Image via WikipediaThe theme is TV over at Alex Cavanaugh's Blogfest so I thought I'd multitask and entertain today with the Turkish romantic drama Aşk-ı Memnu (Forbidden Love). Following in the footsteps of the Cinderalla story Gümüş/ Noor, Aşk-ı Memnu is insanely popular outside of Turkey. The soap opera has its own Youtube channel, in case you miss an episode. There are versions with English subtitles and the series, also dubbed into Arabic, is aired all over the Middle East. Need a French version? How about Romanian? Got it.
No one can get enough and I have a sneaking suspicion it has something to do with the male lead of both of the shows, Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ.
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This is the episode where Behlul gets engaged to Nihal, with English subtitles. If you haven't read my post on Rules of Engagement, you might want to that too.
So...who else is following Kıvanç now? I call dibs on him for one of my characters (betas take a guess)!
Oh, now that looks very spicy! (And he is very handsome)--I love your take on this... giving us an intro to a Turkish soap.
ReplyDeleteYou know me - always talking Turkey :D
ReplyDeleteI don't really watch much TV, so I don't have a top 10 to post. Shaun the Sheep (claymation) doesn't count, I'm guessing. I do lots of streaming Netflix these days. Closure every time.
I think you are right with your sneaky suspicion, the lead looks rather hot!
ReplyDeleteThanks for filling us in on a show many of never get to see!
ReplyDeleteSounds like an intriguing show!
ReplyDeleteI sometimes forget they have original programming in other countries. Stuck up American, I guess!
@ Karen...the rest of the world doesn't really expect us to follow their shows. They're busy following ours ;)
ReplyDelete@ Alex...thanks. Thought I'd try something a little different.
@Ellie and Hart...hands off the merchandise! LOL :)
Wow, he is cute. It seems like a complicated situation. I was wondering why the all lived in the same house but then I found out they were family.
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@ Clarissa...Ottomans loved their extended family! lol :D
ReplyDeleteWonderful of you to take part and showing us what we are missing in your country,
ReplyDeleteThank you.
Yvonne.
@ Yvonne. You're most welcome. I'm from the US actually, but I lived in Turkey and my MS is set there. That's why I blog about the East.
ReplyDeleteI had not seen that show and I agree with Clarissa, he's cute. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI'd also like to thank you following my blog and will more than happy to return the favor. :D
Jules @ Trying To Get Over The Rainbow
Your list is like a tease of shows I'll probably never get to see :) That guy looks so hot!
ReplyDeleteSeems like it's well worth a look! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the glimpse into a Turkish soap opera!
ReplyDeleteAnd he is one good looking man!
It's funny how soaps seem to be a universal thing. My friends and I used to do this thing with some Latin-American soap we watched - none of us spoke Spanish, but if we turned off the sound, we could make our own dialog that sounded just as accurate. very funny.
ReplyDelete(I love Shaun the Sheep too - it's hilarious!)
this Turkish soap is a huge hit in my neighboring Bosnia too :) while here in Serbia another Turkish soap is currently popular, the one about some girl named Scheherazade :)
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a very interesting show :)
ReplyDeleteHe is gorgeous; This show does look good!
ReplyDelete@ Dezmond - The show with scherezade is called Binbir Gece - or 1001 Nights and features an indecent proposal. It is also a Kanal D program.
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