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Explore the Thrilling World of Turkish Dramas: From Forbidden Love Affairs to Family Disintegration, Discover These 6 Must-Watch Dizi Series
Explore the Thrilling World of Turkish Dramas – From Forbidden Love Affairs to Family Disintegration, Discover These 6 Must-Watch Dizi Series
Get ready to be transported to the passionate world of Turkish dramas – From a forbidden love affair that threatens to destroy everything to a crime drama based on real-life events and to the first Turkish series to win an Emmy Award, each of these 6 dramas is sure to keep you hooked.
Expect to experience a rollercoaster of intense emotions, with each Turkish drama series boasting its own unique and captivating storyline, delving into themes of forbidden love, family disintegration, unrequited love, and tragedy. Get your popcorn ready, and buckle up for a journey filled with heart-wrenching romances and unexpected twists and turns.
Turkish Dramas about Forbidden Love – Discover These 6 Must-Watch Dizi Series
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6. Kavak Yelleri (2007)
Genre: Youth, Drama
Seasons 5 | Episodes 170
Kavak Yelleri (2007-2011), starring Pelin Karahan, İbrahim Kendirci, Aslı Enver, and Dağhan Külegeç, is a youth Turkish drama series adapted from the American show Dawson’s Creek. The dizi series follows a group of four friends and the forbidden love story of Aslı and Deniz. Although, it is impossible to figure out at first because so many people are in love with each other in the series.
The four friends include Aslı, a doctor; Mine, an interpreter; Efe, who owns a restaurant; and Deniz, a photographer who aspires to become a director. Throughout the series, Deniz has romantic relationships with both Mine and Aslı. However, Deniz could never see the love in front of his eyes. Fortunately, Aslı later found her true love in Efe. But it didn’t end happily either.
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5. Hanımın Çiftliği / Lady’s Farm (2009)
Genre: Drama
Seasons 2 | Episodes 70
Hanımın Çiftliği (2009), starring Mehmet Aslantuğ, Özgü Namal, Ebru Özkan, and Caner Cindoruk, is a Turkish drama series based on Orhan Kemal’s novel of the same name following the forbidden love story of Güllü and Kemal.
The Turkish series is about Güllü, who works in the cotton gin factory of Muzaffer Bey and is in love with Kemal, who works as a machinist in the same factory. Güllü’s father, Cemşir, wants to give her to Muzaffer Bey, the powerful and wealthy landlord of Adana, who wants Güllü for himself.
His nephew, Ramazan (nicknamed Zaloğlu), also wants Güllü. Unaware of the plans of Cemşir and the desires of Muzaffer Bey and Zaloğlu, Güllü, and Kemal are considering getting married. However, when Muzaffer Bey returns from a European trip and sees Güllü, her fate changes in an unpredictable way.
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4. Kara Sevda / Endless Love (2015)
Genre: Drama
Seasons 2 | Episodes 74
Kara Sevda (2015) is a Turkish romantic drama series starring Burak Özçivit, Neslihan Atagül Doğulu, and Kaan Urgancıoğlu, which ranks as the first and only Turkish production to win an Emmy Award for the best telenovela. The Turkish series Kara Sevda follows the forbidden and tragic but true love story between a poor young man, Kemal Soydere, and a rich girl, Nihan Sezin, who fall in love with each other after a chance encounter on a public bus.
The story begins when Nihan falls into the sea while trying to untie the mooring ropes of her yacht and is saved by Kemal, who was working nearby. This encounter marks the beginning of one of the most complicated and heart-wrenching love tales that will live on for generations.
The antagonist is Emir Kozcuoğlu, a wealthy business tycoon who has long been infatuated with Nihan. Emir will stop at nothing to get what he wants, and his actions will put both Nihan and Kemal in danger. Read more about the first Turkish series to win an Emmy for Best Telenovela, Kara Sevda ↵
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3. Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman Ki / Time Goes By (2010)
Genre: Drama, Family
Seasons 3 | Episodes 120
Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman Ki (2010), starring Farah Zeynep Abdullah, Ayça Bingöl, Aras Bulut İynemli, and Erkan Petekkaya, is Turkish drama series set in 1967, based on a true story following the Akarsu family. The patriarch, Ali Akarsu, works as a seaman and captain of a ship and is married to Cemile with four children (Mete, Aylin, Osman, and Berrin).
When Ali starts an affair with a Dutch woman named Caroline, it leads to the disintegration of the Akarsu family. This affair causes Ali’s wife, Cemile, to go to jail and their children to face obstacles and poverty. The Turkish drama series also involves a forbidden love triangle between Aylin Akarsu, who agrees to marry the brother of the man she loves, Murat, to escape poverty, but is stuck in a prenuptial agreement.
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2. Kuzey Güney (2011)
Genre: Drama
Seasons 2 | Episodes 80
Kuzey Güney (2011), starring Kivanç Tatlitug, Bugra Gülsoy, and Öykü Karayel, is one of the top 3 most influential and highly-rated Turkish drama series which presents a storyline centered around a forbidden love triangle. Kuzey and Güney are two brothers with distinct personalities who fall in love with the same girl, Cemre. Just like their names, North and South, Kuzey is rebellious and unpredictable with a noble heart, and the older brother, Güney, is calm and excels academically, embodying the “good boy next door” stereotype.
Despite their differences, the fierce rivalry between the brothers reaches a critical point as they both pursue Cemre. However, a tragic event leads Cemre into the arms of one brother, leaving the other to overcome incredible obstacles.
The love triangle and the contrast between the two brothers add depth and conflict to the story of this Turkish drama series.” Nothing is at seem with Kuzey and Güney! Appearances can deceive you!
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1. Aşk-ı Memnu / Forbidden Love (2008)
Genre: Drama,
Seasons 2 | Episodes 79
Aşk-ı Memnu (2008), starring Beren Saat, Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ, and Hazal Kaya, based on Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil’s 1899 novel, is one of the top three highest-rated Turkish television series of all time. This popularity lies in the intense forbidden love affair between a married woman, Bihter, and her husband’s nephew, Behlül, which kept viewers on the edge of their seats.
Behlul is initially hesitant to pursue a relationship with Bihter but eventually falls head over heels in love with her. From time to time, we felt sorry for Behlül and Bihter, cheering for their love and wishing they had met before or at least had an alternate outcome.
The final episode of Aşk-ı Memnu is regarded as one of the greatest examples of forbidden love in Turkish television, generated widespread discussions, and is one of the most heartbreaking moments of the drama series. I watched it 3 times, and I will never get enough of the chemistry between Beren Saat and Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ! Oldie but goldie!
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