Asi (TV series)
Asi (Turkish pronunciation: [aːˈsiː]) is a Turkish television drama series. The series originally aired from July 21, 2007 to June 15, 2009. It ran for two seasons on Kanal D.
| Asi | |
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| Genre | Drama, Romance, Telenovela |
| Written by | Gül Dirican Neşe Cehiz Şebnem Çıtak |
| Directed by | Cevdet Mercan |
| Starring | Tuba Büyüküstün Murat Yıldırım Çetin Tekindor Nur Sürer Selma Ergeç |
| Opening theme | Asi Jenerik |
| Ending theme | Yenemedik Gururu by Eylem Aktaş |
| Composer(s) | Nail Yurtsever |
| Country of origin | Turkey, Macedonia |
| Original language(s) | Turkish |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 71 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Tomris Giritlioğlu Ilgaz Giritlioğlu |
| Producer(s) | Bahadır Atay Basar Arcak Nermin Eroğlu |
| Production location(s) | Antakya, Turkey, Ohrid, Macedonia |
| Cinematography | Murat Ceylan |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Sis Yapım |
| Release | |
| Original network | Kanal D, Sitel |
| Original release | July 21, 2007 – June 15, 2009 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Premise
The series is set in a rural part of Antakya and revolves around the lives of Asi Kozcuoğlu (Tuba Büyüküstün), and Demir Doğan (Murat Yıldırım), and their respective families.
For three generations, the Kozcuoğlu family owns a prominent plantation in Antakya. Keeping this farm alive is their foremost goal. The owner, Ihsan Kozcuoğlu (Çetin Tekindor), and his daughter, Asi, work and live for their land. Years ago, Demir's mother, Emine (Elif Sümbül Sert), and aunt, Süheyla (Tülay Günal), were workers on the Kozcuoğlu farm until his mother drowned herself with her two kids Demir and Melek in the nearby river called Asi /Orontes (The modern name ‘Asi` means ("rebel"), because the river flows from the south to the north unlike the rest of the rivers in the region.). Her children survived, Demir and Melek, and they went on to live with their aunt Süheyla. Demir returns to his hometown as a rich businessman. Still embittered about the circumstances that drove his mother to her death, he meets Asi and is immediately drawn to her. However, the lives of the Kozcuoğlu family and Demir's family bear more connections from the past that constantly seem to get in between. Family secrets start unravel after Süheyla returns to be with her nephew Demir. Murder, death, affairs, and a love child is discovered as everyone's life is turned upside down when decade old secrets come to surface. Demir and Asi's love is tested to the limits as they struggle to hold to their affection while their world crumbles around them.
Episodes
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale | |||
| 1 | 34 | October 26, 2007 | June 27, 2008 | |
| 2 | 37 | September 12, 2008 | June 19, 2009 | |
Cast
Main cast
- Tuba Büyüküstün as Asiye "Asi" Kozcuoğlu
- Murat Yıldırım as Demir Doğan
- Çetin Tekindor as İhsan Kozcuoğlu
- Nur Sürer as Neriman Kozcuoğlu
- Cemal Hünal as Kerim Akbar
- Selma Ergeç as Defne Kozcuoğlu
Supporting cast
- Tülay Günal as Süheyla
- Tülay Bursa as Fatma
- Necmettin Çobanoğlu as Ökkeş
- Saygın Soysal as Aslan Kozcuoğlu
- İbrahim Bozgüney as Arif
- Aslıhan Güner as Gonca Kozcuoğlu
- Onur Saylak as Ziya
- Elif Sönmez as Melek Doğan
- Kenan Bal as Namık
- Dilara Deviren / Zeynep Çopur as Ceylan Kozcuoğlu
- Tuncel Kurtiz as Cemal Ağa
- Ayça Zeynep Aydın as Leyla Akbar
- Şahnaz Çakıralp as Sarmaşık
- Setenay Yener as Sevinç
- Kanbolat Görkem Arslan as Ali Uygur
- Emrah Elçiboga as Zafer
- Menderes Samancilar as Haydar Doğan
- Sibel Kasapoğlu as Young Asi
- İdil Vural as Young Süheyla
- Çağla Çakar as Asya
- Elif Sude Dorukoğlu as Elif
- Eli Mango as Madam
- Ezgi Çelik as İnci
- Remzi Evren as Mahmut
- Elvin Aydoğdu as Cevriye
- Elif Sümbül Sert as Emine Doğan
- Salahsun Hekimoğlu as Reha
- Murat Çamur as Kaan
- Birce Akalay as Zeynep
International broadcasting
References
External links
- Official Website on Kanal D
- Asi on IMDb