Tv Series

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Original Title: Benim Hala Umudum Var
English Title: I Still Have Hope
Also Known As: Waves of Hope, Jeenay Ki Wajah, Ummeed
Genre: Romance, Drama
Episodes: 33
Broadcast Network: Star Tv, Fox Tv
Broadcast Period: July 1, 2013 – April 25, 2014
Production Company: Gold Film
Director: Nisan Akman
Screen Writer: Deniz Akcay, Onur Ugras
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Umut (Gizem Karaca) is a young and beautiful girl who works as a manicurist in one of the well-known coiffeurs. She is so pure and naive. She lives with her mother, her step father, two step sisters and two step brothers. In this family, Umut only cares for her mother Zeliha (Nergis Corakci) and her little brother.

The life of Umut is just like Cinderella. Her step sisters are always jealous of her. They don’t do any house chores such as cleaning, cooking and etc. Generally Umut and her mother do the house chores. Also, Umut is constantly abused by her step father Zafer (Ali Erkazan) and her step brother Musa (Burak Altay). Zafer is the head of the family but he still asks for Umut’s salary to buy alcohol. On the other hand, Musa is a conservative guy who does not want her sisters to have any boyfriend.

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Original Title: Ask Emek Ister
English Title: Love Wants Effort
Also Known As:
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Episodes: 11
Broadcast Network: Show Tv
Broadcast Period: April 14, 2013 – August 1, 2013
Production Company: MinT Yapim
Director: Hamdi Alkan
Screen Writer: Birol Guven

Synopsis
Demir (Furkan Palali) is a young and handsome guy who has graduated from an university in the U.S. He lives happly without knowing the hardships of the life. When he returns to Istanbul, he expects that he would be the boss at his family business. However, Demir’s father (Mazlum Kiper) wants him to understand how true life is. For this reason, his father asks him to be a simple worker at one of his factories and to learn the business from the start. If Demir does not accept that offer, his father would not give him any money and would not let him stay at his house or use his credit cards, cars, etc.

Demir has nothing to do but to work at the factory as an ordinary worker. He involuntarily accepts his father’s offer. He thinks that his father would change his mind after 2 or 3 days. But, he does not know that his father is really determined at this time.

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Original Title: Bir Ask Hikayesi
English Title: A Love Story
Also Known As:
Genre: Melodrama, Romance
Episodes: 36
Broadcast Network: Fox Tv
Broadcast Period: March 26, 2013 – January 14, 2014
Production Company: MF Yapim
Director: Baris Yon, Baris Ercetin
Screen Writer: original screen writer : Lee Kyung Hee; screen adapter: Makbule Kosif, Zehra Guleray, Gulsev Karagoz, Zafer Ozer Cetinel

Synopsis
Korkut Ali (Seckin Ozdemir) is a young and handsome guy who has a poor life in Germany. He is not fortunate during all his life. He was abandoned by his parents as a child and was adopted by a couple in Germany. However, he was left alone by his foster family.

Ceylan (Damla Sonmez), on the other hand, is a beautiful and naive young girl who lives in Istanbul, Turkey. She is a fashion designer of a famous singer, Tolga (Yamac Telli). She is in love with Tolga since she was a child. One day, she goes to Germany with Tolga to do a photohoot. There, she tries to do everything to please Tolga but she never manages to do that.

She gets angry and wants to return back to Istanbul. On her way to airport, her luggage and money are stolen and she starts to wander around without knowing what to do. At that time, she meets Korkut and asks his help. Korkut saves her from the gangsters. He finds her luggage and gives some money.

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Original Title: Merhamet
English Title: Mercy
Also Known As: Milost, Милост, Marhamat (مرحمت), Bad Naseeb (بد نصیب), AlRahma Modabla (الحلقات – الرحمة)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Family
Episodes: 44
Broadcast Network: Kanal D
Broadcast Period: February 13, 2013 – March 12, 2014
Production Company: Most Production
Director: Cagatay Tosun
Screen Writer: Mahinur Ergun
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Narin (Ozgu Namal) is a successful girl who lives in a poor neighborhood with her family. Her father Recep (Turgut Tuncalp) does not have a regular job and he is addicted to alcohol. For this reason, Narin is beaten by her father all the time. The only thing that Narin wants in this life is to become a successful woman who can stand on her own legs.

Therefore, Narin works so hard and she manages to become the most hardworking and succesful student in her school all the time. However, her father Recep does not want to let her go to school. He wants Narin to start working and bring money to him. Because of this reason, Narin works secretly from her father.

On the other hand, Narin has a little sister Saziye and elder brother. Saziye supports her sister all the time but her brother forces Narin to quit the school. Her mother Hatice also does not want any disputes at home, for this reason, she stands on her husband’s side. In this family, Narin tries to be strong, determined, and even happy.

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Original Title: Seksenler
English Title: 80s
Also Known As:
Genre: Family, Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 348+
Broadcast Network: TRT 1
Broadcast Period: January 24, 2012
Production Company: Mint Production
Director: Mufit Can Sacinti, Birol Guven
Screen Writer: Murat Aras, Birol Guven

Synopsis
Fehmi (Rasim Oztekin) is a father of the family. He has a simple middle-class life with his wife Rukiye (Ozlem Turkad), his sons Ahmet (Soray Uzun) and Cagatay (Ilker Ayrik), and his daughter Nazli (Yasemin Conka). They live happilly in a friendly neighborhood in Turkey. The time is 1980s and during that time, they have different happinesses, problems, and loves.

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Original Title: Intikam
English Title: Revenge
Also Known As: Intekam, انتقام, Osveta, Εκδίκηση, Atriebība, Hakmarrje, Отмъщението, Pomsta
Genre: Drama, Action, Romance
Episodes: 44
Broadcast Network: Kanal D
Broadcast Period: January 3, 2013 – February 20, 2014
Production Company: D Productions
Director: Mesude Eraslan
Screen Writer: Berkun Oya
Filming Locations: Kanlica, Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
This tv series is a remake of a popular American tv series Revenge.

Little girl, Derin has a happy life with her father Adil. However, one day her happy life turns upside down. Her father is framed for a crime he did not commit and sent to prison for life. After that, Derin is permanently separated from her father. She spends her beautiful years in orphange while believing that her father is guilty.

Years after, Derin reaches her father’s diaries and learns his innocence. Now, she just wants one thing: revenge. For this reason, she creates a new identity and acquaints herself as Yagmur Ozden (Beren Saat).

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Original Title: Karadayi
English Title: Karadayi
Also Known As: Zware Fuhn, القبضاي, Karadaji, Справедливостта на Кара, Časni ljudi, Prateria Mudo
Genre: Drama, Action, Romance
Episodes: 115
Broadcast Network: ATV
Broadcast Period: October 08, 2012 – June 15, 2015
Production Company: Ay Yapim
Director: Uluc Bayraktar, Cem Karci
Screen Writer: Eylem Canbolat, Sema Ergenekon
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Trabzon Turkey

Synopsis
The story takes place during 1970s.

Mahir (Kenan Imirzalioglu) is a young and handsome guy. He works as a shoe repairer and has a comfortable middle-class life. He lives happilly with his family, father Nazif Kara (Cetin Tekindor), mother, two sisters and one brother. On the day of his engagement with Ayten (Melike Yalova), his perfect life turns upside down.

His father, Nazif Kara is blamed for a murder. His father is convicted of murdering a successful judge and he is sentenced to death after the trial. The witnesses see Nazif Kara on-scene of the murder with the murder weapon in his hands.

Mahir never believes that his father is guilty. He tries to prove the innocence of his father and wants to give him his freedom. However, finding any evidence to save his father would be too hard for him.

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Original Title: 20 Dakika
English Title: 20 Minutes
Also Known As:
Genre: Romance, Drama, Action
Episodes: 25
Broadcast Network: Star TV
Broadcast Period: January 01, 2013 – June 27, 2013
Production Company: Ay Yapim
Director: Serdar Isik
Screen Writer: Kerem Deren, Pinar Bulut

Synopsis
Melek (Tuba Buyukustun) is a beautiful and young woman who has a happy life with her lovely husband and two children. She has a pastry shop and works all day to cook delicious cakes. Her husband Ali (Ilker Aksum) on the other hand, works at the university as a history teacher. One day, their perfect life turns upside down.

The day when they are celebrating buying a house, the door is knocked and the police arrests Melek for attempted murder. Everything develops so fast that neither Ali nor Melek understands what is going on.

The police takes Melek to the police station and Ali can’t do anything. This day transforms Ali’s life so radically that he will never be able to go back to the way he used to live and his whole life will change.

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Original Title: Huzur Sokagi
English Title: Peace Street
Also Known As: شارع السلام, Gang Damai
Genre: Romance, Drama
Episodes: 67
Broadcast Network: ATV
Broadcast Period: September 7, 2012 – April 18, 2014
Production Company: Set Film
Director: Senol Sonmez
Screen Writer:

Synopsis
Bilal (Kutsi) is a young guy who was raised in a religious and conservative family. Feyza (Selin Demiratar), on the other hand, comes from a rich and modern family. She is beautiful but at the same time spoiled. Feyza and Bilal goes to same university and study at the same department. Their lives are totally different, they do not have one common thing but one day, a new page opens in their lives. While hanging out with her friends, Feyza says that she can seduce Bilal. In order to reach her goal, Feyza starts to do everything to win Bilal’s heart. But this little game turns into a love story. Their fates come to an intersection when they develop a deep love for each other.

However, their love is not easy at all, they have lots of obstacles in front of their ways. For instance, there is Sukran (Sinem Ozturk) who is secretly in love with Bilal and has been dreaming to get married him since her childhood. Sukran also comes from a conservative family and for this reason, Bilal’s mother wants to see Sukran as her daugher-in-law.

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Original Title: Kotu Yol
English Title: The Poor Road
Also Known As:
Genre: Romance, Drama, Historical
Episodes: 13
Broadcast Network: Kanal D
Broadcast Period: September 17, 2011 – November 6, 2012
Production Company: Gold Film
Director: Nisan Akman
Screen Writer: Hurer Ebeoglu, Zulkuf Yucel
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Nuran (Sukran Ovali) is a beautiful and innocent girl who lives in a small village in Adana (a city in southern Turkey). She lives with her mother, brother and sister in a small house. She works as a cleaning lady but she never complains about that. She is in love with Resat (Ilker Aksum) who works as a driver at a big farm.

Nuran dreams to have a happy life with Resat just like in romantic movies. However, her brother wants her to marry the rich village aga who offers a lot of money in return.

Nuran strongly refuses that and for this reason, she is constantly abused by her brother. Eventually, Nuran decides to leave her family behind. She goes to Resat and tells him everthing. They make a plan and decide to go to Istanbul. But, out of pure coincidence, Nuran discovers that Resat has an affair with another woman.