Season 1 • Episode 28
LatestAfter Kenan's true face is revealed, a major confrontation occurs between Aziz and Kenan. Cold winds blow between Aziz and Efnan when they learn that Efnan knew that Aziz and Kenan were brothers and hid it. Pierre's capture of Zehra causes Aziz to make a new plan. Aziz is ready to sacrifice himself to save Zehra and contribute to the War of Independence. Everyone unites as one on the difficult path that Aziz enters. Efnan cannot hear from Aziz on his difficult journey. However, Efnan is determined to find Aziz and see him. While Aziz strives for the establishment of the Republic of Antakya, Pierre's last game will shake the whole of Antakya deeply!
Aziz Payidar, the son of the Payidar family, the largest and only carpet manufacturer in Antakya, leads a prosperous and wealthy life. Aziz's fate changes when he kills the French delegate Monsieur Pierre's son, Lieutenant Andre. He is forced to leave behind the land of his birth, his only love, in short, everything he has. Two years later, when he is thought to be dead, his return is unexpected for everyone. Nothing is the same anymore. Not only did Aziz lose everything he owned, but Antakya, which is now under French occupation, became worse than before he left. Moreover, his first love Dilruba is engaged to his uncle Galip Payidar's son Adem. He will be in a dilemma emotionally when Efnan, a simple peasant girl, unexpectedly enters his life, and after the intense emotional turmoil he experiences, he will find both himself and his true love over time.
Production
Lavish period sets that make you smell the coffee and regret
Costume
1920s Antakya fashion that slaps harder than the drama
Acting
Murat Yıldırım's smoldering grief could fuel a small village
Creator
Zeynep Günay Tan
Murat Yildirim
Aziz Payidar
Damla Sönmez
Dilruba Paşazadeoğlu
Simay Barlas
Efnan Payidar
Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan
Galip Payidar
Fırat Tanış
Delege Pierre Martin
Güven Murat Akpınar
Adem Payidar
Eren Hacısalihoğlu
Kenan Payidar
Suzan Kardeş
Azime
Ayten Soykök
Handan Payidar
Elif Sönmez
Maksude Payidar
Cenan Çamyurdu
Cemal
Baran Akbulut
Mustafa
Haydar Köyel
Selahattin
Berkay Akın
Aslan
Mehmet Avdan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Antakya's real occupation by France (1918-1938) makes this historically grounded, though the carpet dynasty drama is pure fiction.
The show was axed after 28 episodes despite decent ratings—Turkish dizi fans still mourn the unresolved ending on Twitter.
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