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Extended Family (Geniş Aile)

Extended Family (Geniş Aile) (translated)

TV Series · 2009–2011 · 28 people

With a light touch, Geniş Aile ("The Large Family") follows the everyday life of a big, crowded family; D Productions made the Turkish comedy series. It premiered on Kanal D on July 8, 2009, moved to Star TV after its first stretch of episodes, and finished its three-season run in 2011. The show won a Golden Butterfly Award for Best Comedy Series and also spawned a film franchise.

The first season ran from July 8, 2009 to June 15, 2010 and closed with episode 49. Season two began on August 10, 2010 and reached its finale on June 25, 2011, while season three opened on August 10, 2011 and ended in November. The first 58 episodes aired on Kanal D and the rest on Star TV. The cast featured Rasim Öztekin, Çağlar Çorumlu, Fırat Tanış, Seda Bakan, Rojda Demirer, Bülent Çolak and Zuhal Topal, with Yeşim Ceren Bozoğlu, Gökçe Özyol and Özcan Varaylı among the wider ensemble.

The concept was devised by Kamuran Süner and Cüneyt İnay; İnay wrote the scripts, Ömer Uğur directed and Ahmet Kayumtu produced. Filming took place in the Boyacıköy neighborhood of Istanbul's Sarıyer district. The total episode count is given as either 108 or 109, depending on the source.

DirectorÖmer Uğur
Production companyD Productions
NetworkKanal D, Star TV

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Alp Akar Alp Akar Actor · 20 years old Berat Efe Parlar Berat Efe Parlar Actor · 22 years old Cüneyt Bihter Dinçel Bihter Dinçel Actor · 44 years old Nazan Koçak Bora Akkaş Bora Akkaş Actor · 36 years old Zekai Kirişçi Burak Dakak Burak Dakak Actor · 28 years old Burak Tamdoğan Burak Tamdoğan Actor · 55 years old Bülent Çolak Bülent Çolak Actor · 49 years old Ulvi Mısırlıoğlu Ceren Benderlioğlu Ceren Benderlioğlu Actor · 43 years old Asli Emel Çölgeçen Emel Çölgeçen Actor · 50 years old Fırat Tanış Fırat Tanış Actor · 51 years old Koyu Bilal Gökçe Özyol Gökçe Özyol Actor · 53 years old Gökşen Ateş Gökşen Ateş Actor · 42 years old Levent Sülün Levent Sülün Actor · 51 years old Rasim Öztekin Rasim Öztekin Actor · died at 62 Kuddusi Kirişçi Rojda Demirer Rojda Demirer Actor · 46 years old Zeynep Meyveli Seda Bakan Seda Bakan Actor · 41 years old Yeşim Ceren Bozoğlu Yeşim Ceren Bozoğlu Actor · 52 years old Sevim Zuhal Topal Zuhal Topal Presenter · 50 years old Şuküfe Çağlar Çorumlu Çağlar Çorumlu Actor · 48 years old Özcan Varaylı Özcan Varaylı Actor · 63 years old Azra Akın Azra Akın Film actor · 44 years old Neşe İlker Ayrık İlker Ayrık Actor · 47 years old Mürsel Koçak Halit Akçatepe Halit Akçatepe Actor · died at 78 Nadir Kirişçi Melis Babadağ Melis Babadağ Actor · 42 years old Şevval Mine Teber Mine Teber Actor · 65 years old Muazzez Kirişçi Bahar Yanılmaz Bahar Yanılmaz Actor · 46 years old Suna Yıldızoğlu Suna Yıldızoğlu Actor · 71 years old Aylin Kontente Aylin Kontente Actor · 44 years old Psychologist

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

Geniş Aile is a comedy that looks at the everyday life of a big, crowded family with a light touch. Anyone who enjoys comic actors like Rasim Öztekin, Çağlar Çorumlu and Zuhal Topal will laugh. The subject is not heavy, so the whole family can watch. Little ones may miss some of the jokes, but the grown-ups will have fun. It also won the Golden Butterfly for Best Comedy Series. The kind of show you put on when everyone gathers in the evening.

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

Geniş Aile portrays the life of a crowded family with a light touch, almost a television continuation of the big-family comedies we know from Yeşilçam. With a master like Rasim Öztekin in the cast, there is more than enough homely cheer. Yet for someone seeking the emotional depth of the classic family comedies, that delicacy that moves you even as it makes you laugh, some moments may come across as louder than they need to be. Laughter is lovely, but I would have liked to feel something while laughing too. Still, the fact that it was filmed in Istanbul's Boyacıköy is a charming detail for anyone who loves a neighborhood atmosphere.

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

Geniş Aile is one of the notable examples of the sitcom format on Turkish television: a crowded family, humor drawn from everyday life and a wide ensemble. The concept by Kamuran Süner and Cüneyt İnay, and İnay's scripts, create a pool of characters durable enough to spawn a film franchise, and the Golden Butterfly for Best Comedy Series acknowledges as much. Ömer Uğur's direction leaves actors such as Rasim Öztekin, Çağlar Çorumlu, Fırat Tanış and Zuhal Topal room to build their comic timing. But in a sitcom stretched over three seasons and more than a hundred episodes, repetitive joke patterns are almost unavoidable; don't expect the freshness of the first season to hold in equal measure later on.

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