wikipedia.org 329,408 people like this topic Edit AboutAşk-ı Memnu TV Show Aşk-ı Memnu (literal translation: Forbidden Love) is a Turkish romantic drama television series produced by Ay Yapım Productions and originally broadcast on Kanal D between 2008 and 2010. It also aired across the Arab World in 2008 and was called العشق الممنوع .It has been adapted from Halit Ziya Uşaklıgils novel Aşk-ı Memnu, but it takes place in contemporary Istanbul instead of the novels late 19th-century setting. Story[edit] Peyker Yöreoğlu (Nur Aysan), Firdevs Yöreoglus (Nebahat Çehre) eldest daughter is getting married to Nihat Önal (Ilker Kizmaz). Nihat is the son of a rich but cunning businessman Hilmi Önal (Recep Aktug) who dislikes Firdevs knowing she is a greedy, cunning and self-centered woman. Bihter Yöreoglu (Beren Saat) is shown to be recovering from the shock of her fathers death. Although she is happy for her sister Peyker she holds her mother responsible for her fathers death. She had accompanied her father to their farmhouse where he died of heart attack after seeing his wife with another man. Before getting married to Nihat, Peyker was romantically involved with Behlul. Hilmi is out-raged when Nihat marries Peyker, the daughter of the greedy Firdevs and kicks Nihat and Peyker out of his house. Adnan Ziyagil lives in a mansion on the shore of Istanbuls Bosporus strait with his two children, teenage daughter Nihal and eleven year old son Bülant. Behluls is a distant relative of Adnan. He was brought home by Adnan after his parents died in a car accident. Mrs Deniz is the childrens nanny and she has been living in the household before the death of Adnans wife. Adnan falls in love with the much younger and beautiful Bihter. He proposes her and she agrees to marry him even though she knows that her mother fancies him. Soon after Adnan and Bihter get married, Firdevs comes to live with the family. Hilmi Onel tells Adnan that he has made a big mistake by marrying Firdevs daughter Bihter and warns him that Firdevs will rob his family just like Nihat but Adnan ignores him. Adnan offers Nihat a job in his office, to which Nihat agrees and Hilmi becomes furious. He swears to ruin Nihat and Adnans lives. Nihal is not very happy with her fathers decision of marrying Bihter. She wanted him to marry her French nanny Mrs. Deniz Mademoselle. Bihter and Adnan starts living a happy life. Bihter tries to be good towards Adnans children. Now everything is going well. Bihter gets pregnant with Adnans child. Her mother Firdevs became excited and says this child will ensure Bihters position in Ziyagil family. But Bihter is not ready for the child so early. She talks to Adnan about it that his children have not accepted Bihter yet. She wants to give them more time so they can get attached with her completely. He says we will talk later on it and also that he will be with her in her decision but he wanted to think over it again. Bihter aborts the child without informing Adnan and he gets tensed. Some problems between Bihter and Adnan arise due to this but then these are resolved. Besir is the Ziyagil familys driver who had been living with the family since he was six years old. Adnan raised him along with Nihal. He was also Nihals childhood friend. Besir secretly loves Nihal and can go to any length to see a smile on the innocent Nihals face. Nihal, on the other hand is madly in love with Behlul, but only Mademoiselle is aware of it. Cemile, the daughter of Ziyagil familys cook Suleyman and his wife Sayesta, has feelings for Besir. A series of events takes place which lead Behlul into developing feelings for Bihter. Bihter rejects him initially which hurt Behlul. He proposes his girlfriend and model Elif but distances himself from her when Bihter gives into his charms. Nihal is deeply saddened by Behluls engagement and passes out during the engagement ceremony. Adnan worried about her daughter, asks Mademoiselle about her. Behlul buys a small house on the riverside but only Bihter is aware of it. Bihter often goes there to meet Behlul. Besir, however, discovers this and secretly captures a video of Behlul and Bihter. But he fears that if he shows this to the family, Nihal would be heartbroken. Therefore he just leaves the Ziyagil House without informing anyone. Behlul breaks up with his girlfriend Elif Meryem and comes closer to Bihter. However, he soon realizes that he has made a great mistake and starts avoiding Bihter. Bihter now finds it impossible to live without Behlul. Firdevs senses change in Bihters attitude. She uses her maid Katya to spy on her daughter and her family. Firdevs soon discovers everything about Bihter-Behlul affair. She also gets to know about Nihals feelings for Behlul and tries to bring Nihal and Behlul closer to each other. Nihal soon reveals that she loves Behlul. Behlul is shocked to hear this because he only loved her as his sister. Soon Besir finds out that he has lung cancer. The Ziyagil family somehow finds him and he tells Behlul that he knows about his and Bihters affair and that if he doesnt marry Nihal and keep her happy, he will reveal everything to Adnan. Behlul soon gets engaged to Nihal and Besir is happy to see Nihal happy. Adnans sister Arsan takes Besir to her home so that she can take care of him. Heart-broken and devastated Bihter confronts Behlul. He tells Bihter that their relationship is over, and that he will marry Nihal so as to rectify his mistakes. Bihter, knowing that he loves her and is marrying Nihal only out of guilt, breaks down in front of her mother. She says that she is dying and begs her mother to stop the wedding. Firdevs helped her but couldnt stop the wedding. Bihter also discovers that she is pregnant with Behluls child, but she aborts it when she sees that Behlul is not ready to accept her. Behlul is caught in a dilemma. He is ashamed of himself for deceiving his fatherlike uncle and in guilt he leaves Bihter, for whom he had broken off his engagement with Elif, and gets engaged with Nihal. A day before Behluls wedding, Bihter asks him to run away with her but he coldly rejects her. As a last resort, on the day of wedding, Bihter confronts Behlul, pointing a gun towards herself, and asks why did he prefer Nihal over her, why did he choose to hurt her instead of hurting Nihal. She asks him whether he will be able to live after losing her and he says no but does not have the guts to take the gun from her hand. Adnan breaks into his bedroom and sees them together. He scornfully reminds Behlul that he treated him like his son. Upon realizing that Behlul does not have the courage to defend his love, Bihter kills herself. She dies for forbidden love. After her death, Behlul visits her grave, asking for forgiveness over his cowardice. He admits that he always loved her and that he is her murderer and of everyone else, nothing would have ended this way if he wasnt the coward man that he was, and that it is his punishment that he will have to live with this guilt forever. Behlul leaves Ziyagil family. Firdevs goes into shock over her daughters death and ends up being paralyzed. She blames herself for snatching her daughters love from her which resulted in her death. Adnan moves into a new house with his children, Mademoiselle and the servants(Suleyman, Shayesta, Nesrin, and Cemile) while Nihal is on the path of recovery after Behluls betrayal. Characters[edit] Beren Saat as Bihter: the protagonist Bihter is a beautiful young girl who blames her mother, Firdevs for the death of her father. When her mother was planning to marry Adnan Ziyagil, a rich widower, Adnan proposes Bihter instead of her mother. Bihter agrees, but actually she only loves Adnan as a father, not a husband. Adnan already has two children from his first marriage. She soon begins to have an affair with Behlul, Adnans nephew and this forbidden love leads her to commit suicide in the end. Kivanc Tatlitug as Behlul: Behlul, the male protagonist, was a distant relative of Adnan but he had been living with Adnan since he was a kid, when he lost his parents. Whenever he sees Nihal with any other boy, he starts to feel curious as he cares for her. He has a lot of girls in his life, but he falls in love with Bihter. However, he is not brave enough to defend their forbidden love. Selcuk Yontem as Adnan Ziyagil: a rich widower who falls in love with the much younger Bihter. He has two children, Nihal and Bulent. Nebahat Cehre as Firdevs Yoreglu: Bihter and Peykers mom, antagonist. Her husband died of a heart attack when he disscovered that she was having an affair. Zerrin Tekindor as Ms. Deniz: Nihal and Bulants nanny, loves Adnan. Hazal Kaya as Nihal: Adnans beautiful teenage daughter who gradually starts to fall in love with Behlul and results in being blindly in love with him. However, in the end she loses him and she, her father and brother and Ms. Deniz move from the house to start a new life. Batuhan Karacakaya as Bulent: Adnans eleven year old son.The best friend of Behlul saying that i just wanna be like Behlul. Nur Fettahoglu as Peyker: Bihters older sister, Firdevss daughter, Nihats wife,Doruk and Saifs mother Ilker Kizmaz as Nihat: Peykers husband, Hilmi Onel and Aynurs son, Adnans brother-in-law and business partner. Hilmi: Nihats father. Hilmi hates Nihat because he married Firdevs daughter against his wishes. Aynur: Nihats mother, Peykers mother-in-law. She is a soft-spoken and kind lady who loves Peyker and Nihat very much. Baran Akbulut as Besir: Driver at Adnans house. He was orphaned at the age of six so when Adnan found him, he brought him home and raised him along with Nihal. He was in love with Nihal and would go to any length to keep her happy. He knows about Bihter-Behlul affair. Rana Cabbar as Suleyman: The cook at the Ziyagil family. He is married to Şayeste and has a daughter, Cemile. Şayeste: Süleymans wife and Cemiles mom. Cemile: Suleyman and Şayestes daughter. Loves Besir. Nesrin: The maid of the house. Engaged to Captain Riza. Sait: When Besir was sick, Sait came to the Ziyagil house as a driver. But actually he was sent by Hilmi to spy the family. Katya: Mrs. Firdevss maid who had a crush on Sait. She hates Cemile. Pelin: Nihals friend. Bulent had a crush on her. Arsen: Adnans older sister. International broadcasts/Ratings[edit] Aşk-ı Memnu dubbed in many languages, such as Persian and Urdu. A major hit in Pakistan with 11.9 ratings on its last episode. It was seen by more than 90 million people in Pakistan. It is now being aired again in Pakistan. It was the first foreign drama to get so much viewership and ratings in Pakistan. Turkey - Kanal D Saudi Arabia \ Arab League Arab World - MBC 4, MBC+ Drama Egypt \ Arab League Arab World - Melody Drama, CBC Drama, CBC Lebanon - LBC Iran - GEM Classic Channel (Persian language) Pakistan - Urdu 1/Turkish 1 (Urdu language) Slovenia - POP TV Bulgaria - bTV, bTV Lady, Nova TV, Diema Family Montenegro - TV In Morocco - 2M maroc Croatia - Nova TV, Doma TV Serbia - Prva TV Hungary - TV2 Greece - ANT1 Slovenia - PopTV Slovakia Romania - Kanal D China - XJTV (Dubbed in Uyghur language) Maghreb World - Nessma TV Israel - Viva Kazakhstan - 31 Kanal Uzbekistan Macedonia - Kanal 5 Lithuania - LNK References[edit] ^ Forbidden Love (2008–) Ask-i memnu (original title). IMDb. Retrieved 2012-11-23. External links[edit] Aşk-ı Memnu – Official Website Aşk-ı Memnu – Official Youtube Page
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