Yaprak Dökümü (TV series)
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Yaprak Dökümü is a Turkish
award-winning television series based on the novel of the same name
by Reşat Nuri Güntekin
. The series premiered on 13 September 2005 on Kanal D
, and endеd its fifth and final season on 29 December 2010, comprising 175 episodes overall. The show is set in Istanbul, Turkey, and it revolves around the fictional family Tekin, which their arrival in Istanbul tears their family apart, and transforms them in a way they can't imagine.
Ali Riza raises his children in harmony, teaching them on moral values and justice, missing to prepare them for the real cruelty of life.
The family consists of Ali Riza's wife Hayriye Tekin and their five children: Fikret, the oldest daughter, their only son Şevket, daughters Leyla and Necla and their youngest daughter Ayşe. Other characters include their loyal neighbours, widow Nehir and her teenage daughter Sedef. Şevket's spouse Ferhunde and schemer Oguz serve as the main antagonist
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The show's title refers to the fact that upon the arrival of Ali Riza's family in the big city, his family begins to fall apart, symbolic to the autumn's fall of the leaves.
Soon, darkness falls upon the family. First Necla falls for Oguz, scheming man who Ali Riza encounters during his first days in Istanbul, but after realizing his schemes abandons him. Soon enough after nearly running over a man with a motorcycle, Leyla in order to attract attention begins dating Oguz, until he rapes her. Şevket at his workplace meets the evil Ferhunde. Manipulative and cunning she manipulates Şevket to marry her, despite knowing her only a week.
Ferhunde quickly adapts into the family, and gains everybody's thrust, manipulating Şevket in the background. After finding out that Leyla was raped by Oguz, Ferhunde blackmails him to marry her or she'll tell his boss Yaman about his affair with Yaman's wife. Oguz marries Leyla, making her life a living hell. Necla having become jealous of Leyla's new-found fortune begins to hate her which leads to their rivalry.
Things culminate in the season final when Necla thinking that Oguz really loves her arranges to escape with him, leaving Leyla, who upon realizing what had happened experiences a nervous breakdown. Fikret furious at her father for being blind and letting evil enter their home accepts an offer to marry an unknown man only to be further from the pain her family is causing her. The last scene shows Fikret boarding a train with only Ali Riza there to say goodbye to her and her narration saying that autumn has already come and nearly all the leaves had fallen with the last being her.
After leaving Oguz Necla starts living in a poor motel where the landlady's ulterior motives led her into prostitution only to back off at the last moment and returns to her family. After months of being rejected and humiliated by her sister the two finally reconcile in the season final. Şevket ends up in jail where he finally understands what the marriage with Ferhunde has caused him. After the ultimate rejection of the family Ferhunde leaves the Tekins fully committing herself to evil. The last scene shows Ferhunde arriving at the Tekins' porch to seek forgiveness only to decide that its them that should beg her to come back.
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award-winning television series based on the novel of the same name
Yaprak Dökümü
Yaprak Dökümü is a novel by Turkish author and playwright Reşat Nuri Güntekin, written in 1939.-Plot summary:The novel revolves around a middle class Turkish family in the 1930s...
by Reşat Nuri Güntekin
Resat Nuri Güntekin
Reşat Nuri Güntekin was a Turkish novelist, storywriter and playwright. His most known novel, Çalıkuşu is about the destiny of a young Turkish female teacher in Anatolia; a movie was filmed on this book in 1966, and a TV series were produced in 1986...
. The series premiered on 13 September 2005 on Kanal D
Kanal D
Kanal D is a nation-wide television channel in Turkey and part of Doğan Holding which is owned by the Turkish media tycoon Aydın Doğan.Kanal D also runs an international channel, Euro D which is available online....
, and endеd its fifth and final season on 29 December 2010, comprising 175 episodes overall. The show is set in Istanbul, Turkey, and it revolves around the fictional family Tekin, which their arrival in Istanbul tears their family apart, and transforms them in a way they can't imagine.
Plot
The series revolves around the fictional family Tekin as they arrive in Istanbul so that one of their daughters can attend college. The family patriarchPatriarch
Originally a patriarch was a man who exercised autocratic authority as a pater familias over an extended family. The system of such rule of families by senior males is called patriarchy. This is a Greek word, a compound of πατριά , "lineage, descent", esp...
Ali Riza raises his children in harmony, teaching them on moral values and justice, missing to prepare them for the real cruelty of life.
The family consists of Ali Riza's wife Hayriye Tekin and their five children: Fikret, the oldest daughter, their only son Şevket, daughters Leyla and Necla and their youngest daughter Ayşe. Other characters include their loyal neighbours, widow Nehir and her teenage daughter Sedef. Şevket's spouse Ferhunde and schemer Oguz serve as the main antagonist
Antagonist
An antagonist is a character, group of characters, or institution, that represents the opposition against which the protagonist must contend...
s.
The show's title refers to the fact that upon the arrival of Ali Riza's family in the big city, his family begins to fall apart, symbolic to the autumn's fall of the leaves.
Season one
Upon their arrival, the Tekins quickly adapt to Istanbul. Its quickly revealed that Fikret, the oldest of five, broke her long engagement with a man she truly loved because his family wasn't suiting Ali Riza's vision of honest family. No one except her father realize how intelligent and helpful she is, and constantly reject her tries for help. Necla enrolls architecture college, and Leyla begins her pre-college courses. Şevket has already finished college and recently back from the army begins working as a banker.Soon, darkness falls upon the family. First Necla falls for Oguz, scheming man who Ali Riza encounters during his first days in Istanbul, but after realizing his schemes abandons him. Soon enough after nearly running over a man with a motorcycle, Leyla in order to attract attention begins dating Oguz, until he rapes her. Şevket at his workplace meets the evil Ferhunde. Manipulative and cunning she manipulates Şevket to marry her, despite knowing her only a week.
Ferhunde quickly adapts into the family, and gains everybody's thrust, manipulating Şevket in the background. After finding out that Leyla was raped by Oguz, Ferhunde blackmails him to marry her or she'll tell his boss Yaman about his affair with Yaman's wife. Oguz marries Leyla, making her life a living hell. Necla having become jealous of Leyla's new-found fortune begins to hate her which leads to their rivalry.
Things culminate in the season final when Necla thinking that Oguz really loves her arranges to escape with him, leaving Leyla, who upon realizing what had happened experiences a nervous breakdown. Fikret furious at her father for being blind and letting evil enter their home accepts an offer to marry an unknown man only to be further from the pain her family is causing her. The last scene shows Fikret boarding a train with only Ali Riza there to say goodbye to her and her narration saying that autumn has already come and nearly all the leaves had fallen with the last being her.
Second season
The second season explains the viewer that the tree (Ali Riza) lost all his leaves (his children) last autumn because of his blindness to see what's really happening. As the new season begins, Leyla becomes mentally ill, because of her sister's betrayal, Necla lives in misery and hatred towards Oguz, realizing she made a mistake leaving with him. The good and calm Şevket transforms into evil and aggressive, divorces Ferhunde and ends up in jail. Fikret starts living in a village with her husband's children and his evil mother. His oldest daughter and mother neglect Fikret, making her realize that even she made a mistake leaving her family for unknown man.After leaving Oguz Necla starts living in a poor motel where the landlady's ulterior motives led her into prostitution only to back off at the last moment and returns to her family. After months of being rejected and humiliated by her sister the two finally reconcile in the season final. Şevket ends up in jail where he finally understands what the marriage with Ferhunde has caused him. After the ultimate rejection of the family Ferhunde leaves the Tekins fully committing herself to evil. The last scene shows Ferhunde arriving at the Tekins' porch to seek forgiveness only to decide that its them that should beg her to come back.