The soap itself is called North Star, First Love – aka Kuzey Yudilzi. According to IMDb, the plot centres around Kuzey being ...

Turkish Trade Minister Omer Bolat has said that worldwide, some 800 million viewers watch Turkish shows at any one time. The success story began with the melodrama "Gumus" ("Silver"), the soap opera ...

To many Middle Eastern viewers, drawn-out Turkish soap operas combining love affairs, drama and mystery, more than just being quality television productions, represented hope that it was possible ...

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Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

If there is a topic that all fans of Turkish soap operas are talking about, it is the end of the relationship between Hande Erçel and Kerem Bürsin. Although the protagonists of the successful ...

some 800 million viewers watch Turkish shows at any one time. The success story began with the melodrama "Gumus" ("Silver"), the soap opera "1001 Nights," the crime thriller "Ezel" and the action ...

She divulged that her most notable role so far had been in a Turkish soap opera in which she played a serial killer, she said: "I’ve played really weird characters." Since her appearance on Love ...

The late Adib Khair was an innovative Syrian television producer, perhaps best known for igniting the Turkish soap opera craze across the Arab Middle East. He was eulogized Sunday as a pioneer ...