Romance

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Original Title: Kis Gunesi
English Title: Winter Sun
Also Known As: Mentari di Musim Dingin; Aftabe Zemestani
Genre: Romance, Drama
Episodes: 18
Broadcast Network: Show TV
Broadcast Period: February 23, 2016 – June 21, 2016
Production Company: Endemol Shine Turkiye
Director: Murat Onbul
Screen Writer: Ayca Mutlugil, Alev Toprakoglu, Erkan Ciplak, Hale Calap

Synopsis
Efe is only 7 years old when he sees his mother Leyla (Senay Gurler) with another man. He hides in his father’s car with a fear that his mother and his father would end their marriage. While everybody is looking for him, his father gets in the car and finds out Efe in anxiety.

Efe and his father find themselves in the middle of a big trap. In a car accident, Efe’s father is murdered and Efe becomes the only witness to the murder. The killers arrange for the little boy to meet the same fate as his father, but the hired assassin cannot go through with it and gives the child to his fisherman friend.

Efe loses his memory; he forgets his name and family. He is separated from his identical twin brother, Mete. His real family believes that both Efe and his father have died in the car accident. In fact, Efe starts to live together with his adopted father Ismail (Mehmet Esen), mother Fatma (Gamze Suner Atay) and sister Nadide. His new life becomes a lot different than his previous life.

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Original Title: Leyla ile Mecnun
English Title: Leyla and Mecnun
Also Known As:
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Episodes: 104
Broadcast Network: TRT 1, Netflix
Broadcast Period: February 9, 2011 – June 17, 2013
Production Company: EfLAtun Film
Director: Onur Unlu
Screen Writer: Burak Aksak
Filming Locations: Kirecburnu, Sariyer, Istanbul; Ankara; Izmir; Yozgat

Synopsis
It is a surreal, absurdist comedy revolving around the poetic love story of Layla and Majnun.

Mecnun (Ali Atay) and Leyla (Ezgi Asaroglu) were born on the same day in the same hospital. Since there were not enough beds in the hospital, the two babies were put to the same bed. Seeing this absurd situation and inspired by the poetic love story of Layla and Majnun, the fathers decided to give the names of Leyla and Mecnun to their babies and agreed to make them marry 25 years later.

Destiny brings Mecnun and Leyla together as newborns and again years later.

Even though Mecnun has never seen Leyla for 25 years, he cannot persuade her father and goes to Leyla’s house in order to ask her hand in marriage. He finds this situation nonsense. However, Mecnun falls in love with Leyla at first sight and wants to get married to her no matter what.

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Original Title: Elif
English Title: Elif
Also Known As:
Genre: Drama, Romance
Episodes: 940
Broadcast Network: Kanal 7
Broadcast Period: 15 September 2014 – 10 June 2019
Production Company: FremantleMedia
Director: Mahmut Kaptan and Betul Sevim
Screen Writer: Ruya Istanbul
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Little girl Elif (Isabella Damla Guvenilir) lives with his mother Melek (Selin Sezgin), stepfather Veysel (Hasan Balliktas), her step-sister Zeynep (Gulcin Tuncok) and step-brother Murat (Batuhan Soncul). Elif is almost 5 years old but she is much more mature than her peers. She is very helpful and at the same time, strong enough to endure her stepfather’s cruelty.

Veysel is a hopeless, violent gambler who tortures not only Melek but also little Elif. He plans to sell Elif to pay back his gambling debts. Out of pure coincidence, Melek discovers his husband’s ill intention and finds out the passport on behalf of her daughter. In order to save her daughter, she eventually decides to call her long-lasting friend Ayse (Ozanay Alpkan) and asks for her assistance.

Ayse is a servant in the house of the wealthy Emiroglu family where Melek used to work. When Ayse arrives at Melek’s house, she is so surprised to see her old friend in a desperate situation. She does not understand why Melek is married to this violent man but eventually, learns the secrets that were buried in the past.

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Original Title: Bu Sehir Arkandan Gelecek
English Title: This City Will Come After You
Also Known As: Heart Of The City; Kota ini Mengikuti Arahmu 
Genre: Romance, Drama, Action
Episodes: 20
Broadcast Network: Netflix, ATV
Broadcast Period: January 4, 2017 – June 14, 2017
Production Company: Ay Yapim
Director: Cagri Vila Lostuvali
Screen Writer: Ece Yorenc
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Ali Smith (Kerem Bursin) has had a tough life after his mom was killed by his father when he was just 4 years old. He starts to live in cargo boats together with a man Rauf (Osman Alkas) who has cared for him after this tragedy. Ali travels all over the world and considers the cargo boat as his home/country. He becomes a man with no country.

Ali does not want to come back to Istanbul where he remembers the tradegy in his childhood. However, he returns to Istanbul out of pure coincidence when he becomes 20 years old. He needs to spend 24 hours in Istanbul until his cargo boat take off to the next destination.

Whenever Ali sets foot in Istanbul, he manages to gets into trouble. While he wants to help a young girl named Derin (Leyla Lydia Tugutlu), he loses his passport but finds true love. Ali and Derin spend all day together without knowing what will bring them the next day.

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Original Title: Adi Efsane
English Title: His Name is Legend
Also Known As: A.K.A. The Legend
Genre: Family, Romance
Episodes: 29
Broadcast Network: Kanal D
Broadcast Period: January 28, 2017 – August 29, 2017
Production Company: D Yapim
Director: Devrim Yalcin
Screen Writer: Tunus Tasci, Nazli Sunlu, Hilal Yildiz

Synopsis
Tarik (Erdal Besikcioglu) is a successful basketball player but gets injured while he is at the top of his career. He has to give up basketball. Later on, he loses everything that he has. After his lovely wife dies, Tarik tries to find peace in alcohol and ignores his two daughters: Melis (Almida Ada) and Zeynep (Leya Kirsan). Eventually, he loses the custody of his children.

Before Tarik loses his trust on the life, he finds a second chance out of pure coincidence. He gets an opportunity to win the custody of his children if he starts a stable life. Tarik finds a new job in a public school in a poor neighborhood and agrees to make a basketball team in a month. If he cannot manage to make his team ready for the basketball tournament within a month, he cannot keep his job. For this reason, Tarik tries to do his best to convince 4 students who seem to be promising at basketball: Hakan (Cem Yigit Uzumoglu), Fikret (Baran Bolukbasi), Ali (Kaan Sevi) and Sadik (Hakan Ummak). However, he needs to gain their trust first.

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Original Title: Fi
English Title: Phi
Also Known As:
Genre: Romance, Drama
Episodes: 22
Broadcast Network: Puhu Tv
Broadcast Period: March 31, 2017 – March 09, 2018
Production Company: Ay Yapim
Director: Mert Baykal
Screen Writer: Nukhet Bicakci
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
This Turkish drama is based on the popular trilogy of novels by Azra Kohen: Phi, Chi, Pi.

Can Manay (Ozan Guven) is a famous psychologist, television personality, and instructor at the university. He is a womanizer, spends each night with different woman but never falls in love. He thinks that he can control everyone he meets.

The perfect life of Can Manay turns upside down when he decides to move his house away from the city’s chaos. While he is looking for a new house, Can Manay sees a young woman dancing in the garden near the house and starts to watch her unintentionally. Even though the house does not qualify his requirements, Can Manay buys the house so as to become close to this young dancer, Duru (Serenay Sarikaya).

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Original Title: Kalbimdeki Deniz
English Title: Deniz Inside My Heart
Also Known As: Second Chance
Genre: Drama, Romance
Episodes: 60
Broadcast Network: Fox Tv
Broadcast Period: January 12, 2017 – March 12, 2018
Production Company: Pastel Film
Director: Aysun Akyuz Mehdiabbas
Screen Writer: Funda Cetin
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Deniz (Ozge Ozberk) has everything a woman can ask for: she has a wealthy life and lives happily with her two lovely children and a handsome husband. She has been raised without seeing any hardship. Therefore, she is well-intentioned all the time and trusts all the people around her.

Deniz’s life turns upside down when her husband Alihan (Hakan Eratik) disappears with no trace. She worries about the life of her husband without knowing that her husband has left them behind and has run away with his lover Sebnem (Zeynep Aydemir) in order to start a new life. She also does not know that her cousin Hulya (Devin Ozgur Cinar) is the one who arranged this forbidden love.

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Original Title: Olene Kadar
English Title: Until Death
Also Known As: Eternal, To Death
Genre: Drama, Action, Romance
Episodes: 13
Broadcast Network: ATV
Broadcast Period: January 12, 2017 – April 13, 2017
Production Company: Tims Productions
Director: Umur Turagay
Screen Writer: Elif Usman Erguden

Synopsis
Daghan (Engin Akyurek) is a talented young doctor who is trained to get his proficiency. He has a moderate life with his parents and his little sister. When he learns that his girlfriend Beril (Gulcan Arslan) is pregnant, they decide to get married as soon as possible. Even though his family does not approve the marriage at the beginning, he persuades them that he can work and study at the same time and can give a happy life to his lover.

Daghan and his family go to Beril’s house to get her father’s approval for the marriage. However, they are rejected at the door even without meeting in person. They feel humiliated but Daghan never gives up his love. He gets Beril without her father’s approval and plan to get married.

On their wedding day, Daghan gets a call from Beril’s father and goes to the meeting place with the hope of making peace. However, he falls into a big trap: Daghan is narcotized meanwhile a hitman shots Beril’s father, a little girl gives false testimony and Daghan is accused by the murder. He cannot persuade that he is innocent and he is sentenced to life imprisonment. He loses his hope, his future, his lover and the most beautiful days of his lives due the crime that he has never committed.

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Original Title: Kaderimin Yazildigi Gun
English Title:  The Day My Destiny Is Written
Also Known As: Belahan Jiwa Kahraman; A Part of Me
Genre: Romance, Drama
Episodes: 50
Broadcast Network: Star Tv
Broadcast Period: October 14, 2014 – December 29, 2015
Production Company: 03 Turkey Medya
Director: Sadullah Senturk, Ulas Inac
Screen Writer: Muharrem Buhara, Ozlem Atasoy, Kerim Ceylan, Bektas Topaloglu

Synopsis
The members of Yorukhan family gather all together in Antakya, the city in the southern part of Turkey. They celebrate the first day of pomegranate harvest and wish to have peace, fruitfulness, and wealth. However, their day is ruined when the bride of the family, Defne (Begum Kutuk Yasaroglu) is criticized for not having baby. Kahraman (Ozcan Deniz) protects his wife and makes it clear that they do not care about baby. However, this event changes the life of Yorukhan family forever.

Defne wants to have a baby and becomes willing to do anything to reach that goal. She consults her mother-in-law Kiymet (Gul Onat) and they decide to hire a surrogate who will bear a baby on behalf of Kahraman and Defne, and who will leave after giving a birth. They convince Kahraman and start to search for a perfect surrogate. Their destiny intersects with a beautiful and young girl, Elif (Hatice Sendil).

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Original Title: Kordugum
English Title: Intersection
Also Known As:
Genre: Drama, Romance
Episodes: 31
Broadcast Network: Fox Tv
Broadcast Period: January 7, 2016 – October 23, 2016
Production Company: Endemol Shine Turkiye
Director: Gokcen Usta
Screen Writer: Yigit Okan
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Kocaeli, Ankara, Italy

Synopsis
Ali Nejat (Ibrahim Celikkol) is a young businessman who comes from a wealty family. Years ago, he was involved in a car accident due to his passion for high speed and caused the death of his little nephew. After this tradegy, Ali Nejat never forgives himself and cannot become close to his family ever after.

When Ali Nejat goes to Italy for a business trip, he meets a talented young doctor Naz (Belcim Bilgin) who saves the life of his close friend at the restaurant. Naz unfortunately misses her flight to Istanbul in order to take care of Ali Nejat’s friend and these two have to return to Istanbul together.