''Adını Feriha Koydum'' (English: ''I Named her Feriha'') is a
Turkish television drama
In film and television show, television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or docudrama, semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humour, humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional te ...
series which was first broadcast on
Show TV from 14 January 2011 to 29 June 2012. A final season named Adını Feriha Koydum: Emir'in Yolu(Feriha: Emir's way) aired from 7 September to 14 December 2012 out of which 8 episodes are linked with previous season storyline and subsequently by removing characters which are linked with Feriha character the series of rest episodes are became spin-off version of the series. It follows housekeeper Feriha Yilmaz (
Hazal Kaya), a young woman from a poor background and the daughter of Zehra Yılmaz (
Vahide Percin); and Rıza Yılmaz (
Metin Çekmez), a doorman. Feriha is awarded a scholarship to an elite university, where wealthy playboy Emir Sarrafoğlu (
Cagatay Ulusoy) studies as well. Emir eventually falls in love with Feriha, believing she is also wealthy. The series was written by Melis Civelek and Sırma Yanık and produced by Med Yapım.
The series was very popular among younger viewers. The first two seasons of the show were very successful all over the world. The third and final season, titled ''Adını Feriha Koydum: Emir'in You'', which was broadcast from 7 September to 14 December 2012 was not as successful and ended its run after 13 episodes. The series has been exported to over 70 countries. It was Ulusoy's first acting role, after playing an extra in the Turkish series ''
Arka Sokaklar'' and ''Recep Ivedik 3''.
Themes and reception
According to Nilüfer Pembecioğlu, Feriha is a symbol of class anxiety in Turkey; though having a university education, she is forced to lie in order to get ahead. Pembecioğlu includes it among the most successful Turkish television serials being shown around the world; it was especially popular in Bulgaria,
and was aired in
Russia
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,
Bangladesh
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,
India
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and Pakistan. In
Pakistan
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, it aired on
Urdu 1
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History
Urdu 1 was founded in 2012 to air foreign television shows dubbed in Urdu. It began test transmissions on ...
dubbed in
Urdu
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, the
national language
'' ''
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of Pakistan. In India, it was dubbed in
Hindi
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and broadcast on
Zindagi which is owned by
ZEEL. In
Bangladesh
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, it was dubbed in
Bangla and aired on
Deepto TV from 13 November 2020.
Due to demand, the show has been rerun on the same network since 12 May 2016. The third and final season, ''Adını Feriha Koydum: Emir'in Yolu'', which until then hadn't been shown in India, was broadcast for the first time from 16 November to 15 December 2016 under the title "Feriha-New Season" by
Zindagi.
Series overview
The series was revived in the 3rd season under the title of ''Adını Feriha Koydum: Emir'in Yolu'' from episode 68 to 72. From the 73rd episode onwards, the show was broadcast only with the name ''Emir'in Yolu'' in Turkey.
Plot
Season 1
Feriha Yılmaz (
Hazal Kaya) is an attractive, beautiful, talented, and ambitious girl from a very poor family. Her father, Rıza Yılmaz (
Metin Çekmez), is a doorman in
Etiler
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Etiler is famous f ...
, an upper-class neighborhood of
Istanbul
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. Her mother, Zehra Yılmaz (
Vahide Perçin), is a housekeeper. Because of her intelligence, Feriha is awarded a full scholarship to attend a private university. She wears her neighbor's lavish clothes, trying to look wealthy. There, she meets a handsome and wealthy young man, Emir Sarrafoğlu (
Çağatay Ulusoy), who is known for being a womanizer. Feriha lies about her life due to the fear of being rejected. She and Emir, with passing time and favorable circumstances, fall in love with each other. However, as that love grows, she becomes trapped in her own lies.
Season 2
Emir's friend Hande Gezgin (
Ceyda Ateş) has a crush on Emir, while Emir's close male friend Koray Onat falls for Hande. Feriha learns that Günce is pregnant by Koray and decides to help them by taking up her abortion. Hande publishes a photo of Koray and Feriha hugging in the magazine. Emir first feels that Feriha was wrong, but later he believes her. Feriha borrows fancy clothes from her neighbor Cansu, who is a longtime fan of Emir. Cansu becomes jealous of Feriha and shows Feriha's parents the magazine photos, provoking them to arrange a marriage between Feriha and Halil. After the problem was solved, they broke up with her. Emir discovers Feriha's falsehoods and he breaks up with him. Later, Feriha is kidnapped by Halil and saved by Emir, who marries her. Both Yilmaz's and Sarrafoğlu's families get furious and break ties with them. Emir wants to protect Ece from Yavuz Sanchakter. Due to the entry of Ruia and Ece in Emir and Feriha's life, it was highly disturbing. On the day of the party, Feriha asks Emir to choose between her and work. Later, Feriha discovers Emir taking his decision. Due to a misunderstanding, Feriha divorces Emir in his absence and moves with Levent to the US for 3 years. Emir was engaged to Ece to protect her from Yavuz Sancaktar, until the problem gets solved and Feriha and Emir remarry. However, two rounds of shots are fired by Halil and Feriha is shot by him and she dies in Emir's arms. Zehra also got shot by that second bullet it was explained in Season 3 storyline.
Season 3
Emir (Cagatay Ulusoy) deals with the grief of Feriha's death. Feriha's beautiful cousin Zulal Yilmaz falls in love with Emir. Later, Yavuz Sanchakter's sister Gunes also falls for Emir. At the end of the season Aysun slapped Sanem and Emir goes to Yavuz Sanchakter to sort out things.
Cast
International broadcasting
References
External links
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2011 Turkish television series debuts
2012 Turkish television series endings
Turkish drama television series
Television series by Med Yapım
Show TV television dramas
Works about classism
Television shows set in Istanbul
Television series produced in Istanbul
Television series set in the 2010s
Turkish television soap operas
Turkish-language television shows