Once Upon a Time (Bir Varmış Bir Yokmuş) (translated)

Bir Varmış Bir Yokmuş ("Once Upon a Time") is a Turkish emotional drama produced by BKM Film and broadcast on Star TV in 2008. The title nods to the language of fairy tales, and the production's key themes are love, fairy tale and patience. The series had a very short run and said goodbye to viewers with its fourth episode.

The cast is led by Ahmet Mekin (Halit Ağa), Onur Ünsal (Sinan) and Şahika Koldemir (Zeynep). Servet Pandur plays Fahriye, Serdar Yeğin Apo, Türkan Kılıç Zehra, Erkan Bektaş Sabri, Turgay Tanülkü Kara Ziya, Esra Kızıldoğan Işıl Hoca, Burak Davutoğlu Gündüz Hoca and Selen Öztürk Sema.

Kemal Uzun and Bülent İşbilen directed together, and Meriç Özen and Hamdi Döker wrote the screenplay. The producer was Necati Akpınar, the music is by Aytekin Ataş, the cinematographer was Barış Işık, and Esra Oral was the art director.