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Benim Tatlı Yalanım

My Sweet Lie (Benim Tatlı Yalanım)

TV Series · 2019 · 8 people

My Sweet Lie (Benim Tatlı Yalanım), a Turkish series, blends romantic comedy with an emotional family story. It aired on Star TV in 2019 and was produced by O3 Medya. The first episode went out on June 13, 2019, and the run closed with the 28th episode on December 28, 2019, after a single season. In Spanish-speaking markets it is known as Mi mentira más dulce.

At its centre is Nejat, a father abandoned by his wife who keeps lying to his small daughter Kayra so that she will not be hurt. As Kayra grows up the lies become impossible to maintain, and just as Nejat believes everything is lost he meets Suna. Her arrival turns the lives of both father and daughter upside down, and Suna and Nejat end up in a sweet game neither of them expected. Furkan Palalı and Aslı Bekiroğlu play the leads, with Sadi Celil Cengiz, Cem Zeynel Kılıç, Ali Yoğurtçuoğlu, Goncagül Sunar, Ege Kökenli and Aslı İnandık, who plays Saniye Doğan, in the supporting cast.

Barış Erçetin and Cihan Vural shared the directing duties, while the writing team consisted of Deniz Dargı, Murat Taşkent, Cenk Boğatur and Cem Görgeç. Episodes run to roughly two hours each.

Production companyO3 Medya
NetworkStar TV
My Sweet Lie (Benim Tatlı Yalanım) My Sweet Lie (Benim Tatlı Yalanım)

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Cast

Ali Yoğurtçuoğlu Ali Yoğurtçuoğlu Actor · 42 years old Aslı Bekiroğlu Aslı Bekiroğlu Actor · 30 years old Cem Zeynel Kılıç Actor · 48 years old Ege Kökenli Ege Kökenli Actor · 33 years old Furkan Palalı Furkan Palalı Actor · 40 years old Goncagül Sunar Goncagül Sunar Actor · 56 years old Sadi Celil Cengiz Sadi Celil Cengiz Actor · 43 years old Aslı İnandık Aslı İnandık Actor · 37 years old Saniye Doğan

Through different eyes

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

Benim Tatlı Yalanım starts in the summer and wraps up after a single season of 28 episodes, blending romantic comedy with family drama. The chemistry between Furkan Palalı and Aslı Bekiroğlu is warm enough to carry the story's sweet game, and the lie-built bond between little Kayra and her father Nejat adds an emotional layer you don't often get in a rom-com. Honestly, though, episodes of roughly two hours are too long for a story this light; it's easy to feel things marking time in the middle stretch. Still, because it's complete in one season, it's a tidy choice for a binge.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humour and heart.

It's the story of a father and his little girl, so it's a warm series the whole household can watch. The lies Nejat tells so that Kayra won't be hurt are funny but also make you think: when, and how, should you tell a child the truth? It's a nice opening for talking about that with the kids. Because it runs along romantic-comedy lines, it leans on moments that make you smile rather than heavy scenes. Just note that episodes run about two hours, which can be too long in one sitting for younger children.

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

The series' starting point flips roles we are used to seeing on screen: the one abandoned by a spouse and trying to raise a child alone is not a mother but a father. Nejat clinging to lies to protect his daughter raises, in a light register, the pressure of single parenthood and the question of what to tell a child when a family falls apart. In that sense the series slots changing family structures into a romantic-comedy mould. Yet, as the genre demands, it often prefers to smooth these questions over with a sweet game rather than dig into them; once Suna arrives and the story's centre of gravity shifts to romance, the social side can slip into the background.

These are not reader reviews: they are short editorial takes written from different viewer perspectives with AI assistance. Reader reviews are below.

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