Kardeşlerim

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Kardeşlerim (International title: For My Family or My Siblings) is a Turkish television series starring Celil Nalçakan, Yiğit Koçak, Su Burcu Yazgı Coşkun, Onur Seyit Yaran, Fadik Sevin Atasoy, Melis Minkari, Recep Usta, Lizge Cömert, Atakan Ozkaya, and features a diverse, supporting cast. The drama premiered on ATV on February 20, 2021, and concluded with four seasons on June 8, 2024.

The series was a huge success in its native Turkey that it received international airtime in parts of the world such as Spain on Antena 3, Albania on TV Klan, Chile on TVN, South Africa on eExtra and e.tv simultaneously, and can be streamed worldwide on YouTube.

The story revolves around Kadir, Ömer, Asiye, and Emel, four siblings who lose their parents due to unfortunate circumstances and try to build their lives going forward with each other's support. Despite their ups and downs, they are always there for each other.

It is also the story of eight young people who fall in love despite having been born in opposite and seemingly irreconcilable worlds; The four main couples are Kadir and Melisa, Ömer and Süsen, Aybike and Berk, Doruk and Asiye (the latter two who are the show’s most popular couple), who will have to overcome difficult obstacles and reveal painful secrets to live to the full the love that destiny has in store for them.

• Akif Atakul (Celil Nalçakan),

Main antagonist (Seasons 1-2) turned anti-hero (Seasons 3-4). Suzan’s ex-lover, Nebahat’s ex-husband, father to Doruk, Kaan, and Melisa Atakul. Ex-step father to Harika. Legal guardian of Bahar. A businessman and former owner of Ataman College, he is the murderer of Hatice Eren, Veli Eren, Kenan Manyaslı, and Resul Ozkaya. During the end of Season 2, Akif goes bankrupt, then slowly regains his wealth and becomes more of a comic relief anti-hero as the series progresses. He also helps the Eren family in some circumstances. His true fate was revealed during the finale.

• Ömer Eren (Yiğit Koçak);

Main protagonist from season 2 onwards following Kadir's death; Biological bastard son of Suzan Manyaslı and Ahmet Yılmaz, maternal half brother of Harika, paternal half brother to Yasmin and Sarp; Adopted son of Hatice & Veli Eren, Kadir & Emel’s adopted brother and Asiye's adopted twin brother. Despite being introverted, he is known to be an excellent student and is willing to defend his siblings from any harm. During the beginning of Season 3, Ömer adopts a more arrogant, greedy, and fake-rich lifestyle much to the dismay of his adoptive sisters; he later goes back to his old self. He becomes Süsen's boyfriend at the end of Season 2.

• Aybike Eren (Melis Minkari);

The smart and sarcastic daughter of Şengül and Orhan, younger sister of Oğulcan, biological cousin of Asiye, Emel, and Kadir, and adoptive cousin of Ömer, Berk’s girlfriend. Hides the truth from Berk that he was bought as a child.

• Berk Özkaya/Cetin (Recep Usta);

Doruk's best friend, Gökhan’s biological estranged son, Resul, and Ayla's adopted son who they bought from his biological mom, Aybike's boyfriend. His biological mother was accidentally killed by his stepmom Ayla.

• Süsen Kılıç (Lizge Cömert);

Ömer's girlfriend. Harika's bestfriend, Kadir's ex-girlfriend. Witnessed the death of Kadir and kept it a secret. Murdered Leyla Barçın by accident and kept it also a secret. In Season four, she develops a rivalry with Lidya, Tolga’s cousin.

• Sarp Yılmaz (Atakan Ozkaya);

Main antagonist (Seasons 3-4). Ahmet and Şevval's son, Yasmin's brother, Ömer's paternal half-brother, Ayaz’s cousin, and Sevgi's grandson. During Season 3, Sarp replaces Emir and Tolga as the school bully always going head-to-head with his half-brother, Ömer. Sarp likes to frame his peers for pleasure. He is Lidya's love interest.

• Orhan Eren (Cüneyt Mete);

The quiet and kind-hearted husband of Şengül, Veli's brother, Oğulcan, Aybike and Umutcan's father and Kadir, Asiye, Ömer and Emel's paternal uncle. In Season two, he divorced Şengül following a couple of incidents involving the Eren family; he meets his future wife, Gonul, in a bakery. The two eloped, later divorced, after Orhan found out that his ex-wife Şengül was pregnant with their third child, Umutcan.

• Emel Eren (Aylin Akpınar);

The daughter of Hatice & Veli Eren, the youngest of the Eren siblings, Kadir and Asiye's biological younger sister, and Ömer's younger adoptive sister. Bahar’s best friend. She is a sweet girl who loves her siblings unconditionally but hides away the longing for her parents deep in her heart. She also loves to eat.

• Oğulcan Eren (Cihan Şimşek);

The clumsy yet good-natured son of Şengül and Orhan, elder brother of Aybike, Biological cousın to Kadir, Asiye, and Emel and adoptive cousin to Ömer. Elif’s boyfriend and Harika’s and Afra’s ex-boyfriend.

• Nebahat Atakul (Simge Selçuk);

Akif's ex-wife, Doruk and Melisa's mother. Bahar’s adoptive guardian. Murderer of Resul Özkaya.

• Ayla Özkaya (Asli Mavitan);

Berk's and Elif's adoptive stepmother, Resul's ex-wife. Nebahat's former friend turned enemy. She found out in one episode about the death of her ex-husband thanks to the Atakul family.

• Tolga Barçın (Berk Ali Çatal);

Recurring antagonist in the first two seasons, he later becomes a friend of the Eren family following a domestic abuse incident in Season three. He is the son of Tarhan Barçın and elder brother of Leyla. Yaman's nephew and Lidya's cousin; he was Ayşe and Cemile’s ex-boyfriend and Zehra's husband (until her death), and becomes Yasmin's boyfriend in Season four.

• Şevval Ender (Nihan Büyükağaç);

Recurring antagonist. Ahmet's ex-wife, Yasmin, and Sarp's mother. She is responsible for the deaths of her ex-husband Ahmet Yılmaz and mother-in-law Sevgi Yılmaz. Following Ahmet’s death, she becomes Ataman College’s newest owner.

• Yasmin Yılmaz (Eylül Lize Kandemir);

Ahmet and Şevval's daughter, Sarp's sister, Ömer's paternal half-sister, Ayaz’s cousin and Sevgi’s granddaughter. Tolga’s girlfriend in Season four. Murderer of Gökhan Cetin, Berk’s and Elif’s biological father.

• Burak Çavdar (Emre Yetek);

Ataman school principal.

• Fatma Eren (Ayşe Kökçü);

Mother of Orhan and Veli, Grandmother of Kadir, Oğulcan, Aybike, Asiye, Emel, and Umutcan. She replaces Șengul as the head of the house in the second half of Season four.

• Elif Çetin (Dilara Sümbül);

Berk's twin sister. Ogulcan's girlfriend.

• Ayaz Sönmez (Berk Bakioğlu);

Ahmet and Şevval's nephew, Sarp and Yasmin's cousin. Ömer’s half-cousin. He develops his feelings towards Asiye before her death.

• Bahar Güven/Atakul (Ayla Polat);

Zehra’s younger sister, Tolga’s adoptive sister-in-law, and Akif and Nebahat’s adoptive daughter. Emel’s best friend. She is a sweet girl who loves her family and stuffed animals.

• Ayten Atakul (Selen Domaç);

Orhan's first lover who has a daughter with him called Cansu, Akif's lost sister.

• Cansu Eren (Melisa Bostancıoğlu);

Ayten and Orhan's illegitimate daughter. Oğulcan, Aybike and Umutcan's half-sister.

Despite the show’s popularity in its native Turkey, it received mixed to favorable reviews from critics. The show received a 5.7/10 rating on IMDB. The setting, cinematography, acting (especially from Yiğit Koçak) received unanimous praise. However, the writing of the story (especially in Season 4) received mixed to negative reviews citing the unexpected deaths of its popular characters like Doruk and Şengül as a major issue.

• Kardeşlerim at IMDb