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My Name Is Gultepe (Benim Adım Gültepe)

My Name Is Gultepe (Benim Adım Gültepe) (translated)

TV Series · 2014 · 19 people

Kanal D premiered Benim Adım Gültepe (My Name Is Gültepe), a Turkish drama with romantic threads, on September 3, 2014. D Production made it; Zeynep Günay Tan directed, and Vural Yaşaroğlu and Derem Çıray wrote it. The story is set in the 1980s in the Gültepe quarter of İzmir, and the neighborhood itself is billed as a leading character. It was short-lived, pulled after its eighth episode for missing its expected ratings.

The narrative is seen through four close friends who grow up there, Seyfi, Gülali, Fevzi and Murat, in a quarter where every street holds its own struggle and forbidden love. Gülümser (Ayça Bingöl) is Gülali's mother. With her husband in prison she tries to look after her son, yet cannot avoid a secret romance with Halil (İlker Kızmaz), the quarter's dashing minibus driver, who loves her too. The neighborhood's feared and respected big brother is Eşref (Mete Horozoğlu). Ekin Koç (Seyfi), Tolga Sarıtaş (Murat), Burak Dakak (Fevzi) and Efe Akercan (Gülali) play the four friends, and the large cast also includes Selen Öztürk (Meziyet) and Hakan Karsak (Basri).

Filming began in İzmir and continued in Istanbul. Uğur Akyürek and Cem Yıldız composed the music, and the producers were Ayşe Durmaz and Alkın Önder.

DirectorZeynep Günay Tan
Production companyD Production
NetworkKanal D

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Cast

Arda Kalaycı Actor · 19 years old Ayça Bingöl Ayça Bingöl Actor · 51 years old Gülümser Bige Önal Bige Önal Actor · 36 years old Nazlı Burak Dakak Burak Dakak Actor · 28 years old Fevzi Ekin Koç Ekin Koç Actor · 34 years old Seyfi Esra Balıkçı Esra Balıkçı Actor · 33 years old Hakan Karsak Hakan Karsak Actor · 51 years old Basri İlayda Alişan İlayda Alişan Actor · 30 years old Nurten İlker Kızmaz İlker Kızmaz Actor · 51 years old Halil Mete Horozoğlu Mete Horozoğlu Actor · 51 years old Eşref Miray Akay Miray Akay Actor · 26 years old Gülten Necmettin Çobanoğlu Necmettin Çobanoğlu Actor · 73 years old Ziya Efendi Nejat İşler Nejat İşler Actor · 54 years old Numan Çakır Numan Çakır Actor · born 1970 Refik Olgun Toker Olgun Toker Actor · 40 years old Reşat Orhan Eşkin Orhan Eşkin Actor · born 1977 Rıdvan Aybars Düzey Rıdvan Aybars Düzey Actor · 39 years old Selen Öztürk Selen Öztürk Actor · 46 years old Meziyet Tolga Sarıtaş Tolga Sarıtaş Actor · 35 years old Murat

Also in the cast: Efe Akercan (Gülali)

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History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

The most valuable idea in Benim Adım Gültepe is treating a neighborhood of 1980s İzmir as a lead character. Gülümser, trying to look after her son alone while her husband is in prison; Eşref, the big brother everyone both fears and respects; Halil, the local minibus driver: these figures are well suited to showing the period's neighborhood pecking order, its solidarity and the social pressure on women. Telling the story through four friends also opens a door onto a generation's coming of age. Sadly the series was pulled after its eighth episode, so we leave before seeing what this rich material could really say.

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

A 1980s neighborhood, four close friends, a forbidden love and a big brother both feared and respected: Benim Adım Gültepe sets out with material that summons the warmth of our old neighborhood films. The secret romance between Ayça Bingöl's Gülümser and İlker Kızmaz's Halil recalls the bittersweet loves of Yeşilçam, and the music by Uğur Akyürek and Cem Yıldız suits the mood. But because the story is left unfinished, it leaves a wistful aftertaste, like reading the opening chapters of a novel and then having to put the book down.

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

Before starting a series that was pulled after eight episodes, you should know this: the story ends before it comes together. A pity, because the cast is ambitious. The friendship of the four boys played by Ekin Koç, Tolga Sarıtaş, Burak Dakak and Efe Akercan could have been the backbone of a long-running show. The Gülümser and Halil storyline is just warming up when the curtain falls, and we never get to see how the characters would grow. Short but unfinished; it's for viewers happy to watch without expecting closure.

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