140 minSeason 2 • Episode 28
LatestAzize finds herself with her 3 children and mother-in-law in a difficult fight. She raises her children while fighting the difficulties of the war period and her husband's absence whom she loves more than anything. It's about war, love, greed, treason and sacrifice.
Acting
Bergüzar Korel's Azize carries 20 years of pain in her eyes
Production
Lavish period detail that cost a small country's GDP
Writing
Melodrama that earns every tear through genuine historical stakes
Creator
Nuran Evren Şit
Halit Ergenç
Cevdet
Bergüzar Korel
Azize
Onur Saylak
Tevfik / Yanik Efe
Okan Yalabık
Charles Hamilton
Devrim Özkan
Havva
Celile Toyon
Hasibe
Fatih Artman
Yüzbaşı Yakup
Boran Kuzum
Leonidas "Leon" Papadopouluos
Pınar Deniz
Yıldız
Berker Güven
Aleksi Ioannidhis
Miray Daner
Hilal
Genco Özak
Mehmet
Yasemin Szawlowski
Eleni
Emre Şen
Hacı Mihalis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The series was the most expensive Turkish TV production at the time, with authentic 1920s Antep sets built from scratch in Istanbul.
The 'Siege of Antep' depicted remains controversial — Turkish nationalists celebrate it as heroic resistance while Kurdish communities dispute the historical erasure of their own role and subsequent suffering.
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