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Name: Tulay Gunal
Birthdate: September 9, 1970
Birthplace: Kastamonu, Turkey
Height: 162 cm
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Education: Ankara University – Theatre (Ankara Universitesi Dil ve Tarih-Cografya Fakultesi Tiyatro Bolumu)
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Biography: Tulay Gunal graduated from Ankara University. After graduation, she worked as singer in Istanbul (she worked together with singer Isin Karaca for a while). In 1993, she started working at Diyarbakir State Theatre and after then, she transferred to Ankara State Theatre. While working at state theatres, she also took part in various private theatres such as Dostlar Tiyatrosu, Oyun Atolyesi and DOT. In 2007, Tulay Gunal started her tv career with a popular Turkish drama Rebellious (Asi).

Tulay Gunal Tv Series / Movies
2003 – A Bird Flew From the Nest (Yuvadan Bir Kus Uctu) (as Sengul)
2007 – Fog and Night (Sis ve Gece) (as Melike) (Movie)
2007 – 2009 Rebellious (Asi) (as Suheyla)

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Original Title: Yeni Hayat
English Title: New Life
Also Known As:
Genre: Romance, Action
Episodes: 9
Broadcast Network: Kanal D
Broadcast Period: 3 September 2020 – 29 October 2020
Production Company: OJO Pictures
Director: Basak Soysal, Cem Ozuduru
Screen Writer: Elif Usman, Serdar Soydan, Deniz Buyukkirli
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Adem (Serkan Cayoglu) is A Special Forces soldier who is very successful at his work. He loves his job and is used to spend his time in different locations of Turkey apart from his family. Unfortunately, Adem gets seriously injured while he wants to protect his friend when they are on duty. Hence, he has nothing to do but to leave army and start a new life.

After being discharged from Special Forces, Adem starts to look for a new job in Istanbul. He is married with Nevin (Nilperi Sahinkaya) and has a happy cozy life together with his lovely daughter.

Adem does not have big expectations. All he wants is to support his family in a decent way and start his own business about security guardianship. Even though Adem applies for different job vacancies, unfortunately, he cannot find a job just because he, as an retired maroon beret, is considered as overqualified.

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Name: Devrim Nas
Birthdate: January 10, 1972
Birthplace: Istanbul, Turkey
Height: 191 cm
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair Color: Black
Education: Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory – Theatre (Mimar Sinan Universitesi Devlet Konservatuvari Tiyatro Bolumu)
Talent Agency: Art Istanbul Management
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Biography: Devrim Nas was born in 10 January 1972. He graduated from Mimar Sinan University and got his master’s degree from the same university. He is one of the founders of Theatre Ti and Theatre Pera. Devrim Nas also works as a lecturer for theatre at Pera Fine Arts School.

Devrim Nas Tv Series / Movies
1994 – Summer House (Yaz Evi)
1995 – Our Family (Bizim Aile) (as Kaya)
1995 – Osman Amcanin Elleri
1996 – Cafe Casablanca
1997 – Ruhsar

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Original Title: Baraj
English Title: Nehir
Also Known As: Dam
Genre: Romance, Drama
Episodes: 39
Broadcast Network: Fox Tv
Broadcast Period: 17 March 2020 – 11 May 2021
Production Company: Medyapim & N0:9 Productions
Director: Hasan Tolga Pulat
Screen Writer: Hasan Tolga Pulat
Filming Locations: Istanbul; Sakarya Akcay Dam (Akcay Baraji)

Synopsis
Nehir (Baraj – Dam) Turkish series is a remake of Turkish movie named Dam made in 1977 starring Turkan Soray and Tarik Akan.

Nehir (Biran Damla Yilmaz) is a young and beautiful girl who uses her beauty to swindle young men. Since she was left alone by her parents and forced to survive in the streets, she has been living together with her mentor Zerrin (Sumru Yavrucuk).

Zerrin and Nehir become a good business partner and work together to swindle young men. While Nehir seduces a wealthy man and makes him fall in love with her, Zerrin pretends to be Nehir’s mother.

The fall guy expects to get married to Nehir and even has a wedding ceremony, but Nehir and Zerrin run away and remove their trace after they take all the wedding presents and hack the credit cards of the fall guy.

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Name: Burak Yoruk
Birthdate: May 26, 1995
Birthplace: Istanbul, Turkey
Height: 192 cm (6′ 3½”)
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Yellow
Education: Beykent University – Theatre (Beykent Universitesi Tiyatro Bolumu)
Talent Agency: Ahmet Koralturk Management
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Biography: Burak Yoruk was born in 26 May 1995 in Istanbul. He made his debut with his role in turkish series Biz Bosaniyoruz when he was a little boy. After then, he took part in various tv series including 20 Minutes (20 Dakika), 4N1K and Dam (Baraj). Burak Yoruk is interested in boxing.

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Name: Iman Casablanca
Birthdate: 1999
Birthplace: Morocco
Height: 175 cm
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Black
Education: Mathematics (Matematik Muhendisligi)
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Biography: Iman Casablanca was born in Morocco in 1999. She is Arab origin. Her father is a police chief and her mother is a French teacher. She has 5 siblings and she knows Arabic, French, Turkish and Farsi. She started her career as a model and she became the first ranking at the Best Model of the World competition. After then, she started to be interested in acting and took acting lessons. She made her debut with her role in turkish series Forbidden Fruit (Yasak Elma).

Iman Casablanca Tv Series / Movies
2019 – Sleepless Club (Uykusuzlar Kulubu) (as Iman)
2019 – Forbidden Fruit (Yasak Elma) (as Leyla)
2020 – Nehir (Baraj – Dam) (as Zahra)

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Name: Feyyaz Duman
Birthdate: June 14, 1982
Birthplace: Mardin, Turkey
Height: 182 cm
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Black
Education: Istanbul Technical University – Turkish Music State Conservatory (ITU Turk Musikisi Devlet Konservatuari); CUNY-Brooklyn College – Technical Production & Design in Theatre; Fulton Montgomery Community College Acting Class – Theater Practicum Class, Gordon Jacoby – New York
Talent Agency: Selin Kok Management
Spouse: Zozan Simsek
Children: Narin Duman
Biography: Feyyaz Duman was born in 1982 in Mardin, Turkey. After studying at Istanbul Technical University, he went to New York, USA to get acting training. He stayed 5 years in New York and then returned to Turkey. Feyyaz Duman started his acting career on tv with his role in turkish series Insider (Icerde) in 2016. After then, he became well-kwon with his role in turkish drama Woman (Kadin).

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Original Title: Ariza
English Title: Trouble (literal title)
Also Known As:
Genre: Romance, Action
Episodes: 29
Broadcast Network: Show Tv
Broadcast Period: 13 September 2020 – 11 April 2021
Production Company: O3 Media
Director: Recai Karagoz
Screen Writer: Ozan Aksungur
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Ariza which means “trouble”, “disturbance” and “malfunction” in Turkish corresponds to the name of the lead character Ali Riza (A.Riza = the first letter of “Ali” and the middle name of “Riza”)

Ali Riza (Tolga Saritas) is a young taxi driver who has a quiet ordinary life together with his mother, brother and two sisters. After his father’s death, Ali Riza becomes the head of the family and starts to work hard to support his family.

Ali Riza’s life turns upside down when he comes across to a beautiful young doctor Halide (Ayca Aysin Turan).

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Name: Levent Can
Birthdate: August 23, 1971
Birthplace: Istanbul, Turkey
Height: cm
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Black
Education: Ali Poyrazoglu Theatre – Acting Lessons (Ali Poyrazoglu Tiyatrosu Oyunculuk Egitimi)
Talent Agency: Socialthings Management
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Biography: Levent Can was born in 23 August 1971 in Istanbul. He took acting lessons from Ali Poyrazoglu Theatre. While taking part in various theatre plays, Levent Can also took part in various tv series and movies. Levent Can became popular with his role as Fehmi Kuzuzade in popular Turkish series Valley of Wolves: Ambush (Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu).

Levent Can Tv Series / Movies
1992 – Denize Hancer Dustu (Movie)
2003 – Toss-up (Yazi Tura) (as Hamit) (Movie)
2004 – Ah Be Istanbul (as Esref)
2005 – Yes Sir (Emret Komutanim) (as Albay Burhan Sezer)
2005 – Gen (Movie)

Details
Original Title: Iyi Gunde Kotu Gunde
English Title: Happily Ever After
Also Known As: In Good Times and In Bad, Good Day Bad Day
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 6
Broadcast Network: Star Tv
Broadcast Period: September 12, 2020 – October 17, 2020
Production Company: O3 Medya
Director: Metin Balekoglu
Screen Writer: Pelin Karamehmetoglu, Aksel Bonfil
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Leyla (Elcin Sangu) is a beautiful girl who is dumped at her wedding day. While she is dreaming to get married to her lovely boyfriend Sarp (Ozan Dolunay), she is left alone without any explanation.

Leyla does not understand why his boyfriend whom she has known from the university has left without saying a word. She cannot accept this situation and assumes that there must a reasonable explanation.

After her life turns upside down at her wedding day, Leyla finds it so hard to get back into a normal life. Throughout these hard times, she gets a support from her mother Meral (Derya Alabora), her father Halil (Hakan Salinmis) and her close friend Seda (Deniz Isin).