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One Thousand and One Nights (Binbir Gece)

One Thousand and One Nights (Binbir Gece) (translated)

TV Series · 2006–2009 · 35 people

TMC Film's Turkish drama series Binbir Gece (One Thousand and One Nights) aired on Kanal D from November 7, 2006, to May 12, 2009. Its 90 episodes over three seasons draw on the Arabian Nights tales. Set in Istanbul, it is known for its success abroad, and it won the Golden Butterfly Award for Best Series.

The story follows Şehrazat (Bergüzar Korel), an architect who loses her husband in a traffic accident and then fights to save her leukemia-stricken son. Needing 200,000 dollars for his treatment, she asks her wealthy father-in-law Burhan Bey (Metin Çekmez) for help; turned away, she approaches one of her company's young bosses, and his offer upends her life. The drama revolves around Şehrazat, Onur (Halit Ergenç), Kerem (Tardu Flordun) and Bennu (Ceyda Düvenci), with Canan Ergüder also in the cast.

Kudret Sabancı directed and Erol Avcı produced. It was the first Turkish series shown in Bulgaria and, in 2010, in Serbia, where Halit Ergenç and Bergüzar Korel visited Belgrade for a live finale special. From 2014 it reached Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Uruguay and Peru, and in Brazil, where Band aired 163 episodes in 2015, it became the country's first Turkish telenovela.

DirectorKudret Sabancı
Production companyTMC Film
NetworkKanal D
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Ahu Sungur Ahu Sungur Actor · 45 years old Bartu Küçükçağlayan Bartu Küçükçağlayan Actor · 43 years old Gani Özçelik Bergüzar Korel Bergüzar Korel Actor · 44 years old Sehrazat Evliyaoglu Canan Ergüder Canan Ergüder Actor · 49 years old Eda Akinay Ceyda Düvenci Ceyda Düvenci Actor · 49 years old Bennu Ataman Ebru Aykaç Ebru Aykaç Actor · 51 years old Yasemin Karakus Ege Aydan Ege Aydan Actor · 68 years old Engin Kayaoglu Elif Sümbül Sert Elif Sümbül Sert Actor · 44 years old Ezgi Asaroğlu Ezgi Asaroğlu Actor · 39 years old Duru Kayaoğlu Gizem Güneş Gizem Güneş Actor · 30 years old Halit Ergenç Halit Ergenç Actor · 56 years old Onur Aksal Kayra Şenocak Kayra Şenocak Actor · 48 years old Meral Çetinkaya Meral Çetinkaya Actor · 81 years old Peride Aksal Mert Fırat Mert Fırat Actor · 45 years old Ragıp Gülen Ragıp Gülen Actor · 46 years old Selen Uçer Selen Uçer Actor · 43 years old Taner Barlas Taner Barlas Actor · 79 years old Kadir Cindar Yeliz Akkaya Yeliz Akkaya Actor · 44 years old Melek Ataman Yonca Şahinbaş Yonca Şahinbaş Actor · 54 years old Füsun Evliyaoglu İsmail Düvenci İsmail Düvenci Actor · 78 years old Şendoğan Öksüz Şendoğan Öksüz Actor · 55 years old Hülya Darcan Hülya Darcan Actor · 75 years old Belma Ataman Metin Çekmez Metin Çekmez Actor · died at 76 Burhan Evliyaoglu Teoman Kumbaracıbaşı Teoman Kumbaracıbaşı Actor · 55 years old Yaman Cindar Murat Serezli Murat Serezli Actor · 57 years old Dr. Atilla Kubilay Penbeklioğlu Kubilay Penbeklioğlu Actor · 59 years old Selim Tekinay Muhammet Uzuner Muhammet Uzuner Actor · 61 years old Inspector Tuğrul Tardu Flordun Tardu Flordun Actor · 54 years old Kerem Inceoglu Duygu Çetinkaya Duygu Çetinkaya Actor · 40 years old Sezen Ozsener Feridun Düzağaç Feridun Düzağaç Singer · 58 years old Özcan Ayla Algan Ayla Algan Actor · died at 86 Betül Nihat İleri Nihat İleri Actor · born 1955 Semih Ozsener Melahat Abbasova Melahat Abbasova Actor · 60 years old Mihriban Vahapzade Şennur Nogaylar Şennur Nogaylar Film actor · born 1957 Tomris İncer Tomris İncer Actor · died at 68

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Yeşilçam Nostalgic A viewer raised on the classics, looking for warm storytelling and strong acting.

Binbir Gece takes its name and its spirit from Scheherazade's tales, and that alone is enough to soften a heart raised on literature. The desperation of a mother who has lost her husband in a traffic accident and is fighting to save her son from leukemia recalls the familiar, heart-wrenching vein of our old melodramas. With Bergüzar Korel and Halit Ergenç at its center, the story turns a hard offer made to a mother into an emotional trial. Seen with today's eyes, though, some emotions seem stretched longer than necessary, and ninety episodes may tire a less patient viewer.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Binbir Gece is an early and important link in the international rise of Turkish series: the first Turkish show broadcast in Bulgaria, and Brazil's first Turkish telenovela. Behind that success sits a very clear dramatic engine: a sick child, the 200,000 dollars his treatment requires, a father-in-law who refuses to help and an offer that turns a life upside down. Kudret Sabancı directs this classic melodrama set-up with fidelity to the rules of the genre. The structure, however, has to stretch a single moral dilemma across three seasons, and the four-way web of relationships around Şehrazat, Onur, Kerem and Bennu brings a real risk of repetition at that length. Effective for viewers who accept melodrama's conventions; bloated in places for those who want a tighter narrative.

Series Binger A series devotee tracking character arcs, cast chemistry and season pacing.

Binbir Gece, known for its success abroad, is one of the milestones in the history of Turkish television drama. Across three seasons and 90 episodes the relationships between Şehrazat, Onur, Kerem and Bennu carry the story, with the Bergüzar Korel and Halit Ergenç partnership at its heart. Its Golden Butterfly for Best Series comes as no surprise. Watching it today, some middle stretches ask for patience, since the story can feel as if it is circling the same knot. But it is worth seeing a production that did so much to open Turkish series up to the world.

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