''Kuzey Güney'' () is a

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series. The scenarists are Ece Yörenç and Melek Gençoğlu. The series stars Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ as Kuzey Tekinoğlu, a tough and rebellious son of an

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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

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in Turkey and produced by Ay Yapım. It premiered on September 7, 2011. ''Kuzey Güney'' aired on Wednesday at 8 pm (

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, UTC+03:00) on Kanal D and from episode 61 onwards at 10 pm (

). 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 event drives the girl into the arms of one, while the other must bounce back from insurmountable odds.

Series overview

Cast and characters

Main

* Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ as Kuzey Tekinoğlu, a tough and rebellious son (who inherited the anger from his father), of an Istanbul baker Sami who feel his pain he had the noble and kind heart from inside, he later turned into a bold boxer. * Buğra Gülsoy as Güney Tekinoğlu, Kuzey's brother and a calm young man, who later become rich businessman, his mother feel his pain. * Öykü Karayel as Cemre Çayak, love interest of Kuzey and Güney, she was raised by her mother.

Supporting

* Bade İşçil as Banu Sinaner, Güney's wife, she suicided in pregnancy through jumping from the hospital building in front of Güney. *

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as Gülten Çayak, hairdresser, Cemre's mother. *

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as 'Sami' Tekinoğlu, father of Kuzey and Güney, connected more to Kuzey. *

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as Handan Tekinoğlu, Kuzey and Güney's mother, connected more to Güney later as well to Kuzey. * Ertan Dönmez as Kazim, shop owner, Cemre's father and Gülten's first love interest. *

Hazar Ergüçlü Hazar Ergüçlü (; born 1 January 1992) is a Turkish-Cypriot actress. She is best known for playing Simay Canay in the drama series ''Kuzey Güney'' (2011–2013) and Eylül on the Turkish drama series ''Medcezir'' (2013–2015). Early life Er ...

as Simay Canaş, Kuzey's ex-wife. * Çağdaş Onur Öztürk as Barış Hakmen, Banu's maternal half-brother, he started troubles for Kuzey and Cemre, he hates Güney from the first time he watch him. * Hale Soygazi as Ebru Sinaner, Banu and Barış's mother and Burak's step mother. * Turgay Kantürk as Ferhat, worst enemy of Kuzey, who killed Ali, later he was killed by Güney. * Merve Boluğur as Zeynep, daughter of Huseyin the photographer, fell in love with Kuzey. *

Rıza Kocaoğlu Rıza Kocaoğlu (born March 19, 1979) is a Turkish actor. Born and raised in İzmir, he is mainly known for his role as Ali in the television series ''Kuzey Güney''. Life His maternal family is of Turkish descent who immigrated from Thessaloni ...

as Ali Güntan, closer friend and a companion to Kuzey, killed by Ferhat. *

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as Burak Çatalcalı, Banu's paternal half-brother. * Göksen Ateş as Venüs Tezerel, Barış's girlfriend, also had an affair with Burak. * Kaan Tasaner as Şeref, a police detective who looks after Kuzey, for caughting Ferhat.

International Broadcast

This series was also telecast in Pakistan on

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with great TRPs in Urdu dubbed and was being broadcast on

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ian television channel GEM TV dubbed in

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under the same name. In Indian Zindagi TV it was dubbed in Hindi.

Awards

References

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