her future. For this reason, she hides the truth and takes all the blame.

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Original Title: Cukur
English Title: The Pit
Also Known As:
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Episodes: 93+
Broadcast Network: Show TV
Broadcast Period: October 23, 2017 –
Production Company: Ay Yapim
Director: Sinan Ozturk, Ozgur Sevimli
Screen Writer: Gokhan Horzum
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Kocovali is a powerful crime family in Cukur neighborhood in Istanbul. Idris Kocovali (Ercan Kesal) is the head of the family and does whatever he can in order to protect his family as well as the members of Cukur. He is such a powerful man that he becomes kind towards those who show him respect yet ruthless against those who do not.

Idris Kocovali has four sons: Cumali, Kahraman, Selim, and Yamac.

Cumali is the eldest son of the family who is in prison right now.

Kahraman (Mustafa Ustundag) is the second eldest son of the family who successfully carries out the important part of the family business.

Selim (Oner Erkan) is the third eldest son of the family who has a fragile personality that is not appropriate for Mafia business.

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Original Title: Kanatsiz Kuslar
English Title: Wingless Birds
Also Known As: Broken Wings
Genre: Drama, Romance
Episodes: 46
Broadcast Network: Atv
Broadcast Period: June 15, 2017 – May 24, 2018
Production Company: Koliba Film
Director: Kemal Uzun
Screen Writer: Hakan Haksun

Synopsis
Nefise (Deniz Bolisik) is a young mother who has 4 children. After her husband’s death, she becomes the head of the family and tries to do her best to raise her children. She works at a restaurant with difficulty but she cannot earn enough money to provide her children a proper life.

In this journey, her eldest daughter Zeynep (Melis Tuzunguc) becomes her biggest supporter. Zeynep understands her mother’s sacrifice and starts to work part-time to support her family financially.

One day, Nefise cannot leave her youngest daughter to the caretaker and takes her to the restaurant. At that day, she loses her job where she works without any social security coverage and she cannot get her latest salary. Nefise finds herself in a desperate situation and has nothing to do but to steal some food from the restaurant as an exchange for her unpaid salary. While running away from the restaurant with food, she comes across a wounded man Muzaffer (Fatih Al) and kindly helps him by calling an ambulance.

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Original Title: Siyah Beyaz Ask
English Title: Black White Love
Also Known As: Price Of Passion
Genre: Romance, Drama, Action
Episodes: 10+
Broadcast Network: Kanal D
Broadcast Period: October 16, 2017 –
Production Company: D Productions
Director: Yasin Uslu
Screen Writer: Eylem Canpolat, Sema Ergenekon

Synopsis
Asli (Birce Akalay) is a young and beautiful doctor who is dedicated to save the lives of her patients. She even sacrifices her own life for the sake of her patients. She is so free-spirited and thinks that she can change the lives of people through love and effort.

Asli lives happily with her brother named Cem (Ugur Aslan) who works as a police officer. Cem is also passionate about his job and does whatever is needed without any fear. After their parents’ death, Cem has become the head of the family and does his best to protect his sister Asli.

On the other hand, Ferhat (Ibrahim Celikkol) is young and cold-hearted guy who works as a hitman. After his father’s death, he moves to Istanbul together with his mother, sister, and brother. Ferhat sacrifices his own life for the sake of his family and starts to work with his uncle Namik (Muhammet Uzuner). Ferhat believes that Namik is his uncle but in fact, Namik is his biological father. Without knowing this secret about the past, Ferhat becomes the most trustworthy man of Namik and starts to carry out all the illegal activities.

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Original Title: Kalp Atisi
English Title: Heartbeat
Also Known As:
Genre: Romance, Drama
Episodes: 9+
Broadcast Network: Show TV
Broadcast Period: March 11, 2017 –
Production Company: MF Yapim
Director: Yusuf Pirhasan
Original Screen Writer: Ha Myung Hee
Adaptation Screen Writer: Makbule Kosif, Eda Tezcan, Gulsev Karagoz, Zafer Ozer Cetinel, Melis Veziroglu Yilmaz

Synopsis
Eylul (Oyku Karayel) is a tough bully in school with an aggressive personality and always gets into trouble. After her mother’s death, she starts to live together with her father and step-mother. She cannot find compassion from her parents and for this reason, she shows her anger through creating trouble. She has many scars from her childhood and keeps her heart shut away from other people.

Eylul is a rebellious 18 year old high school girl who has changed many schools. Her life changes completely after she is expelled from the last school due to a fight. On that day, Eylul’s father kicks her out of the house and leaves her to her grandmother who lives in a small town, Marmaris in the Aegean region of Turkey.

Eylul finds compassion from her grandmother and starts to be happy living in this small town. She completely changes after meeting her school teacher Ali (Gokhan Alkan). Ali, in fact, is a successful doctor in Istanbul and it is unknown why he is also a teacher in this small town.

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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

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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.