Heartbroken Omer and Beautiful Zeynep (Bağrıyanık Ömer ile Güzel Zeynep) (translated)

Bağrıyanık Ömer ile Güzel Zeynep is a Turkish romantic drama series broadcast on TRT 1 in 1978. Directed by Yücel Çakmaklı, it was adapted for television from a work by Tarık Dursun Kakınç.

The story follows Ömer, who leaves for Germany as a migrant worker and comes back to his village after five years away. During his absence, Ali Osman has come between him and Zeynep, and this rivalry becomes the driving conflict once Ömer returns. The series weaves the era's widespread wave of Turkish labour migration into a tale of love, longing and separation.

The leading cast features Ahmet Mekin as Ömer, Cemal Gencer as Ali Osman and Neslihan Danışman as Zeynep.