Season 3 • Episode 41
LatestSet in the 1960s, the story of the Akarsu family includes Ali, Cemile and their four children: Berrin, a law student, Aylin and Mete, high school students, and 5 year old Osman. Ali begins an affair with Caroline, a Dutch woman, which leads to the disintegration of the family.
Acting
Ayça Bingöl's Cemile — suffering incarnate, absolutely devastating.
Production
Lush 1960s Istanbul recreated with obsessive period detail.
Writing
Shamelessly manipulative plotting that somehow works.
Creator
Coşkun Irmak
Ayça Bingöl
Cemile Akarsu
Wilma Elles
Caroline Enke- Akarsu
Yıldız Çağrı Atiksoy
Berrin Akarsu
Aras Bulut Iynemli
Mete Akarsu
Gün Koper
Osman Akarsu
Farah Zeynep Abdullah
Aylin Akarsu
Meral Çetinkaya
Hasefe Akarsu
Mete Horozoğlu
Soner Talaşoğlu
Muhammet Uzuner
Arif
Mehmet Gürhan
Kemal Akarsu
Zeyno Eracar
Neriman Akarsu
Nilperi Şahinkaya
Mesude Akarsu
Tolga Güleç
Ahmet Taşer
Salih Bademci
Hakan Tatlıoğlu
Mine Tugay
Bahar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Launched the Turkish dizi boom globally — this melodrama formula conquered Latin America, the Middle East, and Balkans.
Wilma Elles (Caroline) spoke almost no Turkish when cast; her awkward line delivery accidentally made Caroline feel more authentically foreign.
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