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Series · 10 connectionsŞehrazat, a resilient and hopeful young woman studying in medical school who dreams of a bright future with her beloved Ferhat. However, their lives are turned upside down when Ferhat is wrongfully sentenced to death. In a desperate attempt to save him from the gallows, Şehrazat turns to Büyükbey, a man known for his dark influence. But there is a catch that she’s unaware of: no favor from Büyükbey comes without a price. As the unhappy marriage of Büyükbey’s daughter, Şirin, and his nephew, Kubat, intertwines with his plans to maintain his empire, everyone’s lives will be irrevocably changed, and nothing will ever be the same again.
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2019 · 120 min · Drama · Family
The paths of the two mothers whose dreams and lives are different from each other intersect and cause unexpected events after years.
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2019 · 120 min · Comedy
Abandoned by his wife, Nejat is lying to his daughter not to be upset. But as Kayra grows, these lies become unbearable. Nejat, who is trapped in the corner, meets Suna unexpectedly when he thinks that it is the end of everything. With Suna's entry into their lives, both Nejat and Kayra's world is completely changed.
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2024 · Drama
This gripping production, which tells the story of Mehmet, a successful lawyer, trying to reconnect with his young daughter Doğa, who has distanced herself from him after the death of her mother, will also reveal secrets that have been kept for years. While a relationship that Celal has been hiding shakes all balances, Celal's wife Handan will struggle to keep her family together without being aware of this disintegration.
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2024 · 120 min · Action & Adventure · Drama
Ferhan steals the money of corrupt officials, swindlers, and those who become rich through unjust means and extends a helping hand to the impoverished youth in his neighborhood, providing education and assistance to their families. An unexpected death will shake his entire life. This event will not only test him with his ideals but also with his love, and he will seek ways to pass this test. When he realizes that he cannot fight against injustices like Ferhan alone, he adopts Orhan's identity. Thus, while Ferhan struggles with the father of Müjde, the woman he loves but should keep at a distance, under the guise of lawyer Orhan, his path intersects with İpek, the heir of the family trying to take over the neighborhood.
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2017 · 120 min · Drama
Dağhan is a doctor who tries to get his proficiency however, finds himself in jail. He loses his hope, his future, his lover and the most beautiful days of his lives due the crime that he has never committed. He is sentenced to life imprisonment.
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2023 · 120 min · Crime · Drama
The brutal murder of Hamdi Atilbay in the forest crosses the paths of young prosecutor Leyla, who wants to leave her messy past behind and now establish her new order, and Kenan, an ambitious journalist who has a regular and famous life. However, this murder heralds the destruction of not only their love, but also the truth they know about their lives.
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Aslı Güneş has never truly lived her fragile heart kept her trapped in survival. When she finally receives a life-saving transplant, her second chance comes with a price: the heart belonged to Melike Alkan, heir to one of Istanbul’s most powerful families. Drawn into the Alkan world of wealth, grief, and buried secrets, Aslı becomes both a daughter to a grieving mother and the forbidden love of a restless heir. But while she embraces this new life, her own mother and a dangerous lover scheme to exploit her miracle. Torn between two families, two identities, and one borrowed heart, Aslı must discover who she truly is before love, betrayal, and destiny consume her.
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2026 · 140 min · Drama
Set to create a brand-new and magnificent narrative universe through its set design, storyline, and rich cast of characters, the production will bring to the screen a grand love story that has never before been told in history.
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2026 · 130 min · Drama
The series follows Meryem, who holds onto life with nothing but good intentions, as she reunites with her one true love, Kadir—now a man whose world has been shaped by power, wealth, and ambition.
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2020 · 45 min · Comedy · Drama · Mystery
A young and Idealist journalist Ozan loses his life in an unfortunate traffic accident. But not everything is finished for him just yet. He gets a second chance in life. He’ll come back to life and find answers to the question marks he left behind his mysterious death. But he will not be in his own body. When Ozan uses his chance to come back to life, he’ll find himself in Kadir’s body. Meanwhile Ozan’s girlfriend Elif who is also a journalist will already be after the people who took Ozan’s life. The two lovers who have crossed paths again will have a stranger’s body between them. Kadir. In Kadir’s body, Ozan, tries to unveil the mystery of his death together with Elif. Not only does he suffer facing the woman he loves in a different body, but also encounters with Kadir’s past. Not just adapting to a new body, adapting to a whole new life will not come easy for Ozan.
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