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Original Title: Ezel
English Title: Ezel
Also Known As: Ezel – Bosszú mindhalálig (Hungary)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Episodes: 71
Broadcast Network: ATV, Show TV
Broadcast Period: September 28, 2009 – June 21, 2011
Production Company: Ay Yapim
Director: Uluc Bayraktar
Screen Writer: Kerem Deren, Pinar Bulut
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Omer (Ismail Filiz) works as a motor mechanic and has a comfortable lower middle-class life. He totally trusts his best friends, Ali (Baris Falay) and Cengiz (Yigit Ozsener). When he meets Eysan (Cansu Dere), he falls in love with her. After returning from military duty, he proposes to Eysan. However, the day after he proposes to Eysan, he is blamed for robbery and murder, while his friends Ali, Cengiz and his love Eysan gets away with millions of dollars ungratefully.

Betrayed by his trusted friends and the woman he loves, Omer ends up in jail where he meets Ramiz (Tuncel Kurtiz) who will change his life forever.

Ramiz is a powerful mafia type figure who sees Omer like one of his sons, and gives him some protection. After 8 years in prison, with the help of Ramiz, Omer escapes the jail by using a riot in the prison.

Everybody believes that Omer has died in the middle of the chaos but in reality he undergoes an extreme plastic surgery. He gets his face fixed and also changes his voice and his body so that he can take revenge.

Omer creates a new identity and acquaints himself as Ezel (eternity in Turkish). He returns as Ezel (Kenan Imirzalioglu) to exact his vengeance.

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Original Title: Cocuklar Duymasin
English Title: Don’t Let the Kids Know
Also Known As: Family Links (English)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Episodes: 456
Seasons: 9
Broadcast Network: TGRT (2002), Atv (2002-2003, 2010-2012), Star TV (2003-2005), FOX (2013-2014), Kanal D (2017-2019)
Broadcast Period: January 16, 2002 – April 11, 2019
Production Company: MinT Motion Pictures
Director: Rasit Celikezer (2002-2005), Gunay Koker (2010-2012), Bora Tekay (2010-2014, 2017-2019)
Screen Writer: Birol Guven, Metin Acikgoz (2002-2012), Nilufer Yenidogan (2002-2005), Ozlem Aybek (2002-2005), Mufit Can Sacinti (2010-2012), Caner Guler (2010-2012)
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Meltem (Pinar Altug) and Haluk (Tamer Karadagli) have been married for 16 years and have two children: Emre (Furkan Kizilay) and Duygu (Aysecan Tatari/Hayal Garip).

Although they are married for a long time, they still manage to turn the minor upsets of married life into major disasters and continually accuse each other in this respect. They squabble all the time and frequently speak of divorce but at the end, they always back down.

The characters of the drama is very colourful: Haluk is quite feudal and jealous, Meltem is a working wife trying to maintain her independence in the marriage, Haluk’s colleague Selami (Ozgur Ozan) does whatever his wife says so he is labeled as being a “light man”, Selami’s wife Gonul (Zeyno Gunenc) who is called by Haluk as being the “dominant aunt” is a close friend of Meltem and Haluk’s boss Ismail is a womanizer and so on.

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Original Title: Elveda Rumeli
English Title: Farewell Rumelia
Also Known As:
Genre: Historical, Comedy
Episodes: 83
Seasons: 3
Broadcast Network: ATV
Broadcast Period: September 20, 2007 – October 19, 2009
Production Company: Adam Film
Director: Serdar Akar
Screen Writer: Ali Can Yaras, Ozge Efendioglu, Nuran Evren Sit
Filming Locations: Monastery, Macedonia

Synopsis
Rumeli which literally means ‘The Land of the Romans’ is the name given by Turks to the multi-cultural and multi-ethnic Balkans. The ‘Roman’ refers to in that is not the citizen of Roman Empire. It is the respectful Turkish tag given to Orthodox Christians.

Farewell Rumeli (Elveda Rumeli) is a comedy/drama series that nostalgically reminisces the period that would see the collapse of the Ottoman Empire through the ordinary lives of the members of a Turkish family in Macedonia.

Ramiz (Erdal Ozyagcilar), his wife Fatma (Sebnem Sonmez) and their five daughters live barely in a small village affiliated to Pursican county of Macedonia in 1896. Ramiz works as a milkman and wants nothing more than to find appropriate grooms for his precious daughters.

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Original Title: Ask-i Memnu
English Title: Forbidden Love
Also Known As: Lubire Ascunsa (Romania), Al Ashq IL Mamnou (Arabic), Al 3eshk Al Mamno3 (Arabic), Strasti Orijenta (Hrvatski), Amor Prohibido (Spanish), Ishq E Memnu (Arabic)
Genre: Romance, Drama
Episodes: 79
Broadcast Network: Kanal D
Broadcast Period: September 4, 2008 – June 24, 2010
Production Company: Ay Yapim
Director: Hilal Saral
Screen Writer: Ece Yorenc, Melek Gencoglu

Synopsis
Adnan (Selcuk Yontem) lives in one of the most important shore houses in Istanbul with his two children, a relative’s son Behlul (Kivanc Tatlitug), and his children’s half-french nanny. When Adnan meets Bihter (Beren Saat), he suddenly falls in love with her.

Bihter is also a socialite couple’s daughter. She wants to get revenge from her mother, Firdevs (Nebahat Cehre), because her father had died whilst catching her mother cheating on him. Therefore, she decides to marry Adnan, an older, rich and successful guy, because she thinks that by this way she can prevent her mother from marrying him. Although there is a huge age difference and although Firdevs and Adnan’s daughter Nihal (Hazal Kaya) don’t want this marriage, Bihter and Adnan eventually get married.

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Original Title: Dudaktan Kalbe
English Title: From Lips to Hearth
Also Known As: Dakato Qalb (Arabic), De pe buze la inima (Romania), Fjalë drejt zemres (Albania), Kismet (Greece), Melodija na sarceto (Bulgaria), De los labios al corazón (Paraguay), Az buse ta eshq (Iranian)
Genre: Romance, Drama
Episodes: 75
Broadcast Network: Show TV
Broadcast Period: September 2, 2007 – June 26, 2009
Production Company: Ay Yapim
Director: Andac Haznedaroglu
Screen Writer: Melek Gencoglu, Ece Yorenc
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Huseyin Kenan (Burak Hakki) is a famous violinist but still could not forget his childhood. He experienced a lot of pain: his father goes to prison because of robbery, after the suicide of his father he starts to live with his uncle, Sait (Koksal Engur), he always tries to overcome the emotional pain of the grudging charity of his uncle, thus he leaves his first love, Leyla (Fadik Sevin Atasoy) who later on marries Kenan’s cousin Cemil (Yigit Ozsener).

The life of Lamia (Asli Tandogan) is not easy as well; due to the death of her parents, she lives with relatives who provide food and shelter but treat her as a servant. Lamia is a young girl who is a devoted fan of Kenan and his music.

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Original Title: Kapalicarsi
English Title: Grand Bazaar
Also Known As:
Genre: Romance, Drama
Episodes: 38
Broadcast Network: ATV
Broadcast Period: September 28, 2009 – October 5, 2010
Production Company: TMC Film
Director: Murat Duzgunoglu
Screen Writer: Gaye Boralioglu, Nese Sen
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Cemal (Nejat Isler), Mahmut (Olgun Simsek), and Arda (Mert Firat) are close friends who live in the same house and work as a salesman in the famous Turkish Grand Bazaar. They have a lower middle-class life and want to be rich.

In order to earn much money, they have to achieve one thing: to find a little girl and train her to weave a carpet which will become a miracle. Therefore, they go to Hereke (a small town in Turkey) which is famous for the handmake carpets.

In Hereke, Cemal meets Diyar (Asli Tandogan) and wants to hire her as a trainer. Diyar is a beautiful, naïve, and stubborn girl. Although she could not go to the college, she passionately manages to improve herself in weaving.

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Original Title: Hanimin Ciftligi
English Title: Lady’s Farm
Also Known As:
Genre: History, Drama
Episodes: 70
Broadcast Network: Kanal D
Broadcast Period: September 4, 2009 – June 17, 2011
Production Company: Gold Film
Director: Faruk Teber
Screen Writer: Hurer Ebeoglu, Elif Usman, Zulkuf Yucel

Synopsis
Poor girl named Gullu (Ozgu Namal) works in a factory of powerful and rich Muzaffer (Mehmet Aslantug) who owns vast estates in Adana (a city in southern Turkey). She is constantly abused by her father, Cemsir (Mehmet Cevik) and her brother. Gullu is in love with Kemal (Caner Cindoruk) who works at the same factory as a mechanic and they plan to get married. However, Gullu’s father wants her to marry the nephew of the factory owner, Ramazan (Necip Memili) who offers a lot of money in return. The story gets more complicated when Muzaffer spots Gullu and falls madly in love with her. Now, Gullu is in the middle of the road to prosperity, power, and to the lady’s farm.

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Original Title: Kucuk Kadinlar
English Title: Little Women
Also Known As: Micutele domnisoare (Romania)
Genre: Drama
Episodes: 120
Broadcast Network: Kanal D, Star TV
Broadcast Period: June 10, 2008 – March 13, 2011
Production Company: D Production
Director: Hakan Arslan
Screen Writer: Deniz Akcay

Synopsis
Elif (Ekin Turkmen), Armagan (Hande Soral), Yeliz (Fulya Zenginer), Bilge (Elit Iscan) and Cansu (Selin Ilgar) are five sisters with different characters. The biggest sister Elif is 20 years old and goes to Law College.

Rebellious Armagan is 17 years old and goes to high school. Thoughless and fancyful Yeliz is 15, responsible and hardworking Bilge is 12, and sensitive Cansu is 6 years old. They live happily in a small house with their parents but soon the shattering revelation changes these people forever.

One day, they lose both their mother and their father. After losing their parents, they encounter the hardship of this world and experience the most difficult test of life. At first, they receive assistance from their neighbors but later they try to struggle to fend for themselves. They start to fight to avoid falling down while growing up together.

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Original Title: Kaybolan Yillar
English Title: Lost Years
Also Known As: Wa Tamdy Al Ayam (Arabic), Anii pierduti (Romania), Izgubeni godini (Bulgaria), Vitet e Humbura (Albania)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Episodes: 49
Broadcast Network: Star TV
Broadcast Period: April 14, 2006 – Marc 1, 2007
Production Company: Base Production
Director: Sergin Akyaz, Zeynep Gunay
Screen Writer: Sergin Akyaz
Filming Locations: Turkey

Synopsis
Esmer, Ali, and Ezel are best friends in orphanage. They are inseparable, they are family and they are every thing to each other. However, when a family wants to adopt Ezel as a replacement for their dead daughter, the life of these three friends changes forever.

After 23 years, we see that Ali (Burak Hakki) is a police officier, Ezel (Yesim Buber) whose name is Aylin now is a wealthy young doctor, and Esmer (Saruhan Hunel) is a mob gangster.

After all these years, a cruel man Esmer, an elegant tender girl Ezel/Aylin, and a kind guy Ali meet again but now they become enemies.

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Original Title: Ask ve Ceza
English Title: Love and Punishment
Also Known As:
Genre: Romance, Drama
Episodes: 62
Broadcast Network: ATV
Broadcast Period: January 5, 2010 – June 27, 2011
Production Company: TMC Film
Director: Kudret Sabanci
Screen Writer: Yildiz Tunc, Murat Lutfu, Mehmet Bilal, Ethem Yekta

Synopsis
Yasemin (Nurgul Yesilcay) is a 25-year old girl who works in an advertisement company. She plans to get married Mehmet (Caner Kurtaran) but one week before their wedding, she finds out that her fiancé is cheating on her with her best friend. After this betrayal, she loses her belief in love, marriage and innocence and immediately goes to Bodrum (a touristic place in western Turkey) where her mother lives.

In Bodrum, Yasemin goes to the night pub and out of pure coincidence she comes across Savas (Murat Yildirim) who turns her life upside down. They spend one night together but in the morning, Yasemin disappears without leaving any track but just a necklace. This one night stand which is the beginning of the hope for a greater love changes both the life of Yasemin and Savas.