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Rose Lace on My Headscarf (Çemberimde Gül Oya)

Rose Lace on My Headscarf (Çemberimde Gül Oya) (translated)

TV Series · 2004–2005 · 25 people

Çemberimde Gül Oya is a Turkish drama and political series directed by Çağan Irmak, showing slices of life in Turkey before September 12, 1980. It began on Kanal D on September 3, 2004, and ended on July 1, 2005, with its 40th episode. Irmak once said that the series succeeding was a miracle. The music and arrangements are by T&J Project, and Esen Müzik released them as an album.

Yurdanur Eroğlu's story opens during the student unrest at universities in the 1970s. She comes from a circle of friends who keep away from the right and left factions, and in the turmoil a stray bullet kills her closest friend. The only person who helps her is Mehmet, a young leftist and organization member, who later becomes Yurdanur's husband and Feriha's father. Her right-wing parents, Dinçer Bey and Sema Hanım, stand in the way. Mehmet has quarreled with his own family and lives in the mansion of Madam Niki, who lets out all its rooms. The mansion is the main setting: the Aegean family of Suna Hanım, her grandson Ercan and Gazi Dede; Sultan from Urfa with her daughter Zarife and the foreman İbrahim; and Canan Cansev, a nightclub singer, all live there.

Özge Özberk plays the young Yurdanur, Mehmet Ali Nuroğlu the young Mehmet, Tuba Büyüküstün the young Zarife, Melisa Sözen Feriha and Füsun Erbulak Madam Niki. The series was also shown in Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia, and was dubbed into Arabic in a Syrian dialect for channels such as MBC4.

DirectorÇağan Irmak
NetworkKanal D

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Aslıhan Güner Aslıhan Güner Actor · 38 years old Başak Daşman Başak Daşman Actor · 45 years old Bülent Alkış Bülent Alkış Actor · 52 years old Ceren Benderlioğlu Ceren Benderlioğlu Actor · 43 years old Fikret Kuşkan Fikret Kuşkan Actor · 61 years old Füsun Erbulak Füsun Erbulak Actor · 83 years old Madam Niki Hakan Yufkacıgil Hakan Yufkacıgil Actor · 46 years old Işıl Yücesoy Işıl Yücesoy Actor · 81 years old Sema Bayraktar Kanbolat Görkem Arslan Kanbolat Görkem Arslan Actor · died at 45 Kenan Bal Kenan Bal Actor · 75 years old Dinçer Bayraktar Levend Yılmaz Levend Yılmaz Actor · 77 years old Nazif Eroğlu Mehmet Ali Nuroğlu Mehmet Ali Nuroğlu Actor · 47 years old Young Mehmet Sevinç Erbulak Sevinç Erbulak Actor · 51 years old Taner Barlas Taner Barlas Actor · 79 years old Tuba Büyüküstün Tuba Büyüküstün Actor · 44 years old Zarife Korkmazgir (Youth) Özge Özberk Özge Özberk Actor · 50 years old Young Yurdanur Özgür Özberk Özgür Özberk Actor · 52 years old Melisa Sözen Melisa Sözen Actor · 41 years old Feriha Eroğlu Nükhet Duru Nükhet Duru Singer · 72 years old Eşref Kolçak Eşref Kolçak Actor · died at 92 Goncagül Sunar Goncagül Sunar Actor · 56 years old Canan Cansev (Emine Ulutaş) Zuhal Topal Zuhal Topal Presenter · 50 years old Suna Selen Actor · 87 years old Yusuf Akgün Yusuf Akgün Actor · 42 years old Selda Alkor Selda Alkor Actor · 83 years old Yurdanur Eroğlu

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

Çemberimde Gül Oya shows slices of life in Turkey before September 12, 1980. It centers on Yurdanur, who comes from a circle of friends keeping away from the right and left factions during the unrest of the 1970s and loses her closest friend to a stray bullet. Being squeezed between her right-wing parents and her leftist partner brings the polarization of the period down to a personal level. Madam Niki's mansion is a small model of a society, gathering people of different classes and regions. An interesting door for anyone wanting to grasp the era.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Directed by Çağan Irmak, the series interweaves past and future: the young Yurdanur and young Mehmet are played by different actors, so it moves through time jumps. Making the mansion the main setting gathers a large ensemble onto one stage and builds a theatrical density. T&J Project's music, released as an album, strengthens the period feeling. The weak side is the possibility that juggling so many story lines at once leaves some characters shallow. Holding a consistent tone is hard work in period series.

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

Yurdanur, Mehmet, and in Madam Niki's mansion Suna Hanım, Gazi Dede, Sultan, Zarife and Canan Cansev: a crowded cast, each a type from a different region. The show's strength is running the mansion like a neighborhood; its weakness is that in 40 episodes it is hard to give so many characters room to breathe. Young and adult actors playing the same character makes a good link, but a change of actor is not always easy to accept. A strong candidate for fans of character-driven series.

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