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I Loved a Child (Bir Çocuk Sevdim)

I Loved a Child (Bir Çocuk Sevdim) (translated)

TV Series · 2011–2012 · 16 people

TMC Film produced Bir Çocuk Sevdim ("I Loved a Child"), a Turkish drama and family series. Its broadcast history was short but eventful. It began on Kanal D on September 9, 2011, parted ways with the channel in January 2012 and carried on at Star TV from the 17th episode, which aired on January 13, 2012. It was first shown on Friday evenings and later moved to Mondays, and it came off the air with its 39th episode on June 18, 2012. Ratings in Turkey were low and no second season was ordered; that episode had been meant as the end of a first season, so the story was left open.

The story is built around the dramatic life of a young woman. Mine, a very beautiful 17-year-old from a middle-class family, and Sinan, the only son of a wealthy one, have promised each other eternal loyalty and love. They ignore the gap between their backgrounds and want to live together in harmony. Bülent İnal, Çetin Tekindor, Gülcan Arslan and Hakan Kurtaş star, and Arzu Gamze Kılınç is also in the cast.

The series was dubbed into Arabic and shown across the Arab world. Its producer, TMC Film, is also known by the name Turkish Media Corporation.

Production companyTMC Film
NetworkKanal D

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

Bir Çocuk Sevdim (I Loved a Child) asks one of the oldest questions in Turkish storytelling: can class keep two young people apart? The vow of loyalty between Mine, the 17-year-old daughter of a middle-class family, and Sinan, the only son of a wealthy one, is really a test of family, status and social expectation. The series presents their indifference to that gap as a romantic stance, while hinting that the people around them won't be so relaxed about it. But no second season was ordered and the story was left open, so we never see where the show meant to take its class theme. As a small document of how television in 2011-2012 imagined family and marriage, it remains interesting.

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

It started on Kanal D, moved to Star TV from episode 17 and shifted from Fridays to Mondays: the broadcast history of Bir Çocuk Sevdim is almost as dramatic as its plot. The cast is strong, with Bülent İnal, Çetin Tekindor, Gülcan Arslan and Hakan Kurtaş, and Mine and Sinan's romance builds real curiosity in the early episodes. The big problem is the finale: episode 39 was planned as a season ending, so the story never reaches a conclusion. Following a show that changed channels is tiring enough; being left with unanswered questions at the end is frustrating. If you watch it, go in knowing that.

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

The lovely daughter of a modest family and the only son of a rich one: in the golden years of Yeşilçam this story met audiences' tears again and again. Bir Çocuk Sevdim draws on that old, warm vein, with a vow of eternal loyalty and two young people holding on to each other across a class divide, an innocence that warms the heart. Seeing a master like Çetin Tekindor in the cast is an added pleasure. Sadly, the story was left unfinished; you should not expect the neat, contented closure of the old films here.

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