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Kerem Çatay
Kerem Catay (born 1979) is the CEO of Ay Yapım, producer of all series, Turkey’s leading production company for drama series, formats, weekly and daily shows. Born in Ankara, Kerem Çatay graduated from Bilkent University Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences. He completed his education in the Film and Television program at UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California .... He is known as the producer of countless phenomenally successful TV series, from 2008’s ground-breaking “Aşk-ı Memnu” (Forbidden Love) to 2009’s “Ezel”. Çatay’s productions are renowned for their well-crafted, captivating stories based on both original screenplays and literary adaptations. Nearly all of Catay’s productions have been sold at least 41 countries, MENA t ...
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Ankara
Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, making it Turkey's second-largest city after Istanbul. Serving as the capital of the ancient Celtic state of Galatia (280–64 BC), and later of the Roman province with the same name (25 BC–7th century), the city is very old, with various Hattian, Hittite, Lydian, Phrygian, Galatian, Greek, Persian, Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman archeological sites. The Ottomans made the city the capital first of the Anatolia Eyalet (1393 – late 15th century) and then the Angora Vilayet (1867–1922). The historical center of Ankara is a rocky hill rising over the left bank of the Ankara River, a tributary of the Sakarya River. The hill remains crowned by the ruins of Ankara Castle. Although few of its outworks have survived, there are ...
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Bana Sevmeyi Anlat
''Bana Sevmeyi Anlat'' (English: '' Wings of Love'') is a Turkish television drama series produced by Ay Yapım that premiered on Fox Turkey on August 26, 2016. It aired on Fridays and Mondays at 20:00 PM in Turkish time. The last episode aired on 30 January 2017, and the series ended because of low ratings. Plot Alper Eren is a famous cook and has his own restaurant, he is married with Berna and they have a daughter, Çiçek. They want to separate because they are always fighting and Berna secretly has an affair with Alper's best friend, Onur. One day Alper's brother Cihan was looking for Onur to get the rental money of the restaurant. But Onur stole the money. Berna was also looking for Onur. Cihan knew that Berna and Onur had a relationship. they were arguing in the car which led to a car accident. Cihan died, but Berna was in coma. Alper now has to take care of Cihan's daughters, Eylül and Mercan. Alper is also financially struggling as Onur has stolen all the money, so ...
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Ezel (TV Series)
''Ezel'' () is a Turkish crime thriller TV series that was initially broadcast by Show TV in fall 2009. In 2010 it was transferred to ATV. It has gained a considerably large fan base in Turkey since. Series stars Kenan İmirzalıoğlu, Cansu Dere and Yiğit Özşener in leads. Although it is set in modern-day Istanbul, filming also took place in North Cyprus, Croatia, and England. The series is an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' 1844 novel '' The Count of Monte Cristo''. Synopsis Betrayed by his trusted friends and the woman he loved, Ömer Uçar returns as Ezel to exact his vengeance. Summary In 1997 in Istanbul, Turkey, Ömer Uçar (Ismail Filiz) and his family lived a comfortable lower middle-class life, until one day his life was changed forever. Ömer had two best friends that he had known for years, Ali and Cengiz. Ömer worked with Ali (Barış Falay) as a motor mechanic, and Cengiz (Yiğit Özşener) when Ömer met and fell in love with Eyşan (Cansu Dere). Ali an ...
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Fatmagül'ün Suçu Ne?
''Fatmagül'ün Suçu Ne?'' ( ''What is Fatmagül's Fault?'' or "What Did Fatmagul Wrong?") is a Turkish television drama series produced by Ay Yapım and broadcast on Kanal D. The series is based on Vedat Türkali's scenario, ''Fatmagül'ün Suçu Ne?'', which was made into a film in 1986, Hülya Avşar as Fatmagül. The series is written by the duo Ece Yörenç and Melek Gençoğlu. The soundtrack was composed and conducted by Toygar Işıklı. It tells the story of a poor gang-raped woman who does not stop seeking justice after she is forced into marriage with one of her rapists. Plot Fatmagül Ketenci ( Beren Saat) is a lower-class dairy-farm naïve girl who lives in the village Ildır on the Aegean coast belonging to the administrative district of Çeşme, in Izmir province, with her too simple brother Rahmi ( Bülent Seyran), his son and his wife Mukaddes ( Esra Dermancıoğlu) who hates her for no reason. Fatmagül plans to marry her childhood love Mustafa ( Fırat Çel ...
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The Girl With The Red Scarf (TV Series)
''The Girl with the Red Scarf'' ( tr, Selvi Boylum, Al Yazmalım) is a 1978 Turkish romantic drama film, directed by Atıf Yılmaz based on the short story ''My poplar in a red scarf'' by Chinghiz Aitmatov. The film is about a village girl who falls in love with a truck driver from Istanbul. The film, which won three awards, including second best film, at the 15th Antalya "Golden Orange" International Film Festival, was voted one of the 10 Best Turkish Films in a poll carried out by the Ankara Cinema Association. Plot İlyas (Kadir İnanır) is a truck driver from Istanbul who comes to a remote village to work in the construction of a dam. When his truck gets stuck in the muddy dirt road, he comes across Asya (Türkan Şoray), a woman from the village who he nicknames Al Yazmalım ('red scarf'). They fall in love, get married and have a child called Samet. One day İlyas stops to help some stranded bystanders, but in doing so, he is delayed and ends up getting fired. When Asya goe ...
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Kuzey Güney
''Kuzey Güney'' () is a Turkish television drama series. The scenarists are Ece Yörenç and Melek Gençoğlu. The series stars Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ as Kuzey Tekinoğlu, a tough and rebellious son of an Istanbul baker, who comes back from prison four years after he confesses to a crime his brother, Güney, ( Buğra Gülsoy) committed. The series was broadcast on channel Kanal D in Turkey and produced by Ay Yapım. It premiered on September 7, 2011. ''Kuzey Güney'' aired on Wednesday at 8 pm (EEST, UTC+03:00) on Kanal D and from episode 61 onwards at 10 pm (EEST). The final episode was aired on June 26, 2013, after 80 episodes and 2 seasons. Plot Kuzey (Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ) and Güney (Buğra Gülsüy) are brothers with the different characters, Kuzey is the rebellious with the good and noble heart while Güney is calm, The rivalry between the two brothers reaches a boiling point when they both fall in love with the same girl who is named Cemre (Öykü Karayel). A tragic e ...
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20 Dakika
''20 Dakika'' ("20 Minutes") is a Turkish television drama series broadcast on Star TV (Turkey), Star TV. This story talks about a beautiful family. A father, mother, daughter and a son that lived together in happiness and peace. One day, the police stormed in and took the mother (Tuba Buykustun) to jail. She was suspected of committing a murder and sentenced to 20 years in prison. Her husband (Ilker Aksum) tries to prove her innocence while at the same time the criminal investigator (Firat Celik) tried to find as much evidence as he can to find out the truth. But the big question is did she really commit the murder? http://www.turkishdrama.com/20-minutes-20-dakika.html turkishdrama.com Cast and characters * Tuba Büyüküstün as Melek Halaskar * İlker Aksum as Ali Halaskar * Fırat Çelik as Ozan Çevikoğlu * Bülent Emin Yarar as Mesut Bilaloğlu (Kedi) * Ayten Uncuoğlu as Zeynep Halaskar * Cihat Tamer as Nedim Halaskar * İpek Bilgin as Muavin Süreyya Gürok * Müjde U ...
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Son (TV Series)
''Son'' ''( en, The End)'', is a Turkish psychological thriller series produced by Ay Yapım, broadcast on ATV and directed by Ezel's director Uluç Bayraktar. Starring actors are Yiğit Özşener, Nehir Erdoğan, Erkan Can, Berrak Tüzünataç, and Engin Altan Düzyatan. The series has been sold to 20th Century Fox Television in the United States and was adapted into a pilot named ''Runner'' for ABC. No series has been ordered from this pilot, Also the rights to produce local versions of the series have been sold in Russia, Spain and France. In the Netherlands, the remake Flight HS13 Flight or flying is the process by which an object moves through a space without contacting any planetary surface, either within an atmosphere (i.e. air flight or aviation) or through the vacuum of outer space (i.e. spaceflight). This can be a ... was released in 2018. International broadcasts References {{reflist Turkish drama television series 2012 Turkish television series debut ...
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Karadayı
''Karadayı'' ( en, The Uncle in Black) is a Turkish television drama series produced by Ay Yapım and broadcast on ATV. It was directed by Uluç Bayraktar (who also directed '' Ezel''). It originally aired on 8 October 2012 in Turkey. It stars Kenan İmirzalıoğlu as Mahir Kara and Bergüzar Korel as Feride Şadoğlu. Concept of Karadayı The word "Karadayı" is a combination of the series' protagonist Mahir Kara's last name and the Turkish word "dayı", which means "uncle" - specifically a mother's brother. ''Karadayı'', meaning "Uncle Kara" is how Mahir's nephew, Nazif Tiryaki, addresses his uncle. The word also resembles the Turkish word "kabadayı", which means gangster. After the death of Mahir's nephew and his decision to become an insider amongst the mafia in order to avenge his nephew, he refers to himself as "Karadayı" and this becomes his nickname in the mafia world. Synopsis Mahir fights for justice. He wants to get his father, Nazif Kara, out of jail. While he ...
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Medcezir
''Medcezir'' (''Tide'') is a Turkish teen drama series written by Ece Yörenç and Melek Gençoğlu. It is an adaptation of the American TV series ''The O.C.'', created by Josh Schwartz. The story revolves around Yaman Koper, a boy with a poor background and disturbed family life portrayed by Çağatay Ulusoy, and a rich girl named Mira Beylice, portrayed by Serenay Sarıkaya. ''Medcezir'' first premiered on 13 September 2013 on Star TV. Due to its high ratings, the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on 12 September 2014. Director Ali Bilgin stated that the series would be renewed for a third season. However, as the second season did not receive as high ratings as its preceding season, scenarist Ece Yörenç confirmed that the series would end with two seasons. The series ended on 12 June 2015 with 77 episodes in total. With a turnover of 25.6 million by the end of season one, ''Medcezir'' became the fifth most successful series in Turkey in terms of net sales ...
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Kara Para Aşk
''Kara Para Aşk'' (English: ''Black Money Love'') is a Turkish television series broadcast on ATV screens on Wednesday evenings. The leading cast are Tuba Büyüküstün, Engin Akyürek and Erkan Can. The production of the series is undertaken by Ay Yapım, produced by Kerem Çatay, and directed by Ahmet Katıksız. The show is divided into 54 long Turkish episodes and 164 short international episodes. The first episode of the series aired on Wednesday, 12 March 2014, and concluded on Wednesday, 15 July 2015. With gaining significant viewer ratings, it was one of the most popular and most watched television dramas by that time. Synopsis Ömer Demir (Engin Akyürek) is a dedicated and successful detective who lives a moderate life with his small family, and he is soon to be married to his fiancé Sibel Andaç who is a teacher. Ömer’s older brother Hüseyin Demir also works as a detective alongside Ömer’s two best friends, Arda Çakir and Pelin Serter. On the other han ...
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Kurt Seyit Ve Şura
''Kurt Seyit ve Şura'' is Turkish television drama based on a novel of the same name in a series. (It is not a direct adaptation of ''Kurt Seyt ve Murka,'' which is the second novel in the series, nor of ''Shura'', which is the third novel.) It was broadcast on Star TV from 4 March to 20 November 2014 for two seasons and 22 episodes. Nermin Bezmen, the writer of the novel is the granddaughter of Kurt Seyit. The show "Kurt Seyit ve Sura" is based on a true story where a handsome army major falls in love with a Russian girl. This show re-aired on E extra in 2022 Plot "Kurt Seyit ve Şura" is about the adventures of two people in love who are forced to leave their lives and family behind and escape to Istanbul during the Russian Revolution. The journey of Kurt Seyit Eminof (Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ), a handsome lieutenant from Crimea, and Şura (Farah Zeynep Abdullah Farah Zeynep Abdullah (born 17 August 1989) is a Turkish actress and singer. She gained nationwide recognition a ...
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