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THE SUCCES OF TURKISH SOAP OPERAS IN COLOMBIA

The phenomenon of Turkish soap operas is winning over the main T.V. channels in Latin America. In Colombia, its popularity increases constantly and has stolen more than one heart. People are getting tired of the soap operas that only talk about drug cartels, violence and sex. Turkish series bring back the classic drama full of romance, classic scripts, original plots and wonderful main characters.

The success of Turkish soap operas is in the large production investments, the passion for shooting outdoors and take advantage of the beautiful and natural Turkish landscapes, and in addition

instrumental music is added during the whole plot. Also, there is an emphasis on gestural dialogue, close shots and reflexive pauses that manage to transmit grater intensity to the scenes.

These are some of the most popular Turkish soap operas that have been emitted in Colombia:

Mrs. Fazilet and her daughters

Fazilet is a poor woman whose only wish is to become rich. After her husband death, she meets the Egemen family, a rich and respected family. Her only opportunity to achieve her dream is to use her younger daughter’s beauty, but her another daughter, Hazan won’t allow it.

Elif 

Melek is a maid that falls in love with Kenan Emiroğlu, the first born of the family she worked for when she gets pregnant. Kenan’s mother breaks them up and she starts a relationship with a violent man that wants to sell Elif, her daughter. When she turns six years old, her mother secretly takes her to the house of the Emiroğlu family, where she is raised as a maid.

Thousand and one nights

Sherezade Evliyaoglu is an architect that works in Binyapi, an important construction that belongs to Onur Aksal and Kerem Inceoglu. Sherezade is a widow and has a five-year-old son named Kaan, he has leukemia. Sherezade ask his boss, Onur, for help. He agrees to give her the money she needs but only if she spend a night with him, in the end Onur gets obsessed with conquering her love.

Fatmagül

Fatmagül is engaged to Mustafa, her childhood love. Nearby lives Kerin, who reunites with his billionaire friends Selim, Vural y Erdogan. That night the four friends, totally drunk run into Fatmagül and rape her. When Mustafa finds out about it, gets out of him and calls off the engagement. To cover the scandal, Kerin’s powerful family forces him to marry Fatmagül.

I named her Feriha

Feriha lives with her family as tenants in the basement of a luxury building located on a high-class neighborhood in Istanbul.  The young lady gets a full scholarship to study in a private university. She becomes very popular and is the center of attention, even the most popular guy, Emir Sarrafoğlu, takes interest on her. Feriha will have to lie about her life to everyone and will have to pretend to be a millionaire girl until she gets trap in her own lies.  

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