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Smile at Your Destiny (Gülümse Kaderine)

Smile at Your Destiny (Gülümse Kaderine) (translated)

TV Series · 2022 · 10 people

Avşar Film produced the Turkish drama series Gülümse Kaderine ("Smile at Your Destiny"). Starting on NOW on 27 April 2022, it reached its finale with the fifth episode on 25 May 2022 and had a short run. Aytaç Çiçek directed and Burcu Över wrote the script. Bahar Şahin and Sude Zülal Güler share the leading roles.

The story is built around Eda and Yaren, who grew up in an orphanage in Bursa. The two young girls treat each other as sisters to console their loneliness. Yaren dreams of passing the university exam and studying medicine; Eda, who left high school before finishing, thinks studying will get her nowhere. Just as they turn eighteen and want to build lives of their own, a house party changes their fates painfully. While Yaren sets out on a journey toward the secrets of her past, Eda starts turning every crisis into an opportunity. Believing that life owes them a debt, she is determined to collect it her own way if it is not repaid with good fortune.

The cast also includes Mine Tugay, Doğan Bayraktar, Burak Sergen, Yalçın Hafızoğlu, Erkan Meriç, Aslı Sümen and Ahu Sungur.

DirectorAytaç Çiçek
Production companyAvşar Film
NetworkFOX

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Mine Tugay Mine Tugay Actor · 48 years old Neval Yalçın Hafızoğlu Yalçın Hafızoğlu Actor · 37 years old Can Nazan Diper Nazan Diper Actor · born 1965 Hacer Bahar Şahin Bahar Şahin Actor · 29 years old Eda Doğan Bayraktar Doğan Bayraktar Actor · 31 years old Kanat Burak Sergen Burak Sergen Actor · 65 years old Sude Güler Sude Güler Actor · 25 years old Yaren Aslı Sümen Aslı Sümen Actor · 32 years old Erkan Meriç Erkan Meriç Actor · 40 years old Ahu Sungur Ahu Sungur Actor · 45 years old

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

Gülümse Kaderine has a strong starting point for a long-running drama: Eda and Yaren, who grew up in an orphanage in Bursa and treat each other as sisters. One is studying for the exam with dreams of medicine, the other has quit high school and is set on collecting what life owes her in her own way, which is exactly the kind of contrast that keeps you watching. Bahar Şahin and Sude Zülal Güler look capable of carrying that sisterhood. But the show only lasted five episodes on NOW; just as the characters' arcs start to open up, the finale arrives. You can finish it in a weekend, but you'll wish it had been given more room to breathe.

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

A drama about two young girls, their loneliness, their sisterhood and their worries about the future. It is emotionally strong. But there are heavy themes too, like a house party that changes their lives painfully. So it is not for young children; it suits teenagers and adults better. It could be a good chance to talk with teens about why education matters. At five episodes, it is easy to finish in a few evenings.

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The most interesting thing about the series is that it centres on the threshold where young people raised in an orphanage turn eighteen and want to build their own lives. Yaren's dream of rising through education and Eda's belief that studying leads nowhere mirror two answers many young people give to the same question. Eda's conviction that life owes her something offers a thought-provoking look at the anger that growing up without family support can produce. With only five episodes, how far these themes could deepen is open to debate, but the choice of subject is notable.

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