Binbir Gece
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Binbir Gece is a Turkish television series produced by TMC Film that was originally aired by Kanal D
between 2006-2009. It stars Halit Ergenç
, Bergüzar Korel
, Tardu Flordun and Ceyda Düvenci.
The show was also aired or has been airing in Azerbaijan
on Azad Azerbaijan
, Bulgaria
on Nova TV and Diema Family
, Croatia
on RTL TV
, Arab World
on Al-Rai, MBC 1
, Nile Life, Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation
(LBC) and 2M TV
, Romania
on Kanal D Romania
, the Republic of Macedonia
on A1, Serbia
on Prva TV
, Greece
on Macedonia TV
and ANT1
, Montenegro
on TV Vijesti
, Bosnia & Herzegovina
on Hayat TV
and Alternativna televizija, Slovenia
on Pink SI
, Kosovo
on Kohavision
, Slovakia
on Markiza
and TV Doma
, Czech Republic
on TV Nova
and Nova Cinema, in Hungary
on TV2, Kazakhstan
on Kazakhstan Aktau TV and in Ukraine on 1+1
.
After that night, Onur cannot stop thinking about her. He arranges their business trip to Dubai
in order to be alone with her. At the hotel elevator in Dubai
he repeats the same indecent offer, a night with him, and he doubles the amount of money. Şehrazat refuses his offer, deeply disgusted and furious. She realizes that Onur will not stop thinking about what happened between them and decides to try to find another job away from him. At the same time, Onur is very upset at what he did in Dubai
, to ask Şehrazat to accept his indecent proposal. He gets very regretful and tries to show her how deeply he cares for her. Onur feels very bad about himself and for what he has made her endure professionally and personally and becomes increasingly attached to her.
Convinced that he cannot live without her, Onur asks Şehrazat to marry him and begs her to give him a chance to make her love him. She finally accepts his marriage proposal. However things become complicated when Onur's mother refuses to approve of their marriage. But finally, Onur's mother understands that her son feels a profound and sincere love for Şehrazat and eventually accepts her daughter-in-law.
Many events occur in the third season, as well. Kerem reveals Onur's and Şehrazat's secret (the one night stand for money compensation) which leads to their divorce. They will get together by the end of the third season and live happily ever after.
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....
between 2006-2009. It stars Halit Ergenç
Halit Ergenç
Halit Ergenç is a Turkish actor.-Biography:Halit Ergenç was born as the son of actor Sait Ergenç on 30 April 1970 in İstanbul. He completed his secondary education at Beşiktaş Atatürk High School in 1989 and entered İstanbul Technical University to study Marine Engineering...
, Bergüzar Korel
Bergüzar Korel
Bergüzer Korel is a Turkish actress.- Biography :She spent her childhood in the town of Ulus. She attended Yildiz College and later studied at Mimar Sinan University. Korel made her debut as Leyla in Valley of the Wolves: Iraq...
, Tardu Flordun and Ceyda Düvenci.
The show was also aired or has been airing in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...
on Azad Azerbaijan
Azad Azerbaijan TV
Azad Azerbaijan TV is a private television station in Azerbaijan. It has been broadcasting since December 25, 2000. ATV began broadcasting through movies and music videos, but later news, shows and other programmes was added. In the last years ATV claim to be the most popular and the most...
, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
on Nova TV and Diema Family
Diema Family
Diema Family is a bulgarian television channel, aimed at family audiences, part of Nova Broadcasting Group, ownd by Modern Times Group. Television was established in 1999 under the name Alexandra TV. Currently Diema Family is aimed at families, mainly Latin American and broadcast animation series...
, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
on RTL TV
RTL Televizija
RTL Televizija is a Croatian commercial broadcaster with national availability that has been broadcasting since April 30, 2004.RTL Televizija is 74% owned by the RTL Group....
, Arab World
Arab world
The Arab world refers to Arabic-speaking states, territories and populations in North Africa, Western Asia and elsewhere.The standard definition of the Arab world comprises the 22 states and territories of the Arab League stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Arabian Sea in the...
on Al-Rai, MBC 1
MBC 1
MBC is a free-to-air, pan-Arab general television channel.Satellite transmission started from London in September 1991, making MBC the first independent Arabic satellite TV station, with an estimated audience of more than 130 million Arabic-speaking people around the world.MBC has recently moved...
, Nile Life, Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation
Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation
The Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation , widely known as LBC, is the first private television station in Lebanon. It went global in 1996 when it launched its satellite channel LBC Al-Fadha'iya Al-Lubnaniya covering the Arab World. It now has several channels covering Europe, America, Australia, and...
(LBC) and 2M TV
2M TV
2M TV is a Moroccan television service. It was established by the largest Moroccan economic conglomerate, ONA, before being sold to the Moroccan state. It is based in Casablanca...
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
on Kanal D Romania
Kanal D Romania
Kanal D Romania is a nation-wide television channel in Romania and part of Doğan Holding which is owned by the Turkish media tycoon Aydın Doğan. The channel was launched on 18 February 2007.-External links:* *...
, the Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
on A1, Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
on Prva TV
Prva
Prva or Prva Srpska Televizija or 1Prva is a Serbian commercial television network.Launched in December 2006, the network is owned by Greek Antenna Group since December 2009. From its inception until December 2009, the network was majority owned by global media conglomerate News Corporation...
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
on Macedonia TV
Macedonia TV
Makedonia TV is a private television station broadcasting from Thessaloniki, the capital of the Macedonia region of Greece. The network is licensed for national coverage, and is available via analogue UHF transmitters throughout Greece...
and ANT1
ANT1
Antenna, better known as ANT1, is a television network airing in Greece and Cyprus. The alternate spelling is play on words in Greek; ena is the Greek number 1, thus ANT1 is pronounced the same as Antenna . It launched on 31 December 1989, the same year as rival Mega Channel, and is owned by...
, Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
on TV Vijesti
TV Vijesti
Televizija Vijesti is a national broadcaster in Montenegro. It is based in Podgorica.Televizija Vijesti aims to become the leader in informative programming in Montenegro. It also plans on finally con TV Vijesti employs around one hundred workers, including expert journalists and technical...
, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
on Hayat TV
NTV Hayat
Hayat TV is a television station from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.It is a privately-owned TV station, which started airing on February 24, 1992. Its coverage is over 1.5 million people in Bosnia, numerous cable subscribers in the neighbouring countries, and satellite viewers. Hayat TV...
and Alternativna televizija, Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
on Pink SI
Pink SI
Pink SI is a television station in Slovenia. It is operated by the Serbian media company, Pink.-Shows Currently Broadcast :...
, Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
on Kohavision
Kohavision
Kohavision is a Kosovar television broadcaster, and part of Koha group. Kohavision began broadcasting in September 2000, shortly after the Kosovo War ended...
, Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
on Markiza
Markíza
Markíza is a television station in Slovakia. The station launched on 31 August 1996. The station was owned by the politician Pavol Rusko, and is now part of CME network...
and TV Doma
TV Doma
Television Doma is the first niche channel aimed at young, active women in Slovakia. The channel, which launched on August 31, 2009, is owned by Central European Media Enterprises and currently has a reach of approximately 92% of the country's 5.4 million people and broadcasts 24 hours per...
, Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
on TV Nova
TV Nova
TV Nova is a Czech commercial television station. It began broadcasting in 1994 as the first privately held nation-wide Czech TV station. Its first CEO was Vladimír Železný...
and Nova Cinema, in Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
on TV2, Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
on Kazakhstan Aktau TV and in Ukraine on 1+1
1+1
- History :TV channel "1+1" was founded in August 1995, headed by its original President Alexander Rodnyansky who also was its general director from 1996 to 2002...
.
Plot summary
The story is about Şehrazat Evliyaoğlu, a talented architect who works in Binyapı, a construction company owned by Onur Aksal and Kerem İnceoğlu. She is the mother of a five-year old boy who suffers from leukemia and needs an urgent and very expensive surgery. Onur Aksal is a successful businessman and Şehrazat desperately tries to find ways to borrow the money she needs for her son's very costly surgery, a bone marrow transplantation, because her little son's life is in danger. Only her boss Onur, who is secretly attracted to her, accepts to give her the money on condition that she spends one night with him.After that night, Onur cannot stop thinking about her. He arranges their business trip to Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
in order to be alone with her. At the hotel elevator in Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
he repeats the same indecent offer, a night with him, and he doubles the amount of money. Şehrazat refuses his offer, deeply disgusted and furious. She realizes that Onur will not stop thinking about what happened between them and decides to try to find another job away from him. At the same time, Onur is very upset at what he did in Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
, to ask Şehrazat to accept his indecent proposal. He gets very regretful and tries to show her how deeply he cares for her. Onur feels very bad about himself and for what he has made her endure professionally and personally and becomes increasingly attached to her.
Convinced that he cannot live without her, Onur asks Şehrazat to marry him and begs her to give him a chance to make her love him. She finally accepts his marriage proposal. However things become complicated when Onur's mother refuses to approve of their marriage. But finally, Onur's mother understands that her son feels a profound and sincere love for Şehrazat and eventually accepts her daughter-in-law.
Many events occur in the third season, as well. Kerem reveals Onur's and Şehrazat's secret (the one night stand for money compensation) which leads to their divorce. They will get together by the end of the third season and live happily ever after.
Cast
Actor | Role |
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Halit Ergenç Halit Ergenç Halit Ergenç is a Turkish actor.-Biography:Halit Ergenç was born as the son of actor Sait Ergenç on 30 April 1970 in İstanbul. He completed his secondary education at Beşiktaş Atatürk High School in 1989 and entered İstanbul Technical University to study Marine Engineering... |
Onur Aksal |
Bergüzar Korel Bergüzar Korel Bergüzer Korel is a Turkish actress.- Biography :She spent her childhood in the town of Ulus. She attended Yildiz College and later studied at Mimar Sinan University. Korel made her debut as Leyla in Valley of the Wolves: Iraq... |
Şehrazat Evliyaoğlu |
Tardu Flordun | Kerem İnceoğlu |
Ceyda Düvenci | Bennu Ataman |
Tomris İncer | Nadide Evliyaoğlu |
Meral Çetinkaya | Peride Aksal |
Metin Çekmez | Burhan Evliyaoğlu |
Nihat Dogan | Füsun Evliyaoğlu |
Ergün Demir | Ali Kemal Evliyaoğlu |
Aytaç Öztuna | Seval İnceoğlu |
Yeliz Akkaya | Melek Ataman |
Efe Çınar | Kaan Evliyaoğlu |
Mert Fırat | Burak İnceoğlu |
Feyzan Çapa | Buket Evliyaoğlu |
Canan Ergüder | Eda Akinay |
Gizem Güneş | Buket Evliyaoğlu |
Hazal Gürel | Burcu Evliyaoğlu |
Nehir Nil Karakaya | Burçin Evliyaoğlu |
Bartu Küçükçağlayan | Gani |
Metin Belgin | Zafer Gündüzalp |
Merih Ermakastar | Mert |
Ayla Algan Ayla Algan Ayla Algan is a Turkish film/stage actress and singer.-Biography:Ayla Algan was born in Istanbul and spent her childhood in France where she studied at Notre Dame de Sion High School and Versailles Lycee. Then she moved to the USA where she joined the New York Actors Studio as an actress... |
Betül |
Şebnem Köstem | Handan |
Melahat Abbasova | Mihriban |
Ege Aydan | Engin |
Ezgi Asaroğlu Ezgi Asaroglu Ezgi Asaroğlu is a Turkish film and television actress.She first appeared on television in the TV series "Bir Dilim Ask", which marked her screen debut at age 17. During the years, she had roles in the top-rated TV series and the popularity of the series made Ezgi Asaroglu well known to audiences... |
Duru |
Suphi Tekniker | Yalçın |
Mehmet Polat Mehmet Polat Mehmet Polat is a Turkish footballer who currently plays for Mersin İdmanyurdu. He is a versatile central defender who can also play as rightback or defensive midfielder. He was capped four times for Turkey. He spent 2002-03 season on loan at Galatasaray. Once considered among one of the best... |
Erdal Karayolcu |
Zeynep Konan | Zeynep |
Füsun Kostak | Cansel |
Ebru Aykaç | Yasemin |
Duygu Çetinkaya | Sezen Özşener |
Nihan Durukan | Ayşen |
Ayce Abana | Beyza |
Nuray Uslu | Sevgi |
Feridun Düzağaç Feridun Düzagaç Feridun Düzağaç is a Turkish rock music singer and songwriter, usually known for his pessimistic and melancholic songs.-Early career:... |
Özcan |
Ismail Düvenci | İsmail |
Teoman Kumbaracıbaşı | |
Sennur Kaya | Firdevs |
Nihat İleri | Semih Özşener |
Erdal Bilingen | Hakan |
Karina Gükrer | |
Nazlı Ceren Argon | |
Hazel Çamlidere | Ahu |
Ayben Erman | Neriman |
Alptekin Serdengeçti | Viva Espana |
Nilüfer Silsupur | |
Dilara Kavadar | Nilüfer |