- Hatırla Sevgili
Infobox Television Film
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name = Hatırla Sevgili
caption = Titlecard
format = Historical, romantic drama
runtime = 90 minutes (up to 120 minutes with commercials)
creator =
director =Ümmü Burhan
Faruk Teber
producer =Fatmanur Sevinç
writer =Şebnem Çitak
Nilgün Öneş
starring =Beren Saat
Cansel Elçin
music =Kemal Sahir Gürel
Hüseyin Yıldız
Erdal Güney
country =Turkey
language = Turkish
network =ATV Turkey
released =
first_aired =October 27 ,2006
last_aired =June 6 ,2008
num_seasons = 2
num_episodes = 68
preceded_by =
followed_by =
imdb_id = 0878797
tv_com_id =
amg_id ="Hatırla Sevgili" ( _en. Remember Darling) is a Turkish
TV series broadcast on the channelATV Turkey with already 46 episodes until the end of 2007. The series is running fromOctober 27 ,2006 on the Turkish TV channel ATV Friday evenings at 22:15 hrs local time.The series is about the love story of Yasemin and Ahmet, two young people from confronting families and the romantic relations of their relatives and friends in a political era starting at the end of 1950s in
Turkey . In the background, it depicts historical events beginning with Prime MinisterAdnan Menderes ' 1959 plane crash survival followed by 1960 military coup, the trial onYassıada , the executions and other important incidents representing the radical political polarization of the Turkish society then after.Two childhood friends and neighbors, Rıza and Şevket, develop opposite political views as they grow up. Rıza becomes a member of right wing Democratic Party and enters the parliament while Şevket, a public prosecutor, is a follower of the leftist Republican People's Party. Riza Bey's older daughter Yasemin fall in love with Şevket Bey's son Ahmet, however their families do not allow them to marry.
The series then goes on to portray the political history of Turkey from 1971 to the mılıtary coup ın 1980, from a point of view of the two families which eventually unite.
Hatırla Sevgili has been one of the most popular and most controversial TV series in Turkey. It was criticized by many because of its non-objective approach and superficial coverage of some historical events, yet it led to many people question their country's modern history. The books about the historical periods and people the show mentioned have been bestsellers for at least two weeks after the episodes about them have been aired.
After 2 seasons and 68 episodes, the series final was on June 6, 2008.
Cast
;Famliy of Yasemin:
*Beren Saat - Yasemin Ünsal
*Engin Şenkan - Rıza Ünsal, father of Yasemin, Democratic Party politician
*Lale Mansur - Nezahat Ünsal, mother of Yasemin
*Ayfer Dönmez - Işık Ünsal, sister of Yasemin, marries to Yaşar
*Turgay Aydın - Mehmet Karayel, brother of Nezahat and uncle of Yasemin, journalist and ex-major, married to Sevim Gürsoy, deceased.
*Berk Hakman - Deniz Karayel, son of Mehmet;Family of Ahmet:
*Cansel Elçin - Ahmet Gürsoy, lover of Yasemin
*Avni Yalçın - Şevket Gürsoy, father of Ahmet, public prosecutor, deceased.
*Ayda Aksel - Dr. Selma Gürsoy, mother of Ahmet, physician
*Belçim Erdoğan - Defne Gürsoy, sister of Ahmet
*Laçin Ceylan - Sevim Gürsoy, sister of Şevket and aunt of Ahmet, journalist, married to Mehmet Karayel
*Asena Taşkın - Rüya Gürsoy, daughter of Ahmet from Yasemin;Family of Necdet:
*Okan Yalabık - Necdet Aygün, husband of Yasemin, pastry owner
*Meltem Parlak - Lale Aygün, sister of Necdet;Historical figures:
*Hüseyin Avni Danyal -Adnan Menderes , former Turkish prime minister
*Oğuz Okul - Albay Tarık Güryay, colonel, commandant ofYassıada
*Barış Koçak -Deniz Gezmiş , leftist militant
*Saygın Soysal -Recep Tayyip Erdoğan , Current Turkish prime minister
* -Necip Fazıl , poet
*Oğuz Turgut Genç-Hüseyin İnan
* Murat Zubi-Yusuf Aslan
* -Mahir Çayan
* -Celal Bayar
*-İsmet İnönü
*-Harun Karadeniz ;Some minor roles:
*Şahnaz Çakıralp - Keriman Kızıltan, lover of Rıza, night club singer
*Kadir Özdal - Harun, high school friend of Deniz
*Umut Kurt - Yaşar, Harun's fiend, marries Işık
*Emre Özcan - Teodolos, Necdet's close friend and business partner
*Feride Çetin - Güzide, trained pastry cookExternal links
* [http://hatirlasevgilidizisi.tr.gg/anasayfa.htm Official website] tr
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