Romance

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Original Title: Zalim Istanbul
English Title: Ruthless City
Also Known As:
Genre: Drama, Romance
Episodes: 12+
Broadcast Network: Kanal D
Broadcast Period: April 1, 2019 –
Production Company: Avsar Film
Director: Cevdet Mercan
Screen Writer: Sirma Yanik

Synopsis
Agah Karacay (Fikret Kuskan) is a successful businessman who has a wealthy life. He lives in a big mansion together with his beautiful and ambitious wife Seniz (Mine Tugay), irresponsible son Cenk (Ozan Dolunay), carefree daughter Damla (Simay Barlas), and his disabled nephew Nedim (Berker Guven).

When Agah’s elder brother is killed years ago, he not only is inherited by a huge fortune but also is taken over the responsibility of his 8-year old nephew. After then, Agah starts to raise his nephew. But something unexpected happens and Nedim becomes disabled because of an unexpected tragedy.

Even though Agah loves his nephew and tries to do his best to take care of his nephew properly, his wife Seniz wants to send this young boy away. Seniz keeps a secret related to her past and she does whatever is needed to continue to keep it secret. Seniz considers Nedim as her enemy since he is the only witness whatever has happened years ago. For this reason, Seniz wants to deteriorate Nedim’s situation by giving him drugs in a secret way.

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Original Title: Kuzgun
English Title: Kuzgun
Also Known As:
Genre: Drama, Crime, Romance
Episodes: 16+
Broadcast Network: Star Tv
Broadcast Period: February 13, 2019 –
Production Company: Ay Yapim
Director: Bahadir Ince
Screen Writer: Burcu Gorgun Toptas, Ozlem Yilmaz

Synopsis
Kuzgun is the 8-year old child whose father is a trustworthy cop. He has a modest and happy life together with his parents, brother, and sister. But, his life turns upside down when his father is betrayed by his colleague and kicked off the force in a drug scandal.

Kuzgun’s father does not accept the bribe offered by drug lord whereas his best friend Rifat (Levent Ulgen) accepts the offer and betrays his colleague though entrapping him. After then, Rifat becomes the drug dealer’s right-hand man while Kuzgun’s father is put into prison.

Kuzgun’s happy life comes to end. His family is separated and he is taken away from his family by the thugs who are looking for the evidence concerning the drug lord. Kuzgun manages to escape from the thugs but cannot find his mother at the home. He realizes that his mother and his siblings have abandoned him and left the house. Now, he has to survive on the streets and fend for himself.

20 years later, Kuzgun (Baris Arduc) becomes an adult who is willing to take his revenge. An ordinary man generally prefers to forget all the pain during his childhood. However, Kuzgun prefers not to forget but to transform himself into the perfect sword of vengeance.

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Original Title: Bir Zamanlar Cukurova
English Title: Bitter Lands
Also Known As: Tierra amarga, Once Upon a Time in Cukurova
Genre: Drama, Romance
Episodes: 63+
Broadcast Network: Atv
Broadcast Period: September 13, 2018 –
Production Company: Tims&B Production
Director: Murat Saracoglu, Faruk Teber
Screen Writer: Su Ersoz, Derem Ciray, Yildiz Tunc
Filming Locations: Adana, Turkey

Synopsis
The story begins in Istanbul in 1970s and continues in the fertile lands of Cukurova, Adana (a city in the south of Turkey).

Zuleyla (Hilal Altinbilek) is a young and beautiful girl who lives in Istanbul together with her step-brother Veli (Mustafa Acilan) and her sister-in-law. She works as a tailor in a well-known district in Istanbul and dreams to get married to her lover Yilmaz (Ugur Gunes).

Yilmaz is a hardworking guy who works as a car mechanic. After his family passed away long ago, he has been raised by his master. Yilmaz does not have a wealthy life but he can do anything to make his lover Zuleyha happy.

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Original Title: Atesbocegi
English Title: Firefly
Also Known As:
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 17
Broadcast Network: Star Tv
Broadcast Period: June 29, 2017 – October 26, 2017
Production Company: Mia Yapim
Director: Baris Yos
Screen Writer: Ebru Hacioglu

Synopsis
Baris (Seckin Ozdemir) is a successful lawyer. He is 35 years old, single, and handsome. He thinks that he can understand each person’s personality at first sight because he has known many people thanks to his job. Baris feels that there is nothing in this life that can surprise him. However, his life changes dramatically when he accepts his last lawsuit.

Baris learns that his car has been involved in a car accident when it was borrowed by his nephew Hakan (Umur Yigit Vanli). Baris is blackmailed by his plaintiff with a video that shows that his car hits a little girl on the street and leaves the scene of accident without helping the injured girl. On the video, his car’s license plate is clearly seen but the driver who is driving the car is not seen. Baris and his family first suspect about Hakan but later on, understand that the accident was made when the car was stolen.

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Original Title: Bana Sevmeyi Anlat
English Title: Wings of Love
Also Known As: Tell Me Love
Genre: Melodrama, Romance
Episodes: 22
Broadcast Network: Fox Tv
Broadcast Period: August 26, 2016 – January 30, 2017
Production Company: Ay Yapim
Director: Mesude Erarslan
Screen Writer: Deniz Akcay

Synopsis
Leyla (Seda Bakan) is a beautiful single mother of a little baby boy. She makes a wrong marriage with a guy whom she believes in. However, she needs to return to her father’s house with her baby after things do not work out.

Leyla starts to live at her father’s house in Germany together with her step-mother, step-sister Simge (Gulper Ozdemir), and step-brother. It becomes harder to come back to this house with her baby because she has to endure her step-mother’s grumble and her step-sister’s jealousy. She even cannot trust them for babysitting.

Leyla’s miserable life changes dramatically when she starts working as an interpreter for her father’s boss Hasmet (Mustafa Ustundag). Hasmet owns a chain of restaurants in Istanbul, he is a respected and successful businessman and has a wealthy life. He also does business in Germany to cover his illegal activities. He is in fact a ruthless drug dealer.

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Original Title: Dolunay
English Title: Full Moon
Also Known As: Bitter Sweet
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 26
Broadcast Network: Star Tv
Broadcast Period: July 4, 2017 – December 31, 2017
Production Company: No Dokuz
Director: Cagri Bayrak
Screen Writer: Aysen Gunsu Teker and Fikret Bekler

Synopsis
Nazli (Ozge Gurel) is a beautiful young girl who aims to be a successful chef. While she is studying at gastronomy and culinary arts, she also goes to Japanese language course and works as part-time worker in order to support her family financially. Nazli lives happily together with her two sisters: Fatos and Asuman. Fatos (Oznur Serceler) is the biggest sister who studies fashion design and becomes the best friend of Nazli. Asuman (Ilayda Akdogan), on the other hand, goes to tourism school and aims to get married to a rich guy.

Nazli’s cheerful life changes dramatically when she gets a part-time job offer. She will work as a private chef for a rich businessman Ferit (Can Yaman). She will prepare his dinner according to given food list each day during 12 pm – 5 pm and will leave the house before her boss comes. Nazli is not allowed to wander around outside the kitchen area and change the order of the house. She needs to be so careful, organized, and tidy so that she could keep her job and please her picky boss.

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Original Title: Yasak Elma
English Title: Forbidden Fruit
Also Known As: Forbidden Apple
Genre: Drama, Romance
Episodes: 11+
Broadcast Network: Fox Tv
Broadcast Period: April 9, 2018 –
Production Company: MED Yapim
Director: Neslihan Yesilyurt
Screen Writer: Melis Civelek, Zeynep Soyata

Synopsis
Zeynep (Sevda Erginc) and Yildiz (Eda Ece) are two sisters who are living together in Istanbul. Even though they are sisters, they are totally different from each other.

Zeynep is a beautiful girl who adheres to her ethical values and works as a manager assistant. When the company she works is taken over by another company, she starts to work together with a young businessman Alihan (Onur Tuna). Alihan is an arrogant, cool, serious, and rich guy who does not refrain from hurting people. Starting from his first day at the company, Alihan and Zeynep fight like cats and dogs. Neither of them takes steps backward. Alihan likes the way Zeynep behaves and starts to develop some feelings for her.

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Original Title: Canim Ailem
English Title: Dear Family
Also Known As:
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Episodes: 63
Broadcast Network: ATV
Broadcast Period: November 18, 2008 – June 9, 2010
Production Company: TMC Film
Director: Sadullah Celen
Screen Writer: Selin Tunc

Synopsis
Samim (Ugur Yucel) is a 45 years old man who has never taken a significant responsibility in this life. He is working as a waiter on cruise ships and travels from one country to another as an unmarried carefree man. While he is working on the cruise ship and going towards Caribbeans, he gets a phone call and learns that his sister and his brother-in-law have died in a traffic accident.

After getting this sad news, Samim wants to return to Istanbul and attend his sister’s funeral. His close friend Ali (Ozan Guven) who is also working on cruise ships does not want to let him alone and decides to accompany him. Samim and Ali leave their job and return to Turkey.

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Original Title: Yahsi Cazibe
English Title: Marry Me
Also Known As:
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Episodes: 93
Broadcast Network: ATV
Broadcast Period: July 16, 2010 – June 16, 2012
Production Company: Surec Film
Director: Bora Onur
Screen Writer: Gani Mujde

Synopsis
Cazibe (Aslihan Gurbuz) is an Azeri woman who immigrates to Turkey. She decides to have an arranged marriage with a Turkish citizen in order to get a work permit. This marriage would be on paper and would last for 3 years according to the agreement.

With the help of a matchmaker, Cazibe finds a man in financial trouble. Kemal (Hakan Yilmaz) is a Turkish citizen who works at importing company but has financial problems. Kemal decides to get married to Cazibe so as to get a substantial payment in return. He does not meet Cazibe before marriage and sees her at his wedding day.

Kemal and Cazibe get married and agree to stay married for three years. They think that they would not see each other again and this marriage would be on paper. However, nothing works out as planned.

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Original Title: Cukur
English Title: The Pit
Also Known As:
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Episodes: 131
Season: 4
Broadcast Network: Show TV
Broadcast Period: October 23, 2017 – June 7, 2021
Production Company: Ay Yapim
Director: Sinan Ozturk (1–4. Season), Ozgur Sevimli (2. Season)
Screen Writer: Gokhan Horzum (1–4. Season), Damla Serim (3–4. Season)
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Nevsehir, Paris

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.