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Revenge (İntikam)

Revenge (İntikam) (translated)

TV Series · 2013–2014 · 18 people

From January 3, 2013 to February 20, 2014, the Turkish primetime drama İntikam (Revenge) ran on Kanal D, mixing romance with suspense. It adapts the American series Revenge, created by Mike Kelley, and draws on Alexandre Dumas' 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo. It ran 44 episodes over two seasons and was repeated on TV2 in summer 2015. Serbian viewers saw it in 2017 on AXN Spin, later on Una TV.

The story begins with a father and daughter who have only each other. Adil manages a bank, but its owner defrauds it and blames him. Unable to prove his innocence, Adil goes to prison while his daughter Derin is sent to an orphanage, growing up certain he was guilty. Adil's one wish is that she learn the truth, so he records it in diaries she can read only at eighteen. By then he has died in prison as an innocent man. Derin erases her past, becomes Yağmur Özden and moves into a mansion on the Bosphorus, intent on making those who wronged her father pay.

Beren Saat leads the cast, joined by Yiğit Özşener, Mert Fırat, Nejat İşler, Zafer Algöz and Başak Daşman. The series was made by D Productions together with Disney Turkey, with filming starting in 2012; Mesude Eraslan directed the first 22 episodes and Çağrı Vila Lostuvalı the remaining 22.

DirectorMesude Eraslan, Çağrı Vila Lostuvalı
Production companyD Productions
NetworkKanal D

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Arzu Gamze Kılınç Arzu Gamze Kılınç Actor · 57 years old Şahika Arsoy Başak Daşman Başak Daşman Actor · 45 years old Derin Çelik / Yağmur Özden Beren Saat Beren Saat Film actor · 42 years old Yağmur Özden / Derin Çelik Can Sipahi Can Sipahi Actor · 38 years old Barış Denizci Celil Nalçakan Celil Nalçakan Actor · 48 years old Ezgi Eyüboğlu Ezgi Eyüboğlu Actor · 38 years old Cemre Arsoy Mert Fırat Mert Fırat Actor · 45 years old Emre Arsoy Nebil Sayın Nebil Sayın Actor · 55 years old Nejat İşler Nejat İşler Actor · 54 years old Rüzgar Denizci Seda Demir Seda Demir Actor · 43 years old Selen Durmaz Tekin Temel Tekin Temel Actor · died at 56 Tilbe Saran Tilbe Saran Actor · 65 years old Yiğit Özşener Yiğit Özşener Actor · 54 years old Rüzgar Denizci Yıldıray Şahinler Yıldıray Şahinler Actor · 58 years old Zafer Algöz Zafer Algöz Actor · 65 years old Haldun Arsoy Zeynep Özder Zeynep Özder Actor · 46 years old Aslı Sağlam Alican Yücesoy Alican Yücesoy Actor · 44 years old Ali Sülen / Sinan Soylu Engin Hepileri Engin Hepileri Actor · 48 years old Hakan Eren

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

The revenge plan that begins when Derin wipes out her past, becomes Yağmur Özden and moves into a Bosphorus mansion pulls you in from the first episodes. Beren Saat's cool yet fragile performance carries the show, and Mert Fırat and Nejat İşler add strength to the cast. The first season moves at a tight pace. In the second, the story loses steam and the new knots don't feel as strong as the old ones. Still, it deserves credit for making an adaptation feel this local; across 44 episodes, the question of when Yağmur's mask will slip stays alive.

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

İntikam adapts the American series Revenge and carries the classic skeleton of The Count of Monte Cristo behind it: a wronged father, a daughter with a new name, a plan woven with patience. That structure provides a solid dramatic engine, but it also sets the limits of surprise from the start; viewers who know Dumas or the original show can sense which stops the story will pass through. The real interest is in what the adaptation localizes. The Bosphorus mansion is a setting that suits the story, conveying wealth and distance at once. The weak point is that in some episodes the suspense scenes are stretched longer than necessary, which blunts the editing's edge and scatters the dramatic momentum.

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

At the heart of the series lies a question of class: the bank's owner commits fraud and the manager who works there pays the price. An innocent man dying in prison, and his daughter growing up in an orphanage believing him guilty, are harsh reminders of how power and money can become a shield against justice. The Bosphorus mansion works almost as the spatial symbol of that inequality. Still, rather than deepening its social critique, the show mostly leans on the thrill of personal revenge; seeking justice not in institutions but in one person's hands is a choice that should give viewers pause.

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