Sen Çal Kapımı

''Sen Çal Kapımı'' (known internationally as ''You Knock on My Door (Love Is in the Air)'') is a Turkish romantic comedy television series starring Hande Erçel and Kerem Bürsin. It aired on Fox from July 8, 2020 to September 8, 2021.

Summary

Season One

After Eda Yıldız's parents die in an accident, she is adopted by her aunt and works in her aunt's flower shop. Eda's degree in Landscape Architecture is cut short because her scholarship from the renowned architecture firm Art Life, led by Serkan Bolat, is withdrawn.

Eda dreams of flying to Italy to complete her Landscape Architecture studies. Her long-distance boyfriend Cenk lives in Italy, and he delays meeting her in person. Eda meets Serkan Bolat at a graduation ceremony of her friends and handcuffs herself to him in anger. Serkan proposes a fake engagement with Eda so he can win his ex-girlfriend Selin back. He suggests that she will pretend to be his fiancée for two months, and in return he will pay for her food, education, and housing in Italy. Eda initially rejects the offer, but her boyfriend leaves her for an Italian girl. In response, Eda kisses Serkan at a press conference. Eda accepts the offer with some changes: she will pretend to be his fiancée for two months, but to reimburse her for her lost scholarship, he will give her a job at his firm. Serkan hires her as his personal assistant, and he announces his fake engagement with Eda at work.

Eda and Serkan fall in love as Eda helps Serkan's mother overcome the trauma of Serkan's brother's death. When Eda decides to leave for Italy to pursue her further studies, Serkan proposes to Eda for real this time, and she accepts.

They start dating in real but they encounter yet another obstacle. Serkan's father is responsible for the death of Eda's parents, who died when the house he built crashed down due to his carelessness. Serkan finds out about this and pushes Eda away to keep her from being hurt by lying to her that his work is more important to him and he cannot prioritise her over it. He also moves out of his parents' house. Eda is hurt but determined to find out the real reason behind Serkan's strange behaviour so she flirts with Efe, a new partner in the holding, in order to get Serkan to admit his true feelings. It ends up working and Serkan shares the truth with Eda. Though initially upset, Eda eventually forgives Serkan and they get back together.

On their wedding day, Serkan must go to Italy for an important meeting, and he gets in a plane crash. He loses his memory and forgets about his year with Eda. In order to get Serkan's memory back, Eda tries recreating previous situations they have been in, but it doesn't work. Eda pretends to be engaged to another man, Deniz, and Serkan still doesn't remember. This continues until the wedding ceremony, and Serkan bursts in as Eda says "Yes" to Deniz. He remembers.

At the end of the season, Eda discovers Serkan's medical documents that say he has cancer.

Season Two

Serkan Bolat and Eda Yıldız go through tough times during Serkan's cancer treatment. Serkan becomes obsessed with his disease and a completely different man after surviving, arouses a fear of emotional attachment. He delays his marriage to Eda multiple times and completely refuses any idea of becoming a father. Serkan returns to focus only on his work, which gradually separates him from Eda. She goes to Italy to complete her studies, while Serkan continues with his life. But when they finally meet again after 5 long years, life has a surprise for both of them. Eda has a daughter named Kiraz. Serkan meets her when he attends Piril's meeting and is stopped on the way by Kiraz. He drops Kiraz home and meets with Eda. He has lunch with Eda and they both discuss their lives. Eda doesn't want Serkan to know that Kiraz is his daughter and lies that she is Melo and Burak's daughter. She asks Piril initially not to tell Serkan that Kiraz is Serkan's daughter, but Eda later reveals the truth to Serkan, and they get married. Eda gets pregnant and gives birth to their son.

Episodes

Cast

Main characters

* Eda Yıldız (episodes 1–52), played by Hande Erçel.
A dreamer who is passionate about flowers, Eda lives with the pain of the premature loss of her parents. She has a bitter enemy: Serkan Bolat. In fact, he canceled her scholarship, preventing her from graduating as a landscape architect and studying in Italy. That's why she works in her aunt's flower shop, who raised her and who treated her like her own daughter. They both share a home with Eda's childhood friend, Melo.
* Serkan Bolat (episodes 1–52), played by Kerem Bürsin.
Hypochondriac, obsessive, cold and workaholic, Serkan Bolat is a wealthy internationally renowned architect, owner of Art Life, intent on preventing the marriage of his ex-girlfriend, Selin. To do this he proposes to Eda to pretend to be his girlfriend for two months: once the contract has expired, he will pay her back her scholarship

Secondary characters

* Engin Sezgin (episodes 1-52), played by Anil Ilter. He is Serkan's best friend and Piril's husband. He has a son Can.
* Piril Baytekin (episodes 1–52), played by Başak Gümülcinelioğlu. One of Serkan's friends. She later becomes close to Eda as well. She is happily married to Engin Sezgin and has a son. She is a fine architect and has a nature quite similar to that of Serkan.
* Melek Yucel / Melo (episodes 1–52) played by Elçin Afacan. She is one of Eda's close friends as well as housemate and they both have spent their childhood together. She is a dreamer and generally funny. Her dream is to find true love.
* Ceren Bașar (episodes 1–37) played by Melisa Döngel. One of Eda's friends. She grows up in a rich lawyer family and is forced to become a lawyer too, however, her dream is to become a shoe designer. She is a fashion icon. Ceren dates Selin's ex-fiancé, eventually marrying him and becoming pregnant.
* Figen Yildirim / Fifi (episodes 1-28), played by M. Sitare Akbas. She is one of Eda's friends.
* Selin Atakan (episodes 1–22, 29–38), played by Bige Önal. Serkan's former girlfriend and childhood friend, she is the PR of the company and his partner in the family business built by their fathers. She is Eda's main antagonist.
* Ferit Simsek (episodes 1-39), played by Cagri Citanak. Selin's former fiancé. He is originally the reason for Eda and Serkan's fake engagement as Serkan did not trust Ferit. After his breakup with Selin, he has a relationship with Ceren.
* Leyla Haktan (episodes 1-39) played by Ilkyaz Arslan. She is Serkan's assistant.
* Erdem Sangay (episodes 1-52), played by Sarp Bozkurt. He is Engin's assistant.
*Deniz Saraçhan (episodes 29–37), played by Sarp Can Köroğlu. He's been friends with Eda since elementary school. He initially helps her in her romance with Serkan but is secretly in love with her.
* Alexander Zucco (episodes 24–27, 29–34), played by Hakan Karahan. He is a world famous chef who has a love triangle with Ayfer and Aidan.
* Semiha Yıldırım (episodes 23–28), played by Ayşegül İşsever. She is Eda's grandmother on the paternal side. Extremely rich, she has always frowned upon Eda's parents' marriage and does not appreciate her bond with Serkan Bolat.
* Tahir (episodes 23–28), played by Buğrahan Çayır. He is Semiha's personal bodyguard.
* Balça Koçak (episodes 22–28), played by İlayda Çevik. She will briefly be the PR of Serkan's company and Eda's opponent.
* Prens Seymen (episodes 25–26), played by Mert Öcal. Serkan's rival who is infatuated with Eda because she resembles his lost love.
* Efe Akman (episodes 13–21), played by Ali Ersan Duru. He is a highly rated architect abroad who will be a partner in Serkan's company for a short time.
* Kaan Karadağ (episodes 1–10), played by İsmail Ege Şaşmaz. He is an old college friend of Serkan but now he hates him deeply and is always competing with him. He is Ferit's best friend.
* Kiraz (episodes 40–52), played by Maya Başol. She is the daughter of Serkan and Eda.
* Burak Balcı (episodes 40–52), played by Sinan Helvacı. A close friend of Eda who is secretly platonically in love with her, gets along really well with Kiraz.
* Ayfer Yildiz (episode1-52), played by Evrim Dogan. She is the aunt of Eda.
* Aidan Bolat (episode 1-52), played by Neslihan Yeldan. She is the mother of Serkan.
* Seifi (episode 1-52), played by Alican Aytekin. He is an important person in the Bolat Family who acts as their butler.
* Kemal Ozcan (episode 34-52) ,played by Sinan Albayrak .He was Aidan's first love. He returns to reunite with his long lost love.

Reception

The series debuted in the summer of 2021 in Italy, in daytime on Canale 5, with good success. In September 2021, it was confirmed that the second season would air on Canale 5.

In Spain, the series initially aired on Telecinco. After initially producing views below expectations, it was moved to Divinity, where it aired in the afternoon, standing out and enjoying great success, becoming an unexpected "summery talisman" in the 2021 summer. In September 2021, during the broadcast of the series finale, ''Love Is in the Airs episode became the most tweeted in history, beating the previous record of 7.8 million tweets set by Game of Thrones' '' The Long Night''.

References

External links

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2020 Turkish television series debuts
2021 Turkish television series endings
Turkish drama television series
Turkish television soap operas
Turkish romantic comedy television series
Fox (Turkish TV channel) original programming
Turkish-language television shows
Television series produced in Istanbul