Dark Angel (Kara Melek) (translated)

Star TV aired Kara Melek (The Dark Angel), an Eylül TV drama and adventure series, from February 19, 1997, to December 19, 2000. It ran for four seasons and 110 episodes, drew high ratings and won the Golden Butterfly Award for Best Series. It is regarded as a first in Turkish television for putting a villain in the lead and having the episode recaps told entirely in her voice.

After the suicide of her roommate Şule's mother, the clever, beautiful Yasemin learns that Şule's father is the wealthy businessman and politician Nahit Saylan. Bored and wanting to be rich, she schemes to win Nahit over, and the series follows events after she becomes his wife. Sanem Çelik plays Yasemin and Ece Uslu the honest, hard-working Şule; Mustafa Alabora and Toprak Sergen share the leads. Yasemin is mostly wicked, but at times remorseful.

Uğur Erkır directed the first season and Türkan Derya the rest. Çelik left the cast after the third-season finale, episode 92, and the series ended with episode 110. The role won her the 1997 Altın Objektif for Best Actress, and Yasemin ranked fourth on Sabah newspaper's list of the ten worst Turkish TV characters. A January 2002 remake under Mahinur Ergün, with Çelik back, was pulled after one episode.