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Endless Love (Kara Sevda)

Endless Love (Kara Sevda)

TV Series · 2015–2017 · 26 people

Ay Yapım produced Kara Sevda, released internationally as Endless Love, a Turkish romantic drama that Star TV broadcast from October 14, 2015, to June 21, 2017, running for 74 episodes across two seasons. Directed by Hilal Saral and produced by Kerem Çatay, with a script written by Anıl Eke, Özlem Yılmaz and Burcu Görgün, it stars Burak Özçivit, Neslihan Atagül and Kaan Urgancıoğlu, supported by Hazal Filiz Küçükköse, Kürşat Alnıaçık, Burak Sergen, Zerrin Tekindor, Zeyno Eracar, Orhan Güner, Neşe Baykent, Barış Alpaykut and Melisa Aslı Pamuk. The project initially set out under the title "Düş Bahçesi" and was renamed Kara Sevda after a change of director.

The series charts the near-impossible love between Kemal, a young mining engineer from a modest background, and Nihan, a painter born into a wealthy family. Forced to sacrifice her love to protect a family secret, Nihan sets in motion a story of class difference, obsession and a reckoning that stretches across the years.

In 2017 Kara Sevda became the first Turkish series ever to win the International Emmy Award for Best Telenovela, and it also received the special jury award at the Seoul International Drama Awards; four years after its finale it was named Best International Soap at the 2021 Soap Awards in France. Broadcast in more than 110 countries and translated into over 50 languages, it became the most-watched foreign soap opera in United States history during its run on Univision, drawing over two million viewers a day and close to four million for its final episode.

DirectorHilal Saral
Production companyAy Yapım
NetworkStar TV

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

74 episodes, two seasons: a good length for rounding off a love story. Burak Özçivit, Neslihan Atagül and Kaan Urgancıoğlu carry the lead roles. The love of Kemal and Nihan, snagged on class difference and split by a family secret, is the engine of the story. The weak spot: a plot built on sacrifice and secrets can at times make you relive the same pain. Still, it did not win an International Emmy for nothing; the bond with the characters is strong. The jury special prize in Seoul backs that up.

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

A modest mining engineer and the painting daughter of a wealthy family: this is a modern version of the rich-poor love that Yeşilçam knew well. Sacrifice, class difference and a family secret are the stuff of classic melodrama. It is also a source of pride that in 2017 it became the first Turkish series to win the International Emmy for best telenovela. My reservation: so much pain and sacrifice can wear out the viewer's tear ducts, and the measure may slip at times. To a viewer who misses the old taste of melodrama it offers a simple, heartfelt love story, and with its Emmy it deserves to be remembered.

Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

Let me be honest: this is not my genre, with its love, sacrifice and secrets. For someone after pace and fights it may feel slow. Still, its broadcast in more than 110 countries, and becoming the most-watched foreign soap in US history on Univision, points to the strength of the story. If you are ready for emotional drama, it can hold you through to the finale. Don't expect action, but there is passion.

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