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Black Rose (Karagül)

Black Rose (Karagül) (translated)

TV Series · 2013–2016 · 24 people

Blending drama, thriller, action and adventure in a romantic key, Karagül (Black Rose) began as a Turkish series on FOX Turkey, now NOW, on March 29, 2013. Produced by Avşar Film, it finished its four seasons with the 125th episode on June 10, 2016; the first season ended on June 14, 2013, and the second ran from September 20, 2013, to June 13, 2014. Ratings started around 3 to 4 points in the first weeks and later climbed as high as 17.

The story turns on the secrets of a family that looks strong and respectable from the outside; as they surface, the bride who has married into it must face the truth. The resistance of women under pressure, power struggles within the family and the urge for revenge run through the show. The cast is led by Ece Uslu, Özlem Conker, Hilal Altınbilek, Mert Yazıcıoğlu, Mesut Akusta, Ogün Kaptanoğlu and Şerif Sezer.

Erkan Birgören wrote the scripts, with Murat Saraçoğlu and Günay Günaydın directing. The title refers to the black roses that grow naturally only around Halfeti on the Euphrates, where part of the series was filmed. It also traveled abroad: it aired in Arabic, dubbed in the Syrian dialect, on channels such as CBC and Nessma, and on Pink TV in Serbia between 2015 and 2017.

DirectorMurat Saraçoğlu, Günay Günaydın
Production companyAvşar Film
NetworkFOX

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Ayça Ayşin Turan Ayça Ayşin Turan Actor · 34 years old Ada Şamverdi Burak Çelik Burak Çelik Actor · 34 years old Serdar Kılıçoğlu Deniz Durmaz Deniz Durmaz Actor · 33 years old Ece Uslu Ece Uslu Actor · 52 years old Ejder Özkarslıgil Ejder Özkarslıgil Actor · 31 years old Gonca Cilasun Gonca Cilasun Actor · 60 years old Hilal Altınbilek Hilal Altınbilek Actor · 35 years old Özlem Şamverdi İbrahim Kendirci İbrahim Kendirci Actor · 40 years old İlayda Çevik İlayda Çevik Actor · 31 years old Maya Şamverdi Mehmet Mehmedof Mehmet Mehmedof Actor · 43 years old Mert Yazıcıoğlu Mert Yazıcıoğlu Actor · 33 years old Baran Şamverdi Mesut Akusta Mesut Akusta Actor · 62 years old Kendal Şamverdi Ogün Kaptanoğlu Ogün Kaptanoğlu Actor · 48 years old Yzb. Oğuz Kılıçoğlu Özcan Deniz Özcan Deniz Actor · 54 years old Murat Şamverdi Özlem Conker Özlem Conker Actor · 53 years old Narin Mercan Özlem Maden Özlem Maden Actor · 39 years old Sebahat Kumaş Sebahat Kumaş Actor · 37 years old Sevda Erginci Sevda Erginci Actor · 33 years old Ayşe Özalp Yavuz Bingöl Yavuz Bingöl Singer · 62 years old Fırat Mercan Bülent Polat Bülent Polat Actor · 47 years old Sabri Hülya Duyar Hülya Duyar Film actor · 56 years old Emine Şamverdi Emre Tetikel Emre Tetikel Film actor · 41 years old Sahin Şerif Sezer Şerif Sezer Actor · 79 years old Saruhan Hünel Saruhan Hünel Actor · 56 years old

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Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

Karagül starts out like a drama, but there's suspense and action in it too: the secrets of a powerful-looking family, revenge and a fight for control. As the secrets come out, the story picks up speed. Still, four seasons and 125 episodes is a long road if you're there for action, and the family-intrigue scenes sometimes take up too much room. Best for viewers who like tension but have patience.

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

Even the name Karagül reads like a poem: it comes from the black roses that grow naturally only around Halfeti, on the banks of the Euphrates. That delicate choice recalls the attachment to place and land in our old films. Its portrait of women resisting pressure wins my heart as well, and having a master like Şerif Sezer in the cast is a gift of its own. Only the revenge and family power struggles weigh so heavily that the warmth and calm I look for sometimes get lost. Still, the air of Halfeti gives the story a color all its own.

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

In telling the secrets inside a family that looks strong and respectable from the outside, Karagül raises familiar questions about family, honor and the place of women. The bride who has married into the family being forced to face the truth invites reflection on where women stand within the closed power structure of an extended household; the resistance of women under pressure is the show's most meaningful vein. Filming around Halfeti adds a regional texture. But the series often treats these social issues through the molds of revenge and intrigue, putting dramatic showdowns ahead of the roots of the problem. Still, its audiences in the Arab world and Serbia show that these themes resonate beyond borders.

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