Bizim Hikaye
Bizim Hikaye (English: Our Story) is a Turkish drama series starring Burak Deniz and Hazal Kaya. It is an adaptation of the UK original series, Shameless.[2]
| Bizim Hikaye | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Hatice Meryem Banu Kiremitçi Bozkurt Ebru Hacıoğlu Verda Pars |
| Directed by | Serdar Gözelekli (1-37) Koray Kerimoğlu (38-70) |
| Starring | Burak Deniz Hazal Kaya Reha Özcan Yağız Can Konyalı Nesrin Javadzadeh Mehmet Korhan Fırat Nejat İşler |
| Country of origin | Turkey |
| Original language(s) | Turkish |
| No. of seasons | 2[1] |
| No. of episodes | 150 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Fatih Aksoy |
| Production location(s) | Istanbul |
| Running time | 120 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Med Yapım |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox |
| Picture format | 1080i (16:9) HDTV |
| Original release | 14 September 2017 – 23 May 2019 |
Plot
Filiz is a young girl who has been forced to take care of her five younger siblings since her mother left them. Her father Fikri is an alcoholic man who causes different problems for the family now and again. Despite the fact that they are struggling to survive in a very poor neighborhood of Istanbul, the six siblings try to keep each other happy. Filiz believes that there is no place for love in her life until she meets Barış, a young man who does anything for Filiz and her family, just to win Filiz's heart.[3] Both Filiz and Barış fall in love with each other, but their relationship faces a lot of challenges due to Barış's mysterious past and secretive life.
Characters
Main
| Actor | Character | Episodes | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burak Deniz | Savaş Aktan / Barış/ Filiz's Husband | 1-70 | Servet Aktan and Ayla Angın are his parents. He starts off as a leader of a car theft gang but later pursues his career as a doctor. He is known to some people as Barış, and belongs to a very rich family. One evening, he meets Filiz. He then tries to take Filiz to dinner. Filiz accepts his offer. Both Filiz and Barış fall in love with each other, but their relationship faces a lot of challenges due to Barış's mysterious past and secretive life. |
| Hazal Kaya | Filiz Elibol / Aktan/ Bariş' Wife | 1-70 | Filiz is Fikri Elibol's eldest child. She is the sister of Rahmet, Hikmet, Fikret, Kiraz and Ismet. Her mother left the house, so she is left with 5 younger siblings. She did not go to school in order to look after her siblings and worked in many jobs. When she goes to his neighbor's wedding, she meets Barış as he was about to crush her with his car. A thief steals her bag and Barış runs after him to get that bag back. Barış succeeds in returning the bag from the thief. After that day, Barış asks Filiz to come with him for dinner. At first she refuses his offer, but then accepts it.She first marries Cemil to save her 4 younger siblings from Social welfare department.After divorcing Cemil she marries Baris |
| Reha Özcan | Fikri Elibol | 1-70 | The husband of Şükran; Filiz, Rahmet, Hikmet, Kiraz, Fikret and İsmet's father. Instead of trying to work and earn, he has given himself up to the beer. Usually hangs out in Tufan's café and drinks beer there. Tufan says that Fikri can take beer in exchange for his debts. He leaves his house and her children and began to live in the house of Şeyma. Due to excessive alcohol consumption, he contracts cirrhosis. Filiz and Rahmet were tested to be donors for their father, but their tissues did not match with his. Fikri later brings his daughter Yeliz, who is from another woman, to their house. But the tissues of Yeliz do not match those of his either. Moreover, Yeliz takes Fikri to another doctor, saying she can find liver from the black market. Yeliz's doctor steals the right kidney of Fikri during the surgery. The ambulance takes him to the hospital and he is diagnosed with multiple organ failure. A patient who lost his life in the same hospital asked his body parts to be donated after his death. The liver of the deceased patient is given to Fikri and he is saved. |
| Yağız Can Konyalı | Rahmet Elibol | 1-70 | Rahmet is a high school high school student. He is a very successful and intelligent teenager in his class. But school success does not mean much for him. He uses the school and his friends to make money. Sometimes, he gives exams on behalf of other students and gives special lessons to students in order to earn money and contribute to the home. He is a young person with a depth and perception. He does not take his intellect and his abilities seriously, and her sister, Filiz, is afraid he will be 'wasting away' this way. He supports his sister in everything and is fond of his brothers. He is anxious because he his mother has left them and gone away. He later works in a university. |
| Nesrin Javadzadeh | Tülay Sertkaya | 1-54 | The neighbor of the Elibol family and Filiz's best friend. She works part-time in a nursing home. She marries her lover, Tufan Şahin.She left Tufan and went to Germany |
| Mehmet Korhan Fırat | Tufan Şahin | 1-70 | Tülay's husband, who is running a coffee shop. He also becomes a good friend of Barış. He had married Ferda five years ago, who abandoned him after marrying. He initially hides this fact from Tülay, but reveals this to her later. |
| Nejat Uygur | Hikmet Elibol | 1-27 / 38-56 / 70 | Hikmet is a high school student. He is an introvert, emotional and shy boy. He works at the market and contributes to the home during his extended stay. Because he is the most similar to his mother, he gets the most out of his father's anger and is constantly exposed to his bullying. He is in love with the wife of the market owner Esra, who is older than him. It is unclear whether this love will be platonic or that Hikmet will take action. He does not trust himself, does not like his physical appearance, is closed and silent. |
| Alp Akar | Fikret Elibol(Fiko) | 1-70 | Fikret is a secondary school student. He is energetic, aggressive and an active boy. He is the most upscale guy on the street. He is an introvert child who does not reveal his feelings. He is also indifferent to his father. He takes his elder brothers as a role model. He is aware of his hard life as well as others. |
| Zeynep Selimoğlu | Kiraz Elibol | 1-70 | Kiraz is a secondary school student. She is far more mature than her age. Sensitive and well-intentioned. Helps with younger sibling & housework. Unlike her other siblings, she is fond of her father, always approaching him with compassion and love. Kiraz's place for Fikri is separate, believing that he is the only one who loves her. |
| Ömer Sevgi | İsmet Elibol(Ismo) | 1-70 | The youngest boy in the house. He is a calm and harmonious child. His father thinks he will save himself from this life by becoming a handsome actor. He is in need of having a mother as the youngest child in the house, and he's the first to warm up to his mother when she returns. |
| Mehmetcan Minciozlu | Cemil Engin | 1-70 | Police officer who knows Filiz since childhood. He likes Filiz, and hates Barış.Filiz marries him to save her siblings from Social welfare department. He ends up marrying Çiçek. |
| Murat Bölücek | Cücü (Cüneyt) | 1-70 | Fikri's friend who is a street alcoholic. |
| Sahra Şaş | Çiçek | 38-70 | Çiçek is Filiz's friend. After leaving prison, she lives with Filiz. She is originally from Adana. Cicek's husband is a very dangerous man. She later marries Cemil. |
| Melisa Döngel | Deniz Çelik | 38-70 | Deniz is Derin's sister. She is a spoiled girl and always looks the people from above. She initially harasses and threatens Rahmet. She marries Rahmet. |
| Hazal Adıyaman | Derin Çelik | 38-61 | She is Deniz's sister. She studies at the university in which Rahmet works. She volunteered for many social support programs. She is a daughter of a rich family. She is a very different person from her sister. |
Supporting
| Actor | Character | Episode(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hüseyin Elmalıpınar | Hamdi | 69-70 | He took the house of Tufan and took over the neighborhood. |
| Nilgün Karababa | Dilber | 69 | Hamdi's wife. |
| Murat Kocacik | Murtaza | 60-64 | The man Barış saved in prison. Elibol has been in trouble for his family. |
| Olcay Yusufoğlu | Nihal Aktan | 37-61 | Barış's ex-wife, prosecutor, whom Barış marries again because of their child while Filiz is imprisoned. |
| Atilla Pekdemir | Lawyer | 60-61 | Barış's lawyer |
| Can Kolukisa | Recai Hasipoğlu | 59-60 | Hikmet's grandfather. |
| Nur Berfin Çiroğlu | Merve Aktan | 54-61 | Barış's sister. |
| Metin Buktel | Servet Aktan | 9-37 / 57-60 | Barış's father, Ayla's ex-husband. He is complicit in the death of Savaş's (Barış's) younger brother, who was actually Barış. Barış hates his father for this reason and hence always distances himself from him. |
| Şebnem Kösten | Meral Sezgin | 53-57 | He is the boss of the establishment where Filiz works. |
| Elvan Boran | Hatun | 52-55 | Fikri's friend. |
| Miray Akay | Zeynep | 38-54 | Hikmet was impressed by the moment he saw him at school, a girl who took Hikmet to life. Pregnant, but the child isn't Hikmet's. They're planning to get married when they turn 18. Zeynep plans to escape after leaving the child at the care of Hikmet. |
| Murat Danacı | Selim Tekin | 38-54 | Filiz's lawyer is a handsome, self-confident, extremely intelligent, respectable, upright man. |
| Yigit Celebi | Lawyer Necati | 40-53 | Selim's partner and friend, a lawyer. |
| Serap Onder | Gülnur | 40-53 | Baris' assistant in the health cabin. |
| Emir Wooden Yellow | Emre | 40-45 | The nephew of Gülsüm, the child Kiraz fell in love with. Emre is also a thief. |
| Feray Darıcı | Melek | 37-45 | Fikri's new rich wife. She is a cancer patient. |
| Sema Atalay | Ayla Angın | 9-37 | Bariş's mother. |
| Ayşen Gruda | Aysel Elibol | 32-37 | Fikri's mother, grandmother of the children. |
| Cemal Toktaş | Ömer Duraner | 26-37 | A mafia leader who comes to the neighborhood after Yeliz's diamonds go missing, and he buys the place where Filiz works. |
| Beren Gokyildiz | Ayşe | 30-37 | Fiko's school friend. Ayşe acts as a bully at her school, while Fiko tries to impress her. |
| Evrim Dogan | Șeyma | 1-37 | Müjde's mother, an agoraphobia patient, is a woman who is constantly afraid of going out, and spends most of her time cleaning. She has a liking for Fikri Elibol. |
| Serra Pirinç | Müjde | 1-37 | Rahmet's school friend. Rahmet helps her in studies, and she has a liking for Rahmet. |
| Başak Güröz | Hülya | 24-29 | Doctor, Barış' college classmate. She goes crazy in the love of Barış. |
| Müge Su Şahin | Muzi (Muazzez) | 15-28 | Hikmet's girlfriend. She is in love with Hikmet. |
| Berkay Akın | Asim Korkmaz | 1-27 | Hikmet's boss who runs the market. He constantly physically abuses his wife Esra, which Hikmet cannot tolerate. |
| Pınar Töre | Esra | 1-24 | Asim's wife who is constantly abused by her husband. Her greatest assistant is Hikmet Elibol, who works with them at their market, and falls in love with her. |
| Nilay Duru | Yeliz Elibol | 21-37 | Fikri's eldest daughter who lives away from Elibol family. She is involved in illegal activities. She is the mother of Zeynap. The Elibol siblings have no knowledge about Yeliz's existence until Fikri calls her to their house. |
| Esra Bezen Bilgin | Şükran Elibol | 1-20 / 27-35 | The mother who left the children. She occasionally returns to the house, only to leave them again in a few days. |
| İsmail Karagöz | Haşim | 1-14 | Şeyma's ex-husband, the Müjde 's father. Hard and jealous man. Someone who's violent to his wife and daughter. |
| Pinar Caglar Genctürk | Ferda | 20-25/64-70 | Tufan's first wife.who came back into his life. |
| Zeynap | 20-37 | Yeliz's and Omer's daughter. She loves her father, Omer, despite him not initially realizing that she is his daughter. |
Episodes
| Seasons | Episodes | Start date | End date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1-37 | September 14, 2017 | June 7, 2018 |
| 2 | 38-70 | September 13, 2018 | May 23, 2019 |
Production
Development
The idea of the project was first discussed in 2015[4] and its name was announced as Utanmazlar, an adaptation of the American TV series Shameless.[5] Milliyet columnist Sina Koloğlu, published an article on 16 January 2017 in which he wrote that after asking the question "How our ‘Shameless’ is going to be?" from the producer, he responded by giving examples of other Turkish adaptations and gave rise to the question "Americans do it this way, well, how is it going to be for us?"[6] The series' name was later confirmed to be Bizim Hikaye.[7] Director Serdar Gözelekli later stated that the scenario would be adapted in a way suitable for the Turkish audience, by turning the story into a series applicable to the Turkish society.[8] Bizim Hikaye's script was written by Hatice Meryem and Banu Kiremitçi Bozkurt.[9]
Serdar Gözelekli was replaced by Koray Kerimoğlu as the series' director. Banu Kiremitçi Bozkurt, who wrote the script for the first season, left the crew and Seray Şahiner became the series' main scriptwriter.[10]
Casting
In January 2017, the first actor to join the cast was confirmed to be Hazal Kaya, who was announced to be portraying Filiz Elibol/Aktan.[6] On 16 June 2017, Burak Deniz was officially cast and portraying Savaş/Bariş Aktan.[12][13] On 24 July 2017, the names of all cast members were announced. Reha Özcan joined the series in the role of family's father, Fikri Elibol, while the family's mother Şükran, was said to be portrayed by Esra Bezen Bilgin. Yağız Can Konyalı, Nejat Uygur, Zeynep Selimoğlu, Alp Akar, and Ömer Sevgi joined the cast as Fikri and Şükran's children Rahmet, Hikmet, Kiraz, Fikret, and İsmet respectively.[9] Nilay Duru joined the series as the character "Yeliz" on episode 21.[14][15] Cemal Toktaş started portraying the character Ömer from episode 26.[16] In April 2018, Beren Gökyıldız was confirmed to be joining the cast from episode 29 as Ayşe.[17][18] It was later announced that Ayşen Gruda would be also starring in the series from episode 32 as Yedi Bela Aysel.[19]
In the second season, Sahra Şaş, Miray Akay, Murat Danacı, Melisa Döngel and Hazal Adıyaman joined the cast as Çiçek, Zeynep, Selim, Deniz and Derin respectively.[20]
Broadcast
On 5 August 2017, the first teaser for the series was released.[21] It was followed by another teaser on 22 August 2017.[22] The first episode was broadcast on 14 September 2017 on Fox.[23] The last episode of the first season aired on 7 June 2018 and it concluded with 37 episodes.[24] The second season premiered on 13 September 2018.[25]
Reception
Writing for Vatan, Oya Doğan praised the director Serdar Gözelekli for his work on the first episode of the series, adding that he succeeded in "creating a cinematographic atmosphere". She also reacted positively to Hazal Kaya's acting, saying that "While watching Filiz on the screen, I forgot [the existence of] Hazal and went deep into the story".[23]
International broadcasting
The drama is being telecast at the start of November 2019 in Pakistan on Urdu1 channel with the title in Urdu ہماری کہانی.The title is a translation of the original Turkish title Bizim Hikaye.
Season 1 of the drama is available on an Indian OTT Platform, called MX Player to stream in Hindi with the title Our Story, with several other Turkish dramas. Season 2 of the drama was started to be uploaded in Hindi on MX Player in 2020.
References
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- "Hazal Kaya's New Turkish Series: Our Story (Bizim Hikaye)". Turkish Celebrity News. 5 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
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- "Hazal Kaya ile Burak Deniz'in yeni dizisinin adı belli oldu". Vatan. 30 July 2017. Archived from the original on 20 September 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
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- "FOX Twitter'da: "Yeni yayın döneminde, @hazalkaya110 ve @_denizburak dünyaca ünlü "Shameless" dizisinin uyarlamasıyla FOX'ta olacak! Takipte kalın. 😉…"". Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- "Bizim Hikaye 21. bölüm fragmanında yeni oyuncu göründü". Hürriyet. 7 February 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- "Bizim Hikaye dizisi son bölüm izle - Bizim Hikaye 21. bölüm neler oluyor?". Karar. 8 February 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- "Bizim Hikaye 29. yeni bölüm fragmanı izleyiciyle buluştu". 6 April 2018. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
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- "Bizim Hikaye'nin Ayşe'si Beren Gökyıldız kimdir?". Hürriyet. 12 April 2018. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- "Ayşen Gruda 'Bizim Hikaye' kadrosunda". NTV. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- "Bizim Hikaye dizisinin yeni sezonunda sürpriz isimler!". fox.com.tr. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- "Shameless'ın Türkiye uyarlaması Bizim Hikaye'den ilk fragman". Posta. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- "Bizim Hikaye'den 2. fragman geldi!". Milliyet. Archived from the original on 5 February 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- Doğan, Oya (16 September 2017). "Tertemiz bir ilk bölümdü!". Vatan. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- "Bizim Hikaye sezon finali 37.bölüm izle Bizim Hikaye yeni sezon tarihi açıklandı mı". Star. 8 June 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
- "Reyting sonuçları 13 Eylül Çarşamba (Bir Zamanlar Çukurova ve Bizim Hikaye reytingleri)". CNN Türk. Archived from the original on 21 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
External links
- Bizim Hikaye on IMDb