''Paramparça'' (English title: ''Broken Pieces'') is a Turkish

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television series produced by Endemol Shine Turkey, starring Erkan Petekkaya, Nurgül Yeșilçay and Ebru Özkan Saban. It premiered on Star TV on December 1, 2014.

Plot

The story follows two women whose lives are intertwined following an accident. Gülseren who is pregnant, is hit by a car and brought to hospital to give birth. Meanwhile, Dilara gives birth at the same hospital. Due to a similarity in their surnames, the nurses switch the babies while taking to intensive care nursery and wrongfully given to wrong parents; Gülseren's baby given to Dilara and Dilara's baby given to Gülseren. Fifteen years later, Gülseren lives with her adoptive daughter Hazal and sister-in-law Keriman in a poor apartment and Dilara lives with her adoptive daughter Cansu and biological son Ozan in a luxurious villa in the seashore of

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. Gülseren works as saleswoman in small store. Dilara's relationship with her husband Cihan, a rich businessman, breaks down and Cihan leaves her. He starts dating Gülseren, which aggravates Dilara. Cihan's childhood friend Harun, who has been in love with Dilara since they were students, comes to Istanbul to take revenge on Cihan for the death of his sister who committed suicide after she and Cihan broke up. Harun tries to win Dilara's heart as he had never married because of his love for her. Cihan proposes to Gülseren and Dilara becomes pregnant carrying Harun's baby. On the day of Cihan and Gülseren's wedding, Gülseren is accidentally shot and killed by the ex-husband of Ozan's girlfriend (who was aiming Ozan). After Gülseren's death, Cihan's life becomes complicated and he remarries Dilara but neither Dilara or Cihan are happy about this remarriage. Dilara falls in love with Harun while Cihan falls in love with Ayşe, a well-known psychiatrist and kickboxer; she is identified by Cihan as the cousin of Harun and leaves Dilara for her, in the meantime, Dilara cannot abort her baby and compassionately gives birth to the child. Ayşe is killed as she intrudes on Cihan's father, who accidentally shot her to death while he was about to commit suicide. The final season shows the different lives of the characters, Cihan is seen embarking, and exhausted with flashbacks of his earlier events, Dilara marries Harun and both live with their child, Alaz, in Dilara's home, siblings Hazal and Ozan become business partners, and Cansu prematurely marries Deniz and expects a baby, However she loses her baby because of her

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, which was caused by her falling into a

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after a severe car crash. She then adopts a baby, but she cannot take care of it properly as she suffers from body

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s. This leads to child protective services taking away her baby and Deniz breaking up with her amicably. Soon Cihan returns to his family, and everyone welcomes him except Harun, who is still jealous and thinks that he had affair with Dilara. Harun becomes delighted when he discovers that Ozan is his biological son, but he is tragically killed in a mass shooting perpetrated by his client Damir's men while shielding Ozan from gunshot. This provides a great opportunity for Cihan and Dilara's relationship to grow because they fall for each other. Damir, who is wanted by Cihan, secretly dates Hazal, without acknowledging his connection with the mafia and the murder of Harun. Damir and Hazal finally cut off their connection until she admits the truth. The series ends with the

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of Damir carried out by Cihan (after an earlier assassination attempt pulled by Dilara), and it goes with the wedding of Cihan and Dilara.

Controversies and lawsuits

There was an on-set dispute and conflict between Nurgul Yesilcay and Erkan Petekkaya, regarding kissing scenes and personal issues, which led to Yesilcay's departure from the show in February 2016. Yeşilçay, who played Gulseren, accused Erkan Petekkaya of "

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" her, and the producer of

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to what was happening on the set. Yesilcay claimed that Petekkaya put psychological pressure on her and nobody spoke out about it, and therefore announced that she would take the issue to court. In an interview, Yesilcay stated that Petekkaya allegedly reiterated that he "cannot play a lover" with her onscreen and frequently felt uneasy with her, in addition to allegedly " belittling" and "humiliating" her on-set through his

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. Petekkaya, who is married with a child, allegedly retorted that Yesilcay is "too interested in kissing" and how she is "already accustomed to such things" after asking him why he would not kiss her onscreen. Regarding Yesilcay's accusations, Petekkaya responded that the kissing issue and his influence on her leaving the series were " full of lies and

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, every word of which was thought out and designed", before declaring that he "will not tell the truth" because "it would be very bad." Furthermore, Yeşilçay expressed that the season 1 director Cevdet Mercan could not handle what was happening and left in June 2015. She claimed that the new director only approved of Petekkaya's requests and suggestions. Endemol Shine Turkey also made a press statement and stated that they will sue Yesilcay for her " unrealistic statements". In 2017, Petekkaya filed a lawsuit against Yeşilçay, alleging that she insulted him via mobile phone messages, though Petekkaya withdrew his complaint. Yesilcay and Petakkaya have since been estranged, after Yesilcay announcing that she "will have nothing to do with him from now on".

Cast

Series overview

International broadcasts

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Paramparca 2014 Turkish television series debuts 2017 Turkish television series endings Star TV (Turkish TV channel) television dramas Television series by Endemol Television series produced in Istanbul Television shows set in Istanbul Television series set in the 2010s Turkish television soap operas Turkish-language television shows