Biyograficim
The Fall of Leaves (Yaprak Dökümü)

The Fall of Leaves (Yaprak Dökümü) (translated)

TV Series · 2006–2010 · 40 people

Ay Yapım produced Yaprak Dökümü (The Fall of Leaves), a Turkish family drama series that Kanal D broadcast from September 13, 2006, to December 29, 2010, running for five seasons and 174 episodes. Directed by Mesude Eraslan and written by Ece Yörenç and Melek Gençoğlu, it adapts the classic novel of the same name by Reşat Nuri Güntekin.

Set in Istanbul, the series charts the slow unravelling of the Tekin family after they move to the metropolis. Caught between deep-rooted traditional values and the material temptations of modern city life, the members of this once tightly knit household drift away one by one — like leaves falling in autumn, in keeping with the novel's central metaphor.

Halil Ergün, Güven Hokna, Bennu Yıldırımlar, Deniz Çakır, Tolga Karel, Gökçe Bahadır and Fahriye Evcen headed the cast, with an ensemble that also included Neslihan Atagül, Ali Sunal, Sedef Avcı and Zerrin Tekindor. The show served as a springboard to fame for several of its younger stars, notably Fahriye Evcen and Neslihan Atagül, and its score was composed by Toygar Işıklı.

A ratings phenomenon that topped the charts from its first episode to its finale — at times drawing an audience share of over fifty percent — Yaprak Dökümü became one of the most awarded Turkish series, winning three Golden Butterfly Awards in 2008, and its broadcast rights were sold to more than thirty countries. It remains one of the most frequently rerun titles in Turkish television history and found devoted audiences abroad, from Serbia and Bosnia to the Arab world.

DirectorMesude Eraslan
Production companyAy Yapım
NetworkKanal D

Reactions

You can pick up to 3 reactions.

Cast

Ali Sunal Ali Sunal Actor · 49 years old Serhat Arda Esen Arda Esen Actor · 51 years old Ayberk Pekcan Ayberk Pekcan Actor · died at 51 Talat Aylin Kontente Aylin Kontente Actor · 44 years old Barış Bağcı Barış Bağcı Actor · 51 years old Ali Sarper Bennu Yıldırımlar Bennu Yıldırımlar Actor · 56 years old Caner Cindoruk Caner Cindoruk Actor · 46 years old Dr. Nazmi Deniz Çakır Deniz Çakır Actor · 44 years old Ferhunde Güven (Tekin) Ege Aydan Ege Aydan Actor · 68 years old Av. Can Türe Eren Balkan Eren Balkan Actor · 45 years old Fahriye Evcen Fahriye Evcen Actor · 40 years old Gökçe Bahadır Gökçe Bahadır Actor · 45 years old Leyla Tekin Halil Ergün Halil Ergün Actor · 80 years old Ali Rıza Tekin Murat Kocacık Murat Kocacık Actor · 54 years old Mustafa Avkıran Mustafa Avkıran Actor · 63 years old Mithat Kara Necip Memili Necip Memili Actor · 46 years old Erkan / Katır Neslihan Atagül Neslihan Atagül Actor · 34 years old Deniz Başsoy Nihat Altınkaya Nihat Altınkaya Actor · 47 years old Seda Demir Seda Demir Actor · 43 years old Sedef Turan Sedef Avcı Sedef Avcı Actor · 44 years old Selin Aydınoğlu Taner Barlas Taner Barlas Actor · 79 years old Türkan Kılıç Türkan Kılıç Actor · 58 years old Zerrin Tekindor Zerrin Tekindor Actor · 62 years old Ticket booth clerk Göksu Başaran Göksu Başaran Actor · 46 years old Kıvanç Kasabalı Kıvanç Kasabalı Actor · 51 years old Cem Aydınoğlu Perihan Savaş Perihan Savaş Actor · 71 years old Nurdan Güven İsmail Düvenci İsmail Düvenci Actor · 78 years old İsmail's Father Mete Horozoğlu Mete Horozoğlu Actor · 51 years old Mesut (Casting Agency Owner) Caner Kurtaran Caner Kurtaran Actor · 48 years old Şevket Tekin Tolga Karel Tolga Karel Actor · 48 years old Oğuz Ayhan Güven Hokna Güven Hokna Film actor · 80 years old Hayriye Tekin Güler Ökten Güler Ökten Film actor · 84 years old Cevriye Başsoy Hasan Küçükçetin Hasan Küçükçetin Actor · 45 years old Şevket Tekin Sevda Ferdağ Sevda Ferdağ Actor · died at 81 Sevda Halil Babür Halil Babür Actor · 39 years old Talat's Son Semra Dinçer Semra Dinçer Film actor · died at 56 Engin Hepileri Engin Hepileri Actor · 48 years old Emir Bedia Ener Film actor · died at 70 Young Neyyir Rana Cabbar Rana Cabbar Actor · 1945 – 2023 Davulcu Jeyan Mahfi Ayral Tözüm Jeyan Mahfi Ayral Tözüm Actor · died at 95 Süreyya

Titles sharing this cast

More from this director

Through different eyes

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

For anyone who has read Reşat Nuri Güntekin's Yaprak Dökümü, this series is a fine example of how a novel can live again on screen. A family caught between traditional values and the city's glittering lure, drifting apart one by one like autumn leaves, keeps Güntekin's melancholy gaze intact. Master actors such as Halil Ergün and Güven Hokna lend the story real weight, and Toygar Işıklı's music is like the silent fall of the leaves. Yet the novel's spare, concentrated texture, stretched across five seasons, gives way to melodrama at times; the book's graceful sense of measure is not always preserved.

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

174 episodes, five seasons and the slow unravelling of a family: Yaprak Dökümü is a true marathon series. The way each member of the Tekin family heads down a different path in the big city gives the character arcs many layers. The ensemble led by Halil Ergün and Güven Hokna has strong chemistry, and watching younger names like Fahriye Evcen and Neslihan Atagül shine here is a treat of its own. But the novel's story only goes so far, and as new conflicts pile up in later seasons the main thread weakens. Even so, the fact that it never left the top of the ratings shows how attached audiences became to this family.

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

Yaprak Dökümü brought a question Turkey had long been discussing, how migration and urbanization reshape the family, to television's widest audience. The conflict between traditional values and material temptation in Reşat Nuri Güntekin's novel is told through the Tekin family after their move to Istanbul. That it at times drew an audience share above fifty percent shows how strongly the issue resonated with viewers. Yet the series often leans on a moral binary, painting city life as a source of corruption and struggling to see what change might also bring. Still, the interest it found from Serbia to the Arab world proves that the tension between family and modernity is a universal theme.

These are not reader reviews: they are short editorial takes written from different viewer perspectives with AI assistance. Reader reviews are below.

Reviews (0)

Log in Log in to write a review.

Comments