Tv Series

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Original Title: Bodrum Masali
English Title: Waves
Also Known As: Crossroads, A Bodrum Fairytale
Genre: Drama, Romance
Episodes: 42
Broadcast Network: Kanal D
Broadcast Period: August 18, 2016 – June 18, 2017
Production Company: TMC
Director: Mehmet Ada Oztekin
Screen Writer: Basar Basaran, Emre Ozdur
Filming Locations: Bodrum, Mugla

Synopsis
Evren Erguven (Murat Aygen) is an ambitious man who has so many hotels. He has a wealthy life in Istanbul with his wife Yildiz (Sevval Sam), his son Ates (Alperen Duymaz), and his daughter Su (Dilan Cicek Deniz). However, he has a secret life with another woman in Bodrum (a touristic place in the southern part of Turkey) where most of his hotels are located. His life changes immediately due to his wrong decisions and he cannot restrain his bankruptcy.

After the bankruptcy, they lose everything except a small house and 50% shares of a small hotel in Bodrum, which are inhered to Yildiz from her father. The family decides to move into to Bodrum, start to live in that small house, and sustain their life with that small hotel again. However, nothing is easy for the family who is accustomed to have a wealthy life before.

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Original Title: Cesur ve Guzel
English Title: Brave and Beautiful
Also Known As: Ek Haseena Ek Deewana, جسور والجميلة, Xhesuri dhe e bukura, Bosszú vagy szerelem, Cesur, Jasoor, Die Vreemdeling
Genre: Romance, Drama
Episodes: 32
Broadcast Network: Star Tv
Broadcast Period: November 10, 2016 – June 22, 2017
Production Company: Ay Yapim
Director: Ali Bilgin
Screen Writer: Ece Yorenc

Synopsis
Cesur (Kivanc Tatlitug) is a young man who comes back to Korludag, a small city outside of Istanbul in order to take revenge from Tahsin Korludag (Tamer Levent). When he was a little child, his father and his grandparents were killed by Tahsin Korludag and then, his mother got into depression due to sorrow. Cesur has been raised under difficult conditions and has always aimed to plot his revenge when the correct time comes.

On his way to Korludag, Cesur unexpectedly bumps into Suhan Korludag (Tuba Buyukustun) and saves her life without knowing that she is the daughter of his enemy. He decides to take over his enemy’s most weak spot in order to reach his target. He settles into a territory that is close to the big ranch house of Korludag family and starts to plot his plan so as to get everything that Tahsin Korludag owns.

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Original Title: Seviyor Sevmiyor
English Title: Love Me Or Not
Also Known As: She Was Pretty
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Episodes: 28
Broadcast Network: Atv
Broadcast Period: June 15, 2016 – February 12, 2017
Production Company: MF Yapim
Director: Yusuf Pirhasan
Screen Writer: Cho Sung – Hee (original screen writer), S. Cenk Bogatur (adapter), Meric Demiray (adapter), M. Cem Gorgeç (adapter)

Synopsis
Deniz (Zeynep Camci) was a very pretty and smart girl from a rich family but lost her beauty when she grew up. Yigit (Gokhan Alkan), on the other hand, was an unattractive and shy boy with low self-esteem, but became a handsome and successful editor. When Yigit went to New York with his family, these two started to exchange letters but never met face to face. Both of them were each other’s best friend when they were younger.

Years later, Deniz and Yigit decide to meet again in Istanbul. They both go to their meeting place. However, Yigit cannot recognize Deniz and assumes that his childhood friend and first love has not come to their date. Deniz, on the other hand, feels too humiliated when Yigit does not recognize her. Ashamed to introduce herself and ruin his perception of her, Deniz asks her best friend, Irem (Gonca Sariyildiz), to meet her first love, Yigit, using her name. She thinks that that would be the end of her fate with Yigit but things get complicated.

Deniz starts to work at a magazine publishing office as an intern. Yigit becomes the chief editor of that magazine publishing office where Deniz works. He mistreats her without knowing that she is his real childhood friend. Irem, on the other hand, continues to meet Yigit by using Deniz’s name and starts to develop some feelings for him.

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Original Title: Ask Laftan Anlamaz
English Title: Love Does Not Listen To Reason
Also Known As:
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Episodes: 31
Broadcast Network: Show TV
Broadcast Period: June 15, 2016 – February 19, 2017
Production Company: Bi Yapim
Director: Burak Sagyasar, Muge Ugurlar
Screen Writer:

Synopsis
Hayat (Hande Ercel) is young girl who lives in Istanbul together with her two friends Asli (Ozcan Tekdemir) and Ipek (Merve Cagiran). She has a happy life in Istanbul and wants to live there apart from her family. However, upon her father’s request, Hayat has to find a good job as soon as possible; otherwise she needs to go back to her hometown and start to live with her family again.

Hayat knows that she has to do her best on the next job interview for a multinational textile company, Sarte. If she is hired by that company, she knows that she can persuade her parents and continue to live in Istanbul. During the interview, Hayat is mistakenly considered as Suna who is the daughter of the company owner’s close friend. In her desperation for the job, Hayat does not clear this misunderstanding and acts as if she is Suna and gets the job: becoming the assistant of Murat Sarsılmaz (Burak Deniz), the heir of Sarte.

Hayat does not disclose her true identity and starts to work together with Murat. Even though they argue all the time, they become closer and closer. Hayat is impatient, hot-blooded, and clumsy whereas Murat is firm, calm, and arrogant. The two have totally different characters but begin to fall in love.

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Original Title: Vatanim Sensin
English Title: You Are My Country
Also Known As: Wounded Love
Genre: History, Drama, Romance
Episodes: 59
Broadcast Network: Kanal D
Broadcast Period: October 27, 2016 – June 7, 2018
Production Company: O3 Medya
Director: Durul Taylan, Yagmur Taylan
Screen Writer: Necati Sahin, Nuran Evren Sit

Synopsis
Cevdet (Halit Ergenc) is a successful commander of Ottoman Empire who is fighting for his country in Balkans War. Even though he has a hard mission, he never loses his hope and wants to fight to the last drop of his blood. He has a family living in Thessaloniki, including his beautiful wife Azize (Berguzar Korel), his mother Hasibe (Celile Toyon), his adopted son Ali Kemal (Kubilay Aka) and his daughters Hilal (Miray Daner) and Yıldız (Pinar Deniz).

Cevdet wants to do his best for his country without thinking about his future. Some of his peers even start to save their lives before the fall of Ottoman Empire. During these hard times, Cevdet is betrayed by his close friend Tevfik (Onur Saylak) and finds himself as captured by allied military soldiers for 8 years.

Tevfik, the traitor, secretly loves Azize for a long time and betrays his close friend mainly for this reason. He informs Azize that Cevdet is killed during the war and lets them leave Balkans and move into İzmir, the city in the Aegean region of Turkey. Azize has nothing to do but to leave everything behind and start a new life for her family. She struggles to keep her family together during the most difficult times of her country even though she misses her beloved husband each day.

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Original Title: Icerde
English Title: Insider
Also Known As:
Genre: Action, Romance
Episodes: 39
Broadcast Network: Show Tv
Broadcast Period: September 19, 2016 – June 19, 2017
Production Company: Ay Yapim
Director: Uluc Bayraktar
Screen Writer: Ertan Kurtulan, Toprak Karaoglu
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Sarp (Cagatay Ulusoy) is a young man who goes to Police Academy and is eager to graduate within one week as the most successful student. He wants to honor his mother with his success and wants to give her a comfortable life. Since his father was put into prison due to a murder and his younger brother was kidnapped when he was a little child, Sarp has been living together with his mom and dreaming to become a police officer.

Just one week before graduation, Sarp is called to Police Academy. His superior Yusuf (Mustafa Ugurlu), who is so passionate about catching the famous mobster Celal (Cetin Tekindor), dismisses Sarp by stating that his father was imprisoned for working under a famous mobster Celal.

Even though Sarp has informed the Police Academy about his father’s past, he cannot persuade his superior and says goodbye to his brilliant future. On the graduation date, Sarp attacks his superior Yusuf and is put into prison for one year.

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Original Title: Tatli Intikam
English Title: Sweet Revenge
Also Known As: Ek Haseen Intiqam
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Episodes: 30
Broadcast Network: Kanal D
Broadcast Period: March 26, 2016 – November 12, 2016
Production Company: D Productions
Director: Baris Ercetin
Screen Writer: Pinar Ordu, Ilker Aslan
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Pelin (Leyla Lydia Tugutlu) is a young and beautiful girl but she never finds happiness in love. She eventually manages to change this fact. She persuades to get married to her prince charming, Tolga (Can Nergis). However, she is dumped at their wedding day.

Being under severe depression, she learns that all these bad fortune derives from the fact that she has hurt somebody in the past. She has to find that person in order to get his/her forgiveness so that she can have a happy life in the future. She questions her past and figures out that she needs to get forgiveness from Tankut (Furkan Andic) who was in love with Pelin when they were at college and was humiliated by Pelin in front of so many students.

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Original Title: Gulumse Yeter
English Title: Smile You
Also Known As: Just Smile
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Episodes: 24
Broadcast Network: Show Tv
Broadcast Period: July 8, 2016 – January 11, 2017
Production Company: MF Yapim
Director: Serdar Gozelekli
Screen Writer: Banu Kiremitci Bozkurt

Synopsis
Yasemin (Asli Bekiroglu) is the second daughter of a wealthy family. She is spoiled but manages to become happy at all occasions. When her family has gone bankrupt, she gets dumped by her groom Cem (Ugur Kurul) on their wedding day. While she is dreaming to go to their honeymoon, Yasemin finds herself stranded in the middle of the highway. She stops a taxi and goes to their longtime chauffer Hasan (Erdal Ozyagcilar) whom she considers as a grandfather.

Meanwhile, Sarp (Yilmaz Kunt) returns to Turkey after studying in the United States.

Sarp has been in love with Gul (Seray Kaya) who also studied in the U.S. Even though he has a degree in engineering, he wants to work at the university as an instructor instead of working at big companies. He just wants to have a quiet life with the girl whom she loves.

Out of pure coincidence, Yasemin and Sarp meet at the bus and find themselves with a simple misunderstanding.

Later, Yasemin finds out that Sarp is the grandson of her longtime chauffer. Sarp, on the other hand, learns that his love Gul is the older sister of Yasemin.

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Original Title: Eskiya Dunyaya Hukumdar Olmaz
English Title: Bandits
Also Known As:
Genre: Mafia, Action, Romance
Episodes: 200+
Broadcast Network: Atv
Broadcast Period: September 8, 2015 – Present
Production Company: Pana Yapim
Director: Onur Tan
Screen Writer: Raci Sasmaz, Bahadir Ozdener
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Hizir Cakirbeyli (Oktay Kaynarca) is a powerful and rich man who enters the underground world after his elder brother is killed. He vows to revolt against in justice and starts to produce weapons for the mafia leader. He is a trustworthy man and is known by his fidelity: He never betrays to his country and the people whom he works together with.

His character is also known by the government. The government thinks that there is not a better candidate than him in order to carry out the illegal activities. This is because; current mafia leader Unal (Tarik Unluoglu) continues to sell the weapons to Turkish enemies without considering the country’s future. Therefore, the government calls Hizir and makes him an offer of becoming the greatest: the government will destroy the current mafia leader and Hizir will become the new mafia leader and in return, Hizir will be loyal to his country and stop selling weapons to Turkish enemies.

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Original Title: No: 309
English Title: Room Number: 309
Also Known As:
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Episodes: 65
Broadcast Network: Fox Tv
Broadcast Period: June 1, 2016 – October 25, 2017
Production Company: Gold Film
Director: Hasan Tolga Pulat
Screen Writer: Asli Zengin, Banu Zengin

Synopsis
Onur (Furkan Palali) is a young and handsome guy who comes from a wealthy family. He is the heir of his family business together with his nephew, Erol (Cihan Ercan). Both Onur and Erol enjoy their lives and do not consider to get married soon. However, their future plans change completely when their grandfather dies. Their grandfather leaves a letter and states that whoever gets married first and has a baby would be eligible to inherit the family business.

After this letter, Onur and Erol find themselves in a different path. Their parents start to force them to find somebody and marry soon so that they could take all the inheritance. They consider potential daughter-in-laws from high society and arrange so many dates for their sons.