Romance

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Original Title: Yarim Kalan Asklar
English Title: Interrupted
Also Known As: Unfinished Love Circle
Genre: Mistery, Romance
Episodes: 8
Broadcast Network: Blu TV
Broadcast Period: 10 September 2020 – 29 October 2020
Production Company: Tims Production
Director: Umur Turagay
Screen Writer: Ethem Ozisik; Hakan Bonomo; Ercan Ugur
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Ozan (Tolga Saritas) is an idealist journalist who seeks for truth and justice for any occasion. He is in love with Elif (Dilan Cicek Deniz) who is a journalist in the same company like himself.

Ozan starts to investigate a mysterious case where a group of people go blind after showing same symptoms. All these people hear supernatural voices just before going blind. Ozan wants to reveal the reasons behind this case and is about to meet a chemistry professor. However, he dies all of a sudden after being hit by a car.

Out of pure coincidence, Ozan is reincarnated in a new body. He is informed that he has been given a second chance in order to finish his unfinished work. While doing so, Ozan is not allowed to tell his true identity to anybody, even to his fiancée and family.

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Original Title: Yesilcam
English Title: The Green Pine
Also Known As:
Genre: Historical, Romance, Drama
Episodes: 20
Broadcast Network: Blu TV
Broadcast Period: 22 April 2021 – 10 December 2021
Production Company:
Director: Cagan Irmak
Screen Writer: Volkan Sumbul, Levent Cantek
Filming Locations: Istanbul Beyoglu District (Yesilcam Street and Ayhan Isik Street)

Synopsis
The story takes place in 1960s that is the golden age of Turkish cinema. Yesilcam (literally means The Green Pine in Turkish) refers to Turkish film industry that is similar to Hollywood in the U.S.

Yesilcam (The Green Pine) is a name referring to Turkish film industry after 1950s because many actors, directors, crew members and studios are based on the Yesilcam Street in Beyoglu District in Istanbul during that time.

Semih Ates (Cagatay Ulusoy) is a young, handsome and ambitious film producer who is the owner of Ates Film. When he is betrayed by his business partner Vehbi (Onur Bilge), Semih has nothing to do but to leave everything behind and start a journey from scratch.

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Original Title: Yemin
English Title: The Promise
Also Known As:
Genre: Drama, Romance
Episodes: 392+ (season 1: episodes of 1-70; season 2: episodes of 71-245; season 3: episodes of 246-350; season 4: episodes of 351-)
Broadcast Network: Kanal 7
Broadcast Period: 18 February 2019 – (season 1: 18 February 2019 – 31 May 2019; season 2: 9 September 2019 – 8 May 2020; season 3: 7 September 2020 – May 2021; season 4: 17 September 2021 – 2022)
Production Company: Karamel Yapim
Director: Ayhan Ozen (director of season 1-2); Hakan Arslan and Reyhan Peker (director of season 3)
Screen Writer: Nazmiye Yilmaz
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Tarhun family is a wealthy and well-known family in Istanbul. The head of the family, Hikmet Tarhun (Berkant Muftuler), is diagnosed with a terminal disease and therefore, starts to worry about his family’s future.

His wife Cavidan (Gul Arcan) is a greedy woman who just wants to cement her place among Istanbul’s high society. His brother Kemal (Can Verel) is a successful lawyer but he is trying to settle back after his wife’s death. His son Emir (Gokberk Demirci), on the other hand, is an adventurous young man who prefers to take risks and does whatever he likes rather than work in the family business.

Hikmet wants to organize everything before his death so that he could not leave a disjoined family behind. He thinks that his son should get more responsibility as soon as possible. Thus, he wants him to get married soon. His nephew Reyhan (Ozge Yagiz) is a perfect bride for himself.

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Original Title: Son Yaz
English Title: Last Summer
Also Known As:
Genre: Romance, Drama
Episodes: 26
Broadcast Network: Fox Tv
Broadcast Period: January 1, 2021 – October 16, 2021
Production Company: o3 Medya
Director: Burak Arlier
Screen Writer: Deniz Dargi, Cenk Bogatur, Cem Gorgec
Filming Locations: Izmir Cesme, Istanbul

Synopsis
Selim (Ali Atay) is an idealist prosecutor who is married and has two children. He dedicates all his time to his work, lives in Istanbul apart from his family, and neglects his family most of the time.

Selim gets an interesting offer from Selcuk Taskin (Arif Piskin) who has been in prison for 8 years due to an organized crime. Selcuk Taskin is willing to become a witness and reveal all mafia relations in Istanbul. He has one condition: his son Akgun (Alperen Duymaz) would be protected by the prosecutor Selim.

Prosecutor Selim accepts this offer in order to end the mafia relations in Istanbul and starts to keep an eye on Akgun.

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Original Title: Marasli
English Title: The Trusted
Also Known As:
Genre: Romance, Action
Episodes: 26
Broadcast Network: ATV
Broadcast Period: 11 January 2021 – 13 July 2021
Production Company: Tims&B Production
Director: Arda Sarigun
Screen Writer: Ethem Ozisik, Hakan Bonomo, Ercan Ugur
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Celal (Burak Deniz) is a young man who was born in 1987 in Maras, a city in the southeastern part of Turkey. Thus, he is known as Marasli (a person from Maras).

Marasli used to be a sergeant at special forces. His life changes drastically all of a sudden when her daughter is shot at the concert hall 2 years ago. After that tragedy, his daughter never speaks. Thus, Marasli quits his job to take care of her daughter.

Marasli becomes a retired soldier and starts to work as a second-hand bookseller in Istanbul. He tries to find a remedy for his daughter’s disease. At the same time, he does his best to find the culprits responsible for the armed attack at the concert hall 2 years ago.

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Original Title: Seni Cok Bekledim
English Title: Waiting for You
Also Known As: I Waited You So Much (literal title)
Genre: Romance, Drama
Episodes: 10+
Broadcast Network: Star TV
Broadcast Period: 29 January 2021 –
Production Company: Skala Yapim and DNZ Film
Director: Sahin Altug
Screen Writer: Ozcan Deniz
Filming Locations: Doha, Istanbul

Synopsis
Kadir (Ozcan Deniz) is a middle aged business man who lives in Doha to carry out his business in abroad. He is a cool and successful guy who never believes in coincidences. He achieves to grow the family business through working so hard.

27 years ago, Kadir’s life turns upside down when he is 17 years old. His happy life together with his father and mother breaks into pieces due to an earthquake in Erzincan in 1992. His father passes away right away while his mother and his newly born brother disappear without any trace.

After an earthquake, Kadir looks for his family for almost 1 year. His mother, meanwhile, cannot find Kadir and assumes that he is dead just like her husband.

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Original Title: Sol Yanim
English Title: My Better Half
Also Known As: My Left Side (literal title), Mi Lado Izquierdo
Genre: Drama, Romance, Youth
Episodes: 12
Broadcast Network: Star TV
Broadcast Period: 26 November 2020 – 17 February 2021
Production Company: BKM
Director: Serdar Gozelekli
Screen Writer: Melis Civelek; Ozlem Cadirci
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Serra (Ozge Yagiz) is a young girl who studies architecture at Kuzey University in Istanbul. She is a mature, responsible and beautiful young girl. She and her mother Nilgun (Esra Bezen Bilgin) live in a small shanty house and try to survive without the help of other people.

7 years ago, Serra and her family had a wealthy and happy life. However, their perfect life turned upside down when her father’s business went bankrupt. The sequence of tragedies happened after then. Her father left his family behind and disappeared. Her brother committed suicide and died. Her mother could not handle the situation and suffered from physiological problems.

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Original Title: Bir Annenin Gunahi
English Title: A Mother’s Guilt
Also Known As:
Genre: Family Drama, Crime, Romance
Episodes: 5
Broadcast Network: Kanal D
Broadcast Period: 21 November 2020 – 19 December 2020
Production Company: Limon Yapim; Skala Yapim
Director: Filiz Gulmez Pakman
Screen Writer: Ozlem Atasoy (screenwriter for Turkish adaptation); Yesim Aslan (screenwriter for Turkish adaptation); original screenwriters are Ruby Leah Castro-Villanueva; Jaja Amarillo; Cyrus Dan Cañares; Jaymar Castro;Riccilyn Santos
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
A Mother’s Guilt (Bir Annenin Gunahi) Turkish series is an adaptation of Philippine television series named Hanggang Saan.

Suna (Ozge Ozberk) is a single mother who tries to do her best to provide a decent life for her children. She has three children, Yusuf (Mert Yazicioglu), Zehra (Mina Derman) and Ali.

Suna gets up before sunrise each day to go fishing and then, goes to her small restaurant where she cooks and serves fresh fish. She works so hard for her family. While she is trying to raise her children in a decent way, she also deposits a portion of her earnings every month into a mortgage plan sold by an established company.

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Original Title: Sevda Kusun Kanadinda
English Title: On The Wings of Love
Also Known As:
Genre: Romance, Drama, Historical
Episodes: 31
Broadcast Network: TRT 1
Broadcast Period: 29 April 2016 – 28 March 2017
Production Company: Sonart Medya
Director: Ayhan Ozen
Screen Writer: Oktay Berber, Mustafa Burak Dogu, Selma Haciosmanoglu, Alp Emre
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
On The Wings of Love (Sevda Kusun Kanadinda) is a tragic love story that takes place in 1968-1970s in Turkey.

Tumay (Deniz Baysal/Sevtap Ozaltun) is a young woman who comes from a wealthy family. She is leftist and fights against capitalism while her family supports the opposite of her ideologies. Her father Zafer (Yavuz Bingol) is a high ranking police officer and tries to keep his daughter apart from political unrest in the country.

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Original Title: Cati Kati Ask
English Title: Romance Next Door
Also Known As: The Penthouse Love
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 16
Broadcast Network: Kanal D
Broadcast Period: 9 July 2020 – 24 October 2020
Production Company: Mia Yapim
Director: Fehmi Ozturk
Screen Writer: Ramazan Demirli, Gokhan Temel, Ozgur Agaoglu, Seyda Delibasi
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Aysen (Ezgi Senler) is a young and beautiful girl who studies fashion design. After she was abandoned by her parents when she was a little baby, she has been raised by a warm family. Even though Aysen is left alone by her birth parents, she never lacks for family love, coziness, and kindliness.

Aysen becomes the daughter of the family which consists of father Celal (Renan Bilek), mother Perihan (Tulay Gunal), grandmother Saadet (Bedia Ener), sister Suheyla (Pelin Oztekin), brother-in-law Suayip (Bulent Seyran), and brother Demir (Yigit Kirazci).

The life of this warm family gets into a difficulty when they could not get 6-months rent from their penthouse and they could not pay their debt for Turkish type dumplings restaurant.