Series synopsis
Eshq Mamnou', also known as Aşk-ı Memnu is a Turkish family drama television series that premiered on Kanal D on September 4, 2008. It ended on June 26, 2010. It was created by Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil. It stars Beren Saat, Selçuk Yöntem, Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ and Nebahat Çehre.
Having lost his wife eleven years ago, Adnan devoted all his attention to his daughter Nihal and his son Bülent. Adnan, who lives in one of the most prominent mansions along the Bosporus in Istanbul with a relative's son Behlül, and his children's nanny, meets Bihter who is also a socialite couple's daughter she is very elegant and beautiful, everyone who meets her get stunned and jealous of her, and he falls in love with her. While searching for peace, safety and happiness in Adnan's mansion, B ...
Premise
Having lost his wife eleven years ago, Adnan devoted all his attention to his daughter Nihal and his son Bülent. Adnan, who lives in one of the most prominent mansions along the Bosporus in Istanbul with a relative's son Behlül, and his children's nanny, meets Bihter who is also a socialite couple's daughter she is very elegant and beautiful, everyone who meets her get stunned and jealous of her, and he falls in love with her. While searching for peace, safety and happiness in Adnan's mansion, Bihter meets passion. Behlül and Bihter fall completely into each other and become drowned by their infatuation with each other. Their secret love affair will soon affect every member of the family.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Beren Saat as Bihter Yöreoğlu Ziyagil
- Selçuk Yöntem as Adnan Ziyagil
- Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ as Behlül Haznedar
- Nebahat Çehre as Firdevs Yöreoğlu
- Zerrin Tekindor as "Matmazel" Deniz de Courton
- Hazal Kaya as Nihal Ziyagil
- Batuhan Karacakaya as Bülent Ziyagil
- Rana Cabbar as Süleyman Efendi
Supporting cast
- Gülsen Tuncer as Arsen Ziyagil
- Fatma Karanfil as Şayeste Hanım
- Nur Fettahoğlu as Peyker Yöreoğlu Önal
- Baran Akbulut as Beşir Elçi
- Pelin Ermiş as Cemile
- İlker Kızmaz as Nihat Önal
- Evren Duyal as Nesrin
- Recep Aktuğ as Hilmi Önal
- Zerrin Nişancı as Aynur Önal
- Gülizar Irmak as Sevil
- Ufuk Kaplan as Katya Melinkov
- Gülen Karaman as Firdevs Yöreoğlu (voice)
Guest cast
- Nesrin Aksu as Event organizer for wedding
- Ferit Tarık Yüksel
- Zeki Yılmaz
- Billur Güventürk
- Can Ege
- Münir Akça as Melih Yöreoğlu
- Nail Özcan
- Arzu Yanar
- Ahmet Batu
- Ercan Soyluk
- Neslihan Maltepe as Hayal
- Koral Kılıç
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 79 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 38 | September 4, 2008 | June 18, 2009 |
| Season 2 | 41 | September 3, 2009 | June 26, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 When Adnan lost his wife eleven years ago, he withdrew from social life and retired to his mansion, giving all his attention to his daughter Nihal and son Bülent. Adnan Bey, who lives in one of the most important mansions of Istanbul with his family heirloom veterans, Behlül, the child of a distant relative, who is half a French nanny and patron of the children, begins to remember the feelings he has forgotten and sprout spring in the middle of winter, after meeting Bihter, the daughter of Firdevs Hanım from the Melih Bey team, one of the well-known families of Istanbul, years later. |
September 4, 2008 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Bihter accepts Adnan's marriage proposal. Adnan, whose proposal is accepted by Bihter, is very happy. However, he is uneasy about how to explain the situation to his daughter Nihal. The acceptance of her family, especially her daughter, remains important to her. Bihter's anger towards her mother has turned her relationship with Adnan into a revenge plan. He is waiting for the right time to explain everything. Adnan's dinner invitation for the families to get closer to each other will also be the beginning of some events to be revealed. While Firdevs, who is unaware of everything, dreams about Adnan, Behlül starts to look at Bihter from a different perspective for the first time. A big surprise awaits Firdevs, who plans to improve his financial situation by marrying Adnan. |
September 11, 2008 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Adnan and Bihter are alone in the mansion for the first time. Firdevs Hanım takes a big blow when she learns that Adnan Bey, whom she thinks of as a husband candidate for her, wants to marry her daughter Bihter. Although Bihter knew her mother's interest in Adnan Bey, she remained silent and started to watch her mother's defeat with great pleasure. This becomes the last point of the secret war between Ms. Firdevs and Bihter. Firdevs Hanım vows to take her revenge on Bihter sooner or later. |
September 18, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | September 3, 2009 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | September 10, 2009 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Bihter realizes that it must be Besir who saw her with Behlül. Especially when Besir tries to talk to Adnan in private, her suspicion becomes true. In the meantime, Behlül's former fiancé, Elif, has spread the rumor that Behlül and Nihal are only distant cousins and thus secret lovers. While the entire family is angry, Nihal seems to like the idea. |
September 17, 2009 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Kanal D |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 4, 2008 |
| Last aired | June 26, 2010 |
| Runtime | 84 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Thursday at 20:00:00 |