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The Day My Destiny Was Written (Kaderimin Yazıldığı Gün)

The Day My Destiny Was Written (Kaderimin Yazıldığı Gün) (translated)

TV Series · 2014–2015 · 16 people

Star TV began airing the Turkish romance and drama series Kaderimin Yazıldığı Gün (The Day My Destiny Was Written) on October 14, 2014. Produced by O3 Medya, it ran for two seasons and said goodbye with its 50th episode on December 29, 2015. Sadullah Şentürk directed, and the story is adapted from the Argentine telenovela Mujer comprada by Ligia Lezama. It traveled abroad too.

At its center is Kahraman Yörükhan (Özcan Deniz), a rich landowner who longs for a baby. When his wife cannot have children, the couple look for a surrogate mother, and Elif Doğan (Hatice Şendil), a young village worker, agrees. But Kahraman's mother persuades the doctors to arrange an in-vitro baby from Kahraman's sperm and Elif's eggs. Elif gives birth, yet nobody except the grandmother knows whose child it really is, and the love growing between Elif and Kahraman only makes matters worse.

Begüm Kütük Yaşaroğlu and Gürbey İleri joined Deniz and Şendil in the main cast.

DirectorSadullah Şentürk
Production companyO3 Medya
NetworkStar TV

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Almila Ada Almila Ada Actor · 32 years old Anıl Altan Anıl Altan Actor · 36 years old Bülent Düzgünoğlu Bülent Düzgünoğlu Actor · 53 years old Güneş Hayat Güneş Hayat Actor · 62 years old Gürbey İleri Gürbey İleri Actor · 38 years old Kerem Seter Hakan Meriçliler Hakan Meriçliler Actor · 58 years old Yakup Yörükhan Serdar Özer Serdar Özer Actor · 46 years old Sinan Tuzcu Sinan Tuzcu Actor · 49 years old Sultan Elif Taş Sultan Elif Taş Actor · 34 years old Zeynep Elçin Zeynep Elçin Actor · 34 years old Özcan Deniz Özcan Deniz Actor · 54 years old Kahraman Metin Çekmez Metin Çekmez Actor · died at 76 Ziya Yörükhan Gül Onat Gül Onat Actor · 72 years old Kıymet Yörükhan Goncagül Sunar Goncagül Sunar Actor · 56 years old Hatice Şendil Hatice Şendil Actor · 43 years old Elif Begüm Kütük Begüm Kütük Actor · 46 years old Defne

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

Kaderimin Yazıldığı Gün never hides its telenovela roots: surrogacy, a buried truth and a love that keeps running into dead ends. The chemistry between Özcan Deniz and Hatice Şendil is the show's strongest support; whenever they share a scene, the tension rises on its own. With only the grandmother knowing the secret, every episode carries the threat of an explosion, and that keeps pulling you into the next one. Still, circling the same secret for fifty episodes makes the middle stretch feel repetitive. A treat for melodrama lovers, tiring at times for anyone after tight plotting.

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

In moving an Argentine telenovela to the Turkish countryside, the series puts the class gap between a landowning family and a young village worker right at the heart of the story. Surrogacy and IVF, subjects that still stir debate, meet an old-style family authority here: the mother making the decision behind the couple's back shows how lineage and a child can be bargained over through a woman's body. The subject is serious, but the show uses it more as an engine for drama than as something to question. How far Elif's class position narrows her choices could have been explored in far more depth.

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

A fine pick for adults who enjoy love stories and family drama. But the subject is hard to explain to children: surrogacy, IVF and a love growing between a married man and a young woman sit at the center of the story. There are plenty of secrets and lies too. I wouldn't put it on with young kids; it works with teenagers, but be ready to answer a few questions. Adults who like emotional series will enjoy it.

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