''Binbir Gece'' ( en, One Thousand and One Nights) is a Turkish

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revolving around four main characters: Sehrazat, Onur, Kerem and Bennu. The story is loosely based on the story of ''

One Thousand and One Nights ''One Thousand and One Nights'' ( ar, أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ, italic=yes, ) is a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as the ''Arabian ...

'', better known as ''

Arabian Nights ''One Thousand and One Nights'' ( ar, أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ, italic=yes, ) is a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as the ''Arabian ...

''. It stars

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as Onur,

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as Şehrazat, Tardu Flordun as Kerem and Ceyda Düvenci as Bennu.

Title

The title is the name of the story better known to the English-speaking world as ''Arabian Nights''. The film's storyline is loosely based on the story, containing references thereto.

Synopsis

Şehrazat is an aspiring architect who is in desperate need for money to pay for the treatment of her son, Kaan, who is suffering from

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. After pleading to borrow money from several sources, she is stuck with her boss, Onur, who agrees to give her the money she needs for Kaan's treatment on the condition that she spends a night with him.

Episodes

Cast

as Onur Aksal *

as Şehrazat Evliyaoglu Aksal * Ceyda Düvenci as Bennu Ataman Inceoglu * Tardu Flordun as Kerem Inceoglu * Mehmet Polat as Erdal Karayolcu (Villain) *

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as Eda Akinay (Main villain, commits suicide) *Efe Çinar as Kaan Evliyaoglu *

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as Peride Aksal *Aytaç Öztuna as Seval Inceoglu *

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as Burak Inceoglu *Yeliz Akkaya as Melek Ataman *Sebnem Köstem as Handan Tascioglu *Nihat Ileri as Semih Özsener *Gonca Vuslateri as Sezen Özsener Inceoglu (Later divorced) *Metin Çekmez as Burhan Evliyaoglu *

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as Nadide Evliyaoglu *

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as Ali Kemal Evliyaoglu *Yonca Cevher Yenel as Füsun Ozcelik Evliyaoglu *Füsun Kostak as Cansel Kilic (Dies) *Bartu Küçükçaglayan as Gani Ozcelik *Feyzan Çapa / Gizem Günes as Buket Evliyaoglu *Hazal Gürel as Burcu Evliyaoglu *Nehir Nil Karakaya as Burcin Evliyaoglu *Metin Belgin as Zafer Gündüzalp (Dies in a plane crash) *Merih Ermakastar as Mert *

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as Betül *Melahat Abbasova as Mihriban Vahapzade *Suphi Tekniker as Yalcin *Zeynep Konan as Zeynep *Nihan Durukan as Aysen *Ayce Abana as Beyza Kayaoglu *Nuray Uslu as Sevgi *Feridun Düzagaç as Özcan Turkmen (Killed by Eda) *Volga Sorgu Tekinoğlu as Mahmut Demir (Killed by Eda) *Ismail Düvenci as Ismail *Teoman Kumbaracibasi as Yaman Cindar *Sennur Kaya as Firdevs *Ebru Aykaç as Yasemin Karakus *Erdal Bilingen as Hakan *Karina Gükrer as Nimet *Nazli Ceren Argon as Ayse *Hazel Çamlidere as Ahu Işler (Villain) *Ayben Erman as Neriman Işler (Villain) *Alptekin Serdengeçti as Haldun Kara *Dilara Kavadar as Nilüfer Aksal *Nilüfer Silsupur / Ahu Sungur as Jale Eryildiz (Villain, later good, killed by Erdal) *Ege Aydan as Engin Kayaoglu *

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as Duru Kayaoglu

Reception

Binbir Gece was a hit in Chile, where its success resulted in many Chileans naming their babies Onur (boys) & Sheherazade (girls). It played in the United States, Colombia, Argentina and Brazil. It was a hit in Russia in the Turkish Drama Category. The show was picked up by Netflix in the United States, but curiously only the first 49 episodes as of August 2017. This has infuriated a number of Netflix viewers that watched the series not knowing it would end abruptly at episode 49, leaving many matters unanswered. A writing campaign is underway. The series became a primetime hit in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Macedonia as well as in Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, Slovakia and Greece. It increased the popularity of Istanbul as a tourist destination among

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and led to a greater interest in learning Turkish.

Broadcast

The series originally aired from November 7, 2006 to May 12, 2009 on

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. It aired in more than 56 countries. The series aired in Chile on

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from March 3, 2014 until January 4, 2015, in Indonesia on antv as "Shehrazat : Seribu Satu Malam" from August 3, 2015, and in Brazil on

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from March 9, 2015 until September 15, 2015. On March 1, 2021, the series premiered on Nagorik in Bangladesh as ''Sahasra Ek Rajani''. On the same day, it was also made available for streaming on

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Remake

It was announced that it would be remade in Hindi and on 14 October 2022, the first promo of the show starring Aditi Sharma and

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titled ''

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'' released and premiered on

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on 5 December 2022.

Awards

The major TV awards ceremony in Turkey (often dubbed as the Turkish Oscars), the Altın Kelebek, (Golden Butterfly Awards) resulted in three wins for the series.

Notes

References

External links

* * {{IMDb title, id=0905574, title=Binbir Gece Turkish drama television series 2006 Turkish television series debuts 2009 Turkish television series endings Kanal D television dramas Television series based on One Thousand and One Nights Turkish television series endings Television shows set in Istanbul Television series produced in Istanbul Turkish television soap operas Turkish-language television shows