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Our Story (Bizim Hikaye)

Our Story (Bizim Hikaye) (translated)

TV Series · 2017–2019 · 22 people

Turkish drama series Bizim Hikaye premiered in September 2017 and ran until May 2019, closing in on seventy episodes by the end. Made under the Medyapım banner with Fatih Aksoy producing, the project is a local take on the British show Shameless. Hatice Meryem and Banu Kiremitçi Bozkurt wrote the scripts, and Serdar Gözelekli sat in the director's chair.

At its core is Filiz, the eldest daughter who has to take on responsibility for her six siblings once their mother walks out, stepping in for their alcoholic father. Juggling several jobs to keep the household afloat, Filiz grows close to the enigmatic Barış who enters her life, though that bond is repeatedly tested by his hidden past and by a police officer who has fallen for her.

Hazal Kaya plays Filiz and Burak Deniz plays Barış, with a wide supporting cast that includes Reha Özcan, Esra Bezen, Nejat Uygur, Zeynep Selimoğlu, Ömer Sevgi, Sahra Şaş, Melisa Döngel, and Hazal Adıyaman. Its debut episode drew more than twenty million views, and the show went on to find sizable audiences across countries stretching from Pakistan and India to the Balkans and Southeast Asia.

DirectorSerdar Gözelekli
Production companyMedyapım
NetworkFOX

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

Bizim Hikaye is the local take on Britain's Shameless, and across a run that closed in on seventy episodes its biggest asset is Filiz: the eldest sister who steps in for her alcoholic father to raise six siblings after their mother walks out, juggling several jobs at once. Hazal Kaya carries that weight, and her bond with Burak Deniz's enigmatic Barış is the show's emotional engine. Barış's hidden past and a police officer who has fallen for Filiz keep testing that bond, which can sometimes feel like the same conflict going round in circles. The crowded cast of siblings means the story rarely runs empty.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

Adapting Shameless for Turkey raises the question of how poverty is portrayed on screen. In Bizim Hikaye, a mother who walks out, an alcoholic father and the struggle to support a household of seven children all land on the eldest daughter's shoulders. Filiz working several jobs to look after her siblings makes visible a familiar reality: in poor families the burden of parenting often shifts to the oldest child, and especially to a daughter. The series softens the picture with a romance, but it never pushes the question of class entirely into the background. Its reach, from Pakistan and India to the Balkans and Southeast Asia, suggests this family story strikes a universal chord.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humor and heart.

Bizim Hikaye tells a lovely story of sibling love and sacrifice. But the subject is heavy: the mother has left, the father is an alcoholic and money is a constant worry. Young children may find these scenes hard to follow, and some may be upset by them. Watched with high-school-age teens, it can be a good starting point for talking about responsibility and sticking together as a family. Best suited to teenagers and adults.

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