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My Lying Love (Yalancı Yarim)

My Lying Love (Yalancı Yarim) (translated)

TV Series · 2006–2007 · 12 people

FM Yapım's Yalancı Yarim (My Lying Love) aired on Star TV in 2006-2007 as a romantic comedy series. It pairs the spoiled daughter of a rich household with a young man who hides who he is.

The hero is Tarık Tekelioğlu (Barış Akarsu). After failing the university entrance exam, he is sent to Italy by his family to study economics. He cares more about rally racing and goes by the alias Alfonso there. When he comes home on holiday, his father learns the truth, has his accounts and cards blocked and bans him from leaving the country. After a court sets a condition that he hold an insured job, Tarık leaves home, answers the first advertisement he sees and becomes a driver, hiding his wealthy background from his employers. Naz (Merve Sevi), the spoiled daughter of the house, cannot get rid of him, and their hostility slowly becomes a strong love that neither admits.

The series was taken off the air at episode 49, without a finale. During filming in Bodrum, Barış Akarsu had a traffic accident on June 29, 2007, his 28th birthday, and died on July 4, 2007.

Production companyFM Yapım
NetworkStar TV
My Lying Love (Yalancı Yarim)

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Birgül Ulusoy Birgül Ulusoy Actor · born 1972 Cavit Çetin Güner Cavit Çetin Güner Actor · 40 years old Deniz Atam Deniz Atam Actor · 44 years old Gözde Mukavelat Gözde Mukavelat Actor · 41 years old Hakan Salınmış Hakan Salınmış Actor · 62 years old Serhat Teoman Serhat Teoman Actor · 43 years old Ünal Silver Ünal Silver Actor · died at 75 Kaya Akkaya Kaya Akkaya Actor · 46 years old Bülent Kayabaş Bülent Kayabaş Actor · died at 71 Merve Sevi Merve Sevi Actor · 39 years old Barış Akarsu Barış Akarsu Singer · died at 28 Nilgün Belgün Nilgün Belgün Actor · 73 years old

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

A classic romantic-comedy set-up: Tarık, a rich family's son, hides who he is while working as a driver, and his squabbles with Naz, the spoiled daughter of the house, slowly turn into a love neither will admit. Hidden-identity plots have been done many times on Turkish TV, but the pleasure here lies in the chemistry between Barış Akarsu and Merve Sevi. The slow road from irritation to love is built to keep you coming back week after week. The 49-episode run never reached a finale, however; the story was left unfinished by Barış Akarsu's death. Anyone starting it should know there is no closing chapter waiting.

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

As a romantic comedy it is generally easy to watch with the family. The focus is on the bickering between the rich girl and the driver and the love story that grows from it. Teenagers and adults will enjoy it most; younger kids may find it a bit long. The strict rules the father sets for his son also offer a nice chance to talk with children about responsibility and hard work. It is worth knowing in advance that the series was never finished.

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

Yalancı Yarim takes a theme mid-2000s television loved, the class divide, and handles it in the light language of romantic comedy. A family that sends its son abroad to save face after he fails the university exam shows how much 'what will people say' can weigh in well-off circles. The court's demand that he hold a registered job, and Tarık learning about life as a driver, are framed as a lesson in the value of work. Yet the gap between employer and employee mostly becomes material for a romantic game; it is fair to say the series keeps class inside a fairy-tale frame rather than really questioning it.

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