This is a very short fall 2024 Turkish TV series, totaling just four episodes. It has an interesting premise built around a car crash that involves four families and some great actors.
Aslim Gencer (Rabia Sovtürk) is a young lawyer who works for one of the Alptekin family businesses. Her serious boyfriend is Cihan (Ismail Ege Sasmaz), the eldest and pride of the Alptekin family who is on the verge of proposing to Aslim, the love of his life. Gece Kutlu (Çagla Boz), is Aslim's troubled best friend and it is the occasion of her older brother Emre's return from military service that unites Gece, Aslim, Emre and Memo (Aslim's studious, soccer playing younger brother) in one of two cars that have a tragic accident one night. The other car involved in the accident belongs to Cihan's younger sister Ipek on the occasion of her birthday, which she has taken out to celebrate with her wealthy, spoiled friend Ugar Sayman. When the driver Emre comes upon the reckless driving of Ipek, he swerves to avoid a collision, sending their car over the side of the road and into a crash that results in serious injuries by most parties in the car. Ipek, stops the car and both she and Ugar end up outside observing the fallout of the accident. Instead of calling for an ambulance, Ipek returns to her car to flee the accident...and in her haste, runs over and kills Ugar.
The series is really about the fallout of this accident and it's effect on the four families involved...two rich and two poor. Aslim wakes up after being in a coma for a month to find out she lost her and Cihan's baby, her brother Memo and Ugar are both dead, with Emre taking responsibility for the "accident" and Ipek claiming to have not been there at all. As Aslim gets her memory back she not only tells a different story, but blames Ipek for being the cause...pitting her and Cihan's against one another as the Alptekin family has perpetuated a big cover up which includes paying Gece and Emre for their silence. Cihan is loyal to his love for Aslim and devastated for the loss of their child...but after a suicide attempt by Ipek, tries to determine if their is any truth to ipek's claims of being clean and sober and yet having no memory of the accident.
My favorite thing about this short series was the character of Cihan. I absolutely loved his unfailing loyalty to his love, Aslim. He understood her need for justice for her brother (and I think their unborn child), but stayed true to the vision of the two of them together forever. I liked how he consistently avoided and stayed out of Gece's clutches. Continually sidestepping her moves to insinuate herself in his life...including moving out immediately when she moves into his family home. There are so many men who could take a lesson from him on how to avoid even the idea of impropriety. Three cheers for that portion of the storyline. I also highly approved of Cihan's continued support of Aslim, even taking a rod to the head while she raged. His love and protection, where really the best part of the series.
My second favorite aspect was Aslim's drive for justice, in the face of so much adversity she persisted. Failed by her friend, family and eventually her boss, she kept looking for a way to overcome the cover up and get justice for what she knew was wrong. I loved the courthouse trick she pulled at the end of episode three and I also really enjoyed the introduction of a kind of trickster character in the form of Ugar's brother Kerem, who shows up and is an unlikely ally to Aslim.
Really short Turkish series that does tell a complete story if you are looking for some language practice or don't want to tackle a lengthy series.
My review is based on watching this series in it's original Turkish language with English subtitles.
