Romance

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Original Title: Fazilet Hanim ve Kizlari
English Title: Mrs. Fazilet and Her Daughters
Also Known As:
Genre: Romance, Drama
Episodes: 13+
Broadcast Network: Star TV
Broadcast Period: March 25, 2011–
Production Company: Avsar Film
Director: Murat Saracoglu
Screen Writer: Sirma Yanik

Synopsis
Fazilet Hanim (Nazan Kesal) has been dreaming to become rich throughout her life but never becomes successful and lives in a poor neighborhood. After her husband’s death, she becomes the head of the family and lives together with her two daughters, Hazan (Deniz Baysal) and Ece (Afra Saracoglu). Fazilet Hanim has raised her daughters with difficulty but never gives up her passion about a better life. She starts to use her younger daughter Ece and wants to make her an actresses or photomodel. In pursuit of this goal, she even does not care about her daughter’s education and takes her from one audition to another.

Hazan, on the other hand, does not approve her mother’s attitude and hides her beauty. She wears masculine clothes and works at the gym as a trainer. She blames her mother for the death of her father and never gets along with her mother since then. Hazan thinks that her mother Fazilet does not love her due to the fact that her mother had to say goodbye to her dreams after giving birth. For this reason, Hazan becomes stubborn, aggressive and firm towards her. She becomes the biggest obstable in front of Fazilet’s dreams and attacks her mother for using her little sister.

The life of Fazilet Hanim and her daughters changes drastically when they come across the wealthy and prestigious family of Egemen.

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Original Title: Serce Sarayi
English Title: My Destiny
Also Known As: The Palace of Serce
Genre: Romance, Drama
Episodes: 13
Broadcast Network: StarTv
Broadcast Period: March 5, 2015 – June 14, 2015
Production Company: Endemol
Director: Mesude Erarslan
Screen Writer: Arzu Mutlu Dastan, Mustafa Mutlu, Nuriye Bilici, Rodi Guven Yalcinkaya

Synopsis
Serce (Songul Oden) is a middle aged woman who lives in the poor neighborhood of Istanbul with her two sons and her sister. After her husband’s death in a car accident 2 years ago, Serce devotes her life to her children and sister. She still mourns for her dead husband and does not want to get married again even though there are many men who want to get married to her.

One day, Serce wants to help her best friend Aliye (Selen Ozturk) for chasing her husband. They suspect that Aliye’s husband has a love affair and for this reason, they secretly chase him. Eventually, they find out Aliye’s husband with another woman. However, the reality is not what it looks like! That woman, in fact, is the mistress of Serce’s husband.

Out of pure coincidence, Serce learns her husband’s betrayal. Her whole world turns upside down. She learns that her husband had a love affair with another woman before he died and had an illegitimate son from this love affair. This fact changes Serce’s life forever. Now, she does not want to be faithful toward her dead husband.

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Original Title: Hayat Bazen Tatlidir
English Title: Bitter Sweet Life
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Genre: School, Romance, Friendship
Episodes: 26
Broadcast Network: Star TV
Broadcast Period: October 16, 2016 – April 30, 2017
Production Company: Surec Film
Director: Hamdi Alkan
Screen Writer: Gani Mujde
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Hayat (Birce Akalay) is a literature teacher at a top private school. She is so idealist that she cannot refrain from defending her own rights in every occasion. Due to this attitude, she does not have an easy life and often faces with different difficulties.

Hayat lives together with her little sister Gozde (Simay Barlas) who goes to the same high school where Hayat teaches. After their parents’ death, Hayat becomes both a mother and a father for her sister and tries to do her best to protect her sister from dangers. Sometimes, she becomes so authoritarian and for this reason; she is exposed to criticism by her sister.

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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
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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: Green Yapim
Director: Fulya Yavuzoglu, Canan Yilmaz
Screen Writer: Ruya Istanbul
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkiye

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.

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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, Melek Gencoglu
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.

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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

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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

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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.