Romance

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Original Title: Cukur
English Title: The Pit
Also Known As:
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Episodes: 131
Broadcast Network: Show TV
Broadcast Period: October 23, 2017 – June 7, 2021
Production Company: Ay Yapim
Director: Sinan Ozturk, Ozgur Sevimli
Screen Writer: Gokhan Horzum
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Kocovali is a powerful crime family in Cukur neighborhood in Istanbul. Idris Kocovali (Ercan Kesal) is the head of the family and does whatever he can in order to protect his family as well as the members of Cukur. He is such a powerful man that he becomes kind towards those who show him respect yet ruthless against those who do not.

Idris Kocovali has four sons: Cumali, Kahraman, Selim, and Yamac.

Cumali is the eldest son of the family who is in prison right now.

Kahraman (Mustafa Ustundag) is the second eldest son of the family who successfully carries out the important part of the family business.

Selim (Oner Erkan) is the third eldest son of the family who has a fragile personality that is not appropriate for Mafia business.

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Original Title: Sen Anlat Karadeniz
English Title: Lifeline
Also Known As: You Tell, The Black Sea
Genre: Melodrama, Romance
Episodes: 8+
Broadcast Network: ATV
Broadcast Period: January 24, 2018 –
Production Company: Sinegraf
Director: Osman Sinav, Emre Kabakusak
Screen Writer: Ayse Ferda Eryilmaz, Nehir Erdem

Synopsis
Nefes (Irem Helvacioglu) was forced to become the wife of Vedat Sayar (Mehmet Ali Nuroglu) when she was just 16 years old. She has been captived for 8 years and never allowed to go outside the house. Her only happiness in this life becomes her little son Yigit.

Nefes has been exposed to domestic violence for 8 years. She never accepts to become the real wife of Vedat and tries to escape from this captivity whenever possible. She aims to take his son and run away from Vedat. However, she fails all the time.

Nefes’ life changes dramatically when Vedat decides to do business with Kaleli family from the Black Sea region. Kaleli family lives in Trabzon (a city in the Black Sea region) and engages in mining sand. It is a conservative ordinary family where the biggest son Mustafa (Sinan Tuzcu) manages the family business while the second biggest son Tahir (Ulas Tuna Astepe) becomes the captain of their sand mining ships.

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Original Title: Stiletto Vendetta
English Title: Ufak Tefek Cinayetler
Also Known As: Little Murders
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Romance
Episodes: 45
Broadcast Network: Star TV
Broadcast Period: October 24, 2017 – December 11, 2018
Production Company: Ay Yapim
Director: Ali Bilgin, Deniz Yorulmazer
Screen Writer: Meric Acemi
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Oya (Gokce Bahadir) is a successful gynecologist who is passionate about her job. She is a middle aged beautiful woman who still could not recover from the trauma in her high school days.

Almost 20 years ago, Oya was betrayed by her three close friends: Merve, Pelin, and Arzu. On their school trip, Oya was left alone in the middle of the lake and could not get out of the water when she realized that her friends took her clothes. While she was calling for help, her friends executed their plan and called their school teacher Edip (Selim Bayraktar).

Edip came to rescue Oya from this desperate situation and gave her something to cover her body. At that time, all students misunderstood this situation and accused them of having a romantic relationship.

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Original Title: Kanatsiz Kuslar
English Title: Wingless Birds
Also Known As: Broken Wings
Genre: Drama, Romance
Episodes: 46
Broadcast Network: Atv
Broadcast Period: June 15, 2017 – May 24, 2018
Production Company: Koliba Film
Director: Kemal Uzun
Screen Writer: Hakan Haksun

Synopsis
Nefise (Deniz Bolisik) is a young mother who has 4 children. After her husband’s death, she becomes the head of the family and tries to do her best to raise her children. She works at a restaurant with difficulty but she cannot earn enough money to provide her children a proper life.

In this journey, her eldest daughter Zeynep (Melis Tuzunguc) becomes her biggest supporter. Zeynep understands her mother’s sacrifice and starts to work part-time to support her family financially.

One day, Nefise cannot leave her youngest daughter to the caretaker and takes her to the restaurant. At that day, she loses her job where she works without any social security coverage and she cannot get her latest salary. Nefise finds herself in a desperate situation and has nothing to do but to steal some food from the restaurant as an exchange for her unpaid salary. While running away from the restaurant with food, she comes across a wounded man Muzaffer (Fatih Al) and kindly helps him by calling an ambulance.

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Original Title: Meryem
English Title: Meryem
Also Known As: Tales Of Innocence, Secret Love
Genre: Melodrama, Thriller, Romance
Episodes: 30
Broadcast Network: Kanal D
Broadcast Period: August 2, 2017 – February 28, 2018
Production Company: TMC
Director: Mustafa Sevki Dogan
Original screen writer: Yoo Bo Ra, Choi Ho Chul
Adaptation screen writer: Meryem Gultabak, Ilke Gursoy

Synopsis
Savas (Furkan Andic) is a young man who comes from a wealthy family. He has everything including good looks, intelligence but he does not have kindness. After her mother’s death, he moves away from his father and wants to have a simple life. He loves his girlfriend so much and plans to get married to her as soon as possible. Even though his girlfriend is a waitress and has an ordinary life, Savas knows that she is the woman of his life.

Meryem (Ayca Aysin Turan), on the other hand, is a beautiful young girl who works at the bakery together with her father. She is so caring, self-sacrificing, and thoughtful. She has been dating with Oktay (Cemal Toktas) for a long time and dreams to become his bride. While Oktay goes to the law school, Meryem takes care of him and even financially supports him. She can do anything for his lover and even sacrifices her own life.

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Original Title: Siyah Inci
English Title: Black Pearl
Also Known As:
Genre: Melodrama, Romance
Episodes: 20
Broadcast Network: Star TV
Broadcast Period: September 28, 2017 – February 15, 2018
Production Company: Gold Production
Director: Erol Ozlevi
Screen Writer: Yekta Torun

Synopsis
Hazal (Hande Ercel) is a young and beautiful girl who lives in a small coastal town named Cesme in the Aegean region of Turkey. She has a modest life and lives happily together with her mom Melek (Yesim Buber), step-sister Ebru (Melis Sezen) and step-father Halil.

Hazal works as a waitress in a big hotel in this small town and does not want anything but to get married to her lover Kenan (Tolgahan Sayisman). Hazal and Kenan are very much in love with each other and dream to get married as soon as possible.

Kenan is a young man who works as a fisherman. He manages to find the black pearl deep down in the Aegean Sea and proves that he loves Hazal to death. He wants to spend all his life together with his lover Hazal and tries to do his best to make her happy.

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Original Title: Siyah Beyaz Ask
English Title: Black White Love
Also Known As: Price Of Passion
Genre: Romance, Drama, Action
Episodes: 32
Broadcast Network: Kanal D
Broadcast Period: October 16, 2017 – May 28, 2018
Production Company: D Productions
Director: Yasin Uslu
Screen Writer: Eylem Canpolat, Sema Ergenekon
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Asli (Birce Akalay) is a young and beautiful doctor who is dedicated to save the lives of her patients. She even sacrifices her own life for the sake of her patients. She is so free-spirited and thinks that she can change the lives of people through love and effort.

Asli lives happily with her brother named Cem (Ugur Aslan) who works as a police officer. Cem is also passionate about his job and does whatever is needed without any fear. After their parents’ death, Cem has become the head of the family and does his best to protect his sister Asli.

On the other hand, Ferhat (Ibrahim Celikkol) is young and cold-hearted guy who works as a hitman. After his father’s death, he moves to Istanbul together with his mother, sister, and brother. Ferhat sacrifices his own life for the sake of his family and starts to work with his uncle Namik (Muhammet Uzuner). Ferhat believes that Namik is his uncle but in fact, Namik is his biological father. Without knowing this secret about the past, Ferhat becomes the most trustworthy man of Namik and starts to carry out all the illegal activities.

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Original Title: Kalp Atisi
English Title: Heartbeat
Also Known As:
Genre: Romance, Drama
Episodes: 9+
Broadcast Network: Show TV
Broadcast Period: March 11, 2017 –
Production Company: MF Yapim
Director: Yusuf Pirhasan
Original Screen Writer: Ha Myung Hee
Adaptation Screen Writer: Makbule Kosif, Eda Tezcan, Gulsev Karagoz, Zafer Ozer Cetinel, Melis Veziroglu Yilmaz

Synopsis
Eylul (Oyku Karayel) is a tough bully in school with an aggressive personality and always gets into trouble. After her mother’s death, she starts to live together with her father and step-mother. She cannot find compassion from her parents and for this reason, she shows her anger through creating trouble. She has many scars from her childhood and keeps her heart shut away from other people.

Eylul is a rebellious 18 year old high school girl who has changed many schools. Her life changes completely after she is expelled from the last school due to a fight. On that day, Eylul’s father kicks her out of the house and leaves her to her grandmother who lives in a small town, Marmaris in the Aegean region of Turkey.

Eylul finds compassion from her grandmother and starts to be happy living in this small town. She completely changes after meeting her school teacher Ali (Gokhan Alkan). Ali, in fact, is a successful doctor in Istanbul and it is unknown why he is also a teacher in this small town.

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Original Title: Yeni Gelin
English Title: New Bride
Also Known As:
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Episodes: 15+
Broadcast Network: Show TV
Broadcast Period: March 11, 2017 –
Production Company: Surec Film
Director: Ersoy Guler
Screen Writer: Ersoy Guler

Synopsis
Bella (Jessica May Drociunas) is an educated young girl who comes from an aristocratic background. She was born in Milan, Spain as the only daughter of a Turkish father – an ambassador of Turkey and a Spanish high-society mother.

Bella finds her prince charming at university. Hazar (Tolga Mendi) is the heir of a tribe from Adana (a city in the East of Turkey). His tribe is known as a Bozok family who is devoted to their customs and traditions.

Bella and Hazar fall in love with each other even though they come from different family backgrounds. After 3 years of happy relationship during their university education, Hazar proposes and Bella gladly accepts his proposal. Without taking their parents’ approval, Hazar and Bella get married and start a new life. Bella follows her husband to his home at Adana despite her parents’ reservations.

Bella assumes to have an exotic Eastern adventure in Adana. However, nothing turns out to be as expected. Hazar’s family also disapproves their marriage because they have to break their promise to the other tribe. Hazar has been engaged to Dilan (Silan Makal) from other tribe in order to end the enemy between these two tribes. Now, Hazar’s new bride is Bella and he cannot get married to Dilan. This situation enkindles the enemy between these two tribes.

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Original Title: Asktan Kacilmaz
English Title: Can’t Run From Love
Also Known As:
Genre: Drama, Romance, Crime
Episodes: 11
Broadcast Network: Star TV
Broadcast Period: September 14, 2014 – November 18, 2014
Production Company: Erler Film
Director: Metin Balekoglu
Screen Writer: Mahinur Ergun

Synopsis
Yasemin (Pelin Akil) is a young prosecutor living in Istanbul with her family. She is so ambitious that she tries to do her best to change the world. She has been dating with Ali (Cagdas Onur Ozturk) who is a police superintendent of narcotic branch in Istanbul.

Yasemin and Ali work together in order to catch the gang leaders who engage in illegal drug travel. They have been working for a long time to catch the culprits and reach the leaders of this gang. However, no matter how hard they try, they cannot become successful.

Having a break from this tight schedule, Yasemin and Ali eventually get engaged and decide to get married soon. However, the day after their engagement, Yasemin finds out Ali’s affair with another woman. She cannot forgive her fiancée’s betrayal and decides to move away from Istanbul for a while. She immediately requests a transfer from her workplace to another city for a temporary duty so that she would be far away from Ali.