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Gülperi

Gülperi

TV Series · 2018–2019 · 22 people

Show TV aired the Turkish drama series Gülperi. Its first episode reached screens on September 14, 2018, and it ended with its 30th episode on May 3, 2019. The series was inspired by the 1982 film Gülsüm Ana, which starred Fatma Girik.

The story follows a mother named Gülperi whose life is turned upside down as she fights to protect her children. Built around motherhood, sacrifice and the search for justice, it portrays a strong woman's effort to find her footing again in an emotional register. Nurgül Yeşilçay and Timuçin Esen lead the cast, joined by Tarık Papuççuoğlu, Ece Sükan, Burak Dakak, Aleyna Özgeçen, Emir Özyakışır, Onur Bilge and Ezgi Gör.

Metin Balekoğlu directed, Eylem Canpolat and Sema Ergenekon wrote it, and TİMSBİ Productions produced it. It also traveled abroad: in Serbia it ran on Happy TV from February 3 to June 11, 2020, with Serbian subtitles.

DirectorMetin Balekoğlu
Production companyTİMSBİ Productions
NetworkShow TV

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AI-assisted editorial takes written from different viewer perspectives. They are not reader reviews; those are below.

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

Gülperi makes no secret of being inspired by Gülsüm Ana, the 1982 film starring Fatma Girik, and that will feel familiar at once to a viewer raised on Yeşilçam. A mother who will risk everything for her children, sacrifice, the search for justice: these themes carry the spirit of our old melodramas. The strong woman played by Nurgül Yeşilçay forms the emotional center of the series, and having a seasoned name like Tarık Papuççuoğlu in the cast is reassuring. Even if it cannot always capture the plain sincerity of the old films, it is a story built on motherhood with a firm moral compass. It speaks to the hearts of those who love an emotional drama.

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

Gülperi is a single-season drama of 30 episodes running from autumn to spring, and the brevity suits it. Nurgül Yeşilçay carries the whole show as a mother fighting to keep her children; her chemistry with Timuçin Esen makes the romance believable too. With names like Ece Sükan, Burak Dakak and Onur Bilge, the supporting cast is lively. But it has to be said: the theme of motherhood and sacrifice keeps circling back to the same sorrows in some episodes, and the pace can sag in the middle stretch. If you're ready for emotional intensity, it is an easy series to binge.

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

As a series inspired by the 1982 film Gülsüm Ana, Gülperi deliberately leans on melodrama's classic molds: a mother whose life has been turned upside down, her children, the search for justice. The emotional force of this material is beyond question, but that is exactly where the problem starts. Stretching a journey that a single film tells in concentrated form across thirty episodes forces the narrative back to the same emotional notes again and again. Metin Balekoğlu's direction chooses to give the actors room, and seasoned performers such as Nurgül Yeşilçay and Tarık Papuççuoğlu use it well. For viewers who want emotion to grow out of the script's structure rather than ready-made molds, it is too blunt a melodrama.

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