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Original Title: Yalan Dunya
English Title: Fake World
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Episodes: 90
Broadcast Network: Kanal D
Broadcast Period: January 7, 2012 – November 19, 2014
Production Company: D Production
Director: Jale Atabey Ozberk
Screen Writer: Gulse Birsel

Synopsis
Kocabas family, originally comes from Antakya, lives in Istanbul. The head of the family is the father Sehmuz (Altan Erkekli) who lives with his wife Servet (Fusun Demirel), his daughter Gulistan (Hasibe Eren), his son-in-law Selahattin (Olgun Simsek), his son Riza (Beyazit Ozturk), and his grandson Orcun (Bartu Kucukcaglayan). Riza is engaged with Nurhayat (Gupse Ozay) but never wants to marry her. He could not continue to do whatever his family wants and at the end, he decides to live as he wishes and breaks up with Nurhayat. Now the whole family tries to reconcile them.

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Name: Gulse Birsel
Birthdate: March 11, 1971
Birthplace: Istanbul, Turkey
Height: 175 cm
Eye Color: Green
Hair Color: Brown
Education: Bogazici University Economics (Bogazici Universitesi Iktisadi ve Idari Bilimler Fakultesi – Ekonomi Bolumu)
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Spouse: Murat Birsel (m. 1999 – present)
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Name: Beyazit Ozturk
Birthdate: March 12, 1969
Birthplace: Bolu, Turkey
Height: 184 cm
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Black
Education: Eskisehir University Fine Arts School, The Branch of Ceramic and Statue (Eskisehir Universitesi Guzel Sanatlar Fakultesi Seramik-Heykel Bolumu)
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Name: Sarp Apak
Birthdate: November 11, 1981
Birthplace: Diyarbakir, Turkey
Height: 181 cm
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Black
Education: Dokuz Eylul University Fine Arts Faculty – Acting (Dokuz Eylul Universitesi Guzel Sanatlar Fakultesi Oyunculuk Bolumu)
Talent Agency: Dilek Carkci Management
Spouse: Bengisu Uzunoz (m. 2018-present)
Children: Guney Apak
Biography: Kerim Sarp Apak was born in 11 November 1981 in Diyarbakir. His mother is from Adana and his father is from Antakya. When he was 5 years old, his family moved to Bursa and Sarp Atak grew up there. He studied at Bursa Boys’ High School. Even though he was planning to study at Business School, his theatre life began when he received an application form for talent exams. In 2004, he graduated from The Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Acting at Dokuz Eylul University and went to Istanbul with the support of his teacher, Baris Erdenk. He became very successful at a theatre play Cholera Street (Agir Roman) at Sadri Alisik Theatre and joined to the BKM Group. After then, he took part in various television and theatre projects. Sarp Apak achieved her real fame with his role Tanriverdi at popular Turkish television series European Side (Avrupa Yakasi). In 2007, he wrote and composed a song “I Was Burned with Your Love” (Askinla Yandim) and managed to make the list of many rock music listeners. Sarp Apak was sentenced to 10 months in prison for “drug use” and the court adjourned the prison sentence because the sentence was less than a year.

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Name: Olgun Simsek
Birthdate: 1971
Birthplace: Bursa, Turkey
Height: 1,68 m
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Black
Education: Istanbul University State Conservatory – Theatre (Istanbul Universitesi Devlet Konservatuvari Oyunculuk Ana Sanat Bolumu)
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Spouse: Sebnem Sonmez (m. 1996 – 2000), Zeynep Kocabeyoglu (m. 2011 – present)
Children: Ali Simsek
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Name: Bartu Kucukcaglayan
Birthdate: April 23, 1983
Birthplace: Eskisehir, Turkey
Height: 180 cm
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Education: Istanbul University State Conservatory (Istanbul Universitesi Devlet Konservatuvari)
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Spouse: Merve Ozgule
Biography: Bartu Kucukcaglayan was born in 23 April 1983 in Eskisehir. While he was studying at Istanbul University, he took part in theatre plays produced by Kent Oyunculari such as Inishmore’lu Yuzbasi and Kumarbazin Secimi. Bartu Kucukcaglayan has been workin at various tv projects since 2004. Between 2007-2008, he also took part in theatre play named as Seylerin Sekli which is produced by Yeni Kusak Tiyatro.

Bartu Kucukcaglayan Tv Series / Movies
2004 – Night of June (Haziran Gecesi) (as Ali)
2004 – Swallow (Kirlangic) (as Semiz) (Movie)
2005 – Womanizer (Capkin) (as Kosuk Kemal)
2006 – 2008 1001 Nights (Binbir Gece) (as Gani)
2010 – Hunting Season (Av Mevsimi) (as Kamuran) (Movie)
2010 – Majority (Cogunluk) (as Mertkan) (Movie)
2011 – 2014 Fake World (Yalan Dunya) (as Orcun)

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Name: Gupse Ozay
Birthdate: July 30, 1984
Birthplace: Izmir, Turkey
Height: 1.71 m
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Education: Ege University – Radio Cinema Television (Ege Universitesi Radyo Televizyon ve Sinema Bolumu)
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Spouse: Baris Arduc (m. 2020 – present)
Children: Jan Asya (b. September 9, 2022)
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Name: Hasibe Eren
Birthdate: June 6, 1975
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Height: 1.72 m
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Education: Istanbul University – Advertising (Istanbul Universitesi Piyasa Arastirmalari ve Reklamcilik Bolumu)
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Spouse: Togay Kilicoglu (m. 2001 – 2007)
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Name: Irem Sak
Birthdate: February 9, 1986
Birthplace: Sivas, Turkey
Height: 170 cm
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Education: Istanbul University Faculty of Literature – American Language and Literature (Istanbul Universitesi Edebiyat Fakultesi Amerikan Dili ve Edebiyati Bolumu)
Talent Agency: We Talent Management
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Biography: Irem Sak was born on 9 February 1986 in Sivas. She went to primary school, secondary school, and high school in Sivas and moved to Istanbul in 2006 to go to the university. She studied American Culture and Literature at the university. While she was going to high school, she took part in a few theatre plays. Irem Sak started her career in television with her role as Sehrazat in Turkish series Sen Yuva.

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Original Title: Bir Zamanlar Osmanli Kiyam
English Title: Once Upon a Time in the Ottoman Empire: Rebellion
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Genre: Historical, Action, Romance, Drama
Episodes: 20
Broadcast Network: TRT 1
Broadcast Period: January 07, 2012 – December 17, 2012
Production Company: Hersey Film
Director: Altan Donmez
Screen Writer: Ertan Kurtulan, Hilal Yildiz, Gursel Korat, Abdullah Akin

Synopsis
The story takes place in the 18th century when III. Ahmet is the sultan of Ottoman Empire. During that period, Ottoman Empire is exposed to lots of foreign provocations. One of the biggest provocations derives from Iran.

In order to take over Ottoman Empire, Iranian Shah makes a plan and sends his son to Istanbul. He wants to make his son as the next sultan of the Ottoman Empire. To fulfill this plan, he gets the help of Kasim (Tolga Karel) and his sister Canseza (Asli Tandogan) who are the enemy of the Ottoman Empire.

Kasim and Canseza always want to take their revenge from Ottoman Empire because they have lost their father for no reason under this regime. They decide to become partner with Iranian Shah and by this way, try to collapse the Ottoman Empire.