85 minSeason 5 • Episode 174
LatestYaprak Dökümü is an award-winning Turkish television series based on the novel of the same name by Reşat Nuri Güntekin. The series premiered on 13 September 2005 on Kanal D, and endеd its fifth and final season on 29 December 2010, comprising 174 episodes overall. The show is set in Istanbul, Turkey, and it revolves around the fictional family Tekin, which their arrival in Istanbul tears their family apart, and transforms them in a way they can't imagine.
Acting
Deniz Çakır's Ferhunde: iconic villainy that launched a thousand memes.
Production
Lavish Istanbul settings that contrast beautifully with provincial roots.
Writing
Classic novel adaptation with soap opera DNA — surprisingly literary.
Creator
Reşat Nuri Güntekin
Halil Ergün
Ali Rıza Tekin
Güven Hokna
Hayriye Tekin
Bennu Yıldırımlar
Fikret Tekin / Narrator
Deniz Çakır
Ferhunde Güven (Tekin)
Tolga Karel
Oğuz Ayhan
Gökçe Bahadır
Leyla Tekin
Fahriye Evcen
Necla Tekin
Hasan Küçükçetin
Şevket Tekin
Bedia Ener
Neyyir Genç
Seda Demir
Sedef Turan
Ahmet Saraçoğlu
Tahsin Başsoy
Güler Ökten
Cevriye Başsoy
Mustafa Avkıran
Mithat Kara
Perihan Savaş
Nurdan Güven
Neslihan Atagül
Deniz Başsoy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This series sparked national debates about class mobility and 'proper' femininity in 2000s Turkey, with Ferhunde becoming a cultural shorthand for social climbing villainy.
Deniz Çakır was so convincingly evil as Ferhunde that she was harassed in public for years after, proving the show's massive cultural penetration.
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