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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: Hakan: Muhafiz
English Title: The Protector
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Genre: Fantasy, Action, Mistery
Episodes: 12+
Broadcast Network: Netflix original series
Broadcast Period: December 14, 2018 –
Production Company: Netflix TV
Director: Gokhan Tiryaki, Can Evrenol, Umut Aral, Gonenc Uyanik
Screen Writer: Binnur Karaevli

Synopsis
Hakan (Cagatay Ulusoy) is a young guy who works at an antique shop in Istanbul Grand Bazaar. He has been raised by his adoptive father who owns the antique shop.

Hakan is just an ordinary guy in the city of 15 million. His ordinary life changes dramatically when one woman comes to his shop and asks for a shirt with talisman. Even though he remembers that they have this kind of shirt, Hakan’s adoptive father keeps it short and sends the woman away. In order to earn lots of money out of this business, Hakan finds the shirt on their storage room and decides to meet that woman without informing his adoptive father. However, something unexpected happens.

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Original Title: Halka
English Title: The Circle
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Genre: Drama, Action
Episodes: 8+
Broadcast Network: Trt 1
Broadcast Period: January 15, 2019
Production Company: Es Film
Director: Volkan Kocaturk
Screen Writer: Aziz Tuna C., Selim Bener, Ali Demirel

Synopsis
The Circle is a criminal organization that manages the dark world in Turkey. Whenever one member becomes too powerful, the rulers of The Circle decide to kill him.

25 years ago, a mafia leader Eren Karabulut becomes a threat for The Circle and he is pulled over a trap. His new born baby is kidnapped by the members of The Circle. In order to save his baby, Eren Karabulut goes to the meeting area but he was killed there.

Eren Karabulut’s wife Humeyra (Nazan Kesal) cannot find her own baby. Her baby Cihangir is taken by a big mafia member Ilhan (Burak Sergen) and a new born baby Kaan is handed in to Humeyra in return. Humeyra understands that she would not be able to get her own baby, thus she accepts her faith and decides to raise Kaan as if her own son.

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Original Title: Vuslat
English Title: Beloved
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Genre: Drama, Action
Episodes: 7+
Broadcast Network: Trt 1
Broadcast Period: January 7, 2019
Production Company: A23 Medya
Director: Baris Yoz
Screen Writer: Betul Yagsagan

Synopsis
Aziz (Kadir Dogulu) is the only son and heir of a wealthy family. He is passionate, successful and very respected in high society. He takes over the family business in textile industry after his father gets retired and manages the company successfully. However, he has some problems with Kerem (Umit Kantarcilar) who has been raised by Aziz’s family.

After his parents passed away when he was a little kid, Kerem has been adopted by Aziz’s family. He has been raised in a wealthy family with good opportunities. However, he has to endure the complaints and grumbles of Aziz mother.

While Aziz works as a CEO in the family business, Kerem works as a co-manager. Aziz does the legal business whereas Kerem carries out the illegal business. Even though Aziz is aware of the dark side of his father, he prefers not to carry out the illegal activities. Kerem, on the other hand, wants to gain all power and dispraise Aziz.

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Original Title: Carpisma
English Title: Crash
Also Known As: Collision
Genre: Drama, Action, Romance
Episodes: 6+
Broadcast Network: Show Tv
Broadcast Period: November 22, 2018
Production Company: Ay Yapim
Director: Uluc Bayraktar
Screen Writer: Ali Aydin

Synopsis
Four different lives intersect after a serious car accident. The life of Kadir, Zeynep, Cemre and Kerem would never be same after getting into this car accident.

Kadir (Kivanc Tatlitug) is a successful chief superintendent at Istanbul organized crime bureau. He has a happy life with his wife Asli (Sevtap Ozaltun) and his lovely daughter. Kadir is a workaholic and fearless and does not refrain from putting himself into danger. He loves his family to death and tries to do his best to become a good father and a good husband.

Kadir has nothing to have in this life other than his beloved wife and daughter. He has been raised in an orphanage and met his wife there. Apart from his family, Kadir’s only passion is his job and Sariyer soccer team. He goes to each and every soccer match and roots for his team. One day, he also brings his family to the soccer match but something unexpected happens. Due to terrorsit attack outside of the stadium, Kadir’s wife and daughter dies and Kadir’s lovely life turns upside down.

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Original Title: Hayatimin Rolu
English Title: Playing Nanny
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Episodes: 20
Broadcast Network: Star Tv
Broadcast Period: July 2, 2012 – December 10, 2012
Production Company: Surec film
Director: Sadullah Celen
Screen Writer: Gamze Ozer

Synopsis
This Turkish drama is the adaptation of American movie Mrs. Doubtfire.

Musfik (Haluk Bilginer) is a lovely husband and a father of 3 children. He is a successful and experienced actor who is extremely picky about his job. He does not accept job offers about commercials in order not to mislead people and he even turns down many offers for tv series not to sacrifice his 30-years theatre work.

Musfik is an idealist actor who does not want to give up his principles just to earn money. For this reason, he usually has a discussion with his wife Ela (Ebru Ozkan). Ela is a careerist mother who does not like her husband’s attitude and believes that her husband just finds excuses not to work. Due to this reason, they fight all the time and eventually decide to get divorce.

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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: Eski Hikaye
English Title: Old Story
Also Known As:
Genre: Drama
Episodes: 17
Broadcast Network: TRT 1
Broadcast Period: October 2, 2013 – February 6, 2014
Production Company: ARC Film
Director: Bahadir Ince
Screen Writer: Levent Cantek

Synopsis
Mete is a little boy when his father is killed before his eyes. He neither sees the murderers nor understands the reason behind this murder. After his father’s death, he starts to live together with his grandmother and tries to have a normal life.

14 years later, Mete (Bugra Gulsoy) becomes a young man who has a modest life. He goes to university and works as a taxi driver to earn money. No matter how hard he tries, he cannot forget his memories about the past. He does not have a proper sleep at night and for this reason, he tries to occupy himself with various things all the time. He knows that he cannot have a normal life unless he finds the murderers of his father and gets his revenge.

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Original Title: Erkenci Kus
English Title: Daydreamer
Also Known As: Early Bird
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Episodes: 19+
Broadcast Network: Star Tv
Broadcast Period: June 26, 2018 –
Production Company: Gold Film
Director: Cagri Bayrak
Screen Writer: Ayse Kutlu Uner

Synopsis
Sanem (Demet Ozdemir) is a natural and cheerful girl who works at a neighborhood grocery shop. Eeach morning she wakes up early and opens up the shop for her father. She is very pleased with her life. After working a few hours, she starts dreaming about her book and writes her thoughts down. Even though nobody believes, she knows that she would eventually finish her book.

One day, Sanem’s happy life turns upside down. Her mother threatens her to get married unless she finds an office job just like other young girls. If Sanem cannot find a decent job, her parents would give their permission to prospective groom Muzaffer (Cihan Ercan) who has been in love with Sanem for a long time and wants to get married to her.

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Original Title: Atesbocegi
English Title: Firefly
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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

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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.