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Sea of Green (Yeşil Deniz)

Sea of Green (Yeşil Deniz)

TV Series · 2014–2016 · 15 people

Romantic comedy and drama combine in Yeşil Deniz (Sea of Green), a Turkish television series with a largely humorous tone. Produced by TFT Yapım, it aired on TRT 1 between 2014 and 2016. Ayfer Özgürel produced it, Ali Kara, İdris Meydi and Serkan Birlik wrote it, and Yahya Samancı directed it. It ran for two seasons and ended with its 75th episode.

The leading cast includes Burak Serdar Şanal, Mert Turak, Burak Alkaş, Ali Barkın, Melis Babadağ and Öykü Çelik. Burak Serdar Şanal plays İsmail, Mert Turak plays Süleyman, nicknamed Macgyver, Burak Alkaş plays Cemil the muezzin and Ali Barkın plays Emin, while İlker Aksum plays Üsen and Güneş Sayın plays Sibel. Emin Gürsoy, Nuri Gökaşan, Cemre Baysel, Elvan Dişli, Semiha Bezek, Jale Aylanç, Zeynep Gülmez, Renan Bilek, Yener Gürsoy and Merve Akkaya complete the ensemble, and Sümer Tilmaç and Salih Kalyon appeared as guests. İlker Aksum and Güneş Sayın joined in the second season, while Öykü Çelik and Melis Babadağ left after the first.

Filming took place around Birgi and Bozdağ in İzmir's Ödemiş district.

DirectorYahya Samancı
Production companyTFT Yapım
NetworkTRT 1

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Ali Barkın Ali Barkın Actor · 41 years old Burak Serdar Şanal Burak Serdar Şanal Actor · 38 years old İsmail Bakır Cemre Baysel Cemre Baysel Actor · 27 years old Gonca Makasçı Fırat Tanış Fırat Tanış Actor · 51 years old İlker Aksum İlker Aksum Actor · 55 years old Hüseyin "Üsen" Sepetçi Mert Turak Mert Turak Actor · 46 years old Süleyman Kara Merve Akkaya Merve Akkaya Actor · 36 years old Öykü Çelik Öykü Çelik Actor · 39 years old Sedef Makasçı Özgür Çevik Özgür Çevik Actor · 45 years old Renan Bilek Renan Bilek Actor · 58 years old Salih Kalyon Salih Kalyon Actor · 80 years old Vural Alvur Sümer Tilmaç Sümer Tilmaç Actor · died at 66 Uncle Efe Melis Babadağ Melis Babadağ Actor · 42 years old Zümrüt Çakırlı Emin Gürsoy Emin Gürsoy Actor · 58 years old Hicabi Makasçı Jale Aylanç Jale Aylanç Actor · died at 72

Also in the cast: Burak Alkaş, Güneş Sayın (Sibel Sepetçi/Kara), Nuri Gökaşan (Kamil Bakır), Elvan Dişli (Emine Eryılmaz/Kul), Semiha Bezek (Neşe), Zeynep Gülmez (Gülenay Çakırlı), Yener Gürsoy (Radyocu Yılmaz)

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

Yeşil Deniz is a series you can comfortably put on with the whole family. It leans on humor, mixes romantic comedy with drama and never wears you out with harsh scenes. It was filmed around Birgi and Bozdağ, and that small-town feel comes across nicely. Grandparents and kids alike can watch it with a smile. Still, 75 episodes is a long road, so dipping in now and then may be more fun than watching every night.

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

The real strength of Yeşil Deniz is its cast chemistry. Burak Serdar Şanal's İsmail and Mert Turak's Süleyman, the one nicknamed Macgyver, make a fun pair, and once you add Burak Alkaş as Cemil the muezzin and Ali Barkın as Emin, the town feels like a place people actually live in. In the second season, İlker Aksum's Üsen and Güneş Sayın's Sibel bring in some fresh air. On the other hand, Öykü Çelik and Melis Babadağ leaving after season one shifts the show's romantic balance, and that change takes a while to get used to. Around the middle of the second season the jokes also start repeating themselves. Even so, this crew remains good company.

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

Yeşil Deniz blends romantic comedy with drama, yet its humor never turns loud, and that recalls the gentle, neighborly warmth of the old comedies. Filming around Birgi and Bozdağ in Ödemiş lends the story a quiet poetry of its own. A television comedy that does not lean on crude jokes is rare these days, and to eyes raised on the classics that is a virtue in itself. Naturally, a series stretched over 75 episodes cannot always match the tight storytelling of cinema, but its heart is in the right place.

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