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I have to say This is my first Turkish movie other than the ones directed by Ferzan Ozpetek. The sound of the language is beautiful. Many times I thought of Jeremy iron in " Brideshead revisited."It is beautifully written. Extremely well crafted story telling. The acting is excellent!!! I believe it is a masterpiece that should definitely get international recognition. The editing is seamless , not only the two main characters shine but they have an excellent talented supporting cast. It gives a beautiful insight to Turkish culture at the beginning of last century while modernity is starting to dawn on them. I could not stop watching it ! Great job Netflix on adding it your library!!!

This is my first review ever, but I have made extra effort to do it as I have never experienced such a lasting and lingering impact on me from watching a drama.

Hats off to the directors for the fresh take on a classic story. And deep respect for the actors, especially Burak (Kamran) and Fahriye(Calikusu) for bringing to us their exceptional on-screen romance. The sets, the costumes, the Turkish traditions that are portrayed have made me fall in love with this culture.

I have watched many western and eastern romantic movies & serials but none had this lingering and wanting-to-see-more affect than this serial.

Thank you Netflix for bringing this serial to US. What a great way to help us understand other cultures and see the beauty in them.

i don't know if i l have this opinion because of I'm actually Turkish but i love this show. i really love this two: burak and fahriye they are great couple and have this amazing energy when they are together. this show represent our culture back those ottoman empire's day. deride is stubborn innocent, hard on the outside but soft in the inside kind of girl and kamran (not kamuran like it misspelled in here) is a kind, passionate boy who, at the beginning, was with neriman but when time passes by he get to know about deride and loves what he learns. actors and actresses in this show are very talented. i think burak and fahriye are stunning couple who looks good together and i love that fahriye can cry without a movement in her face and when burak smile his eyes shine with joy. this is one of my favourite shows and it certainly is my favorite Turkish TV series. you should watch it if you can cause it's amazing

This series is so good!! You will not be ab;e to do anything else. I am American and watched this series with subtitles on Netflix and loved it. The two main Characters capture you into to their lives and hold you intensified and emotionally on edge. Bravo, Bravo! My only complaint is I wanted more... the supporting cast was wonderful too!! The writing is so good with many phrases I will carry with me in my life. Each character was fully developed and realized. Okay their were times I needed the main characters to just have time to be happy and I had wished I had gotten more of them at the end but that was because I felt like i lived these lives with them. I think this series represents the Muslim culture beautifully too!

I LOVE this show LoveBird Calikusu, I am Australian from Australia and I absolutely love this show I don't want it to end, I am just now watching the last 2 episodes and will be up to episode 72 my questions is. what happens after this? Will the show continue? is the show over? anyone know? I do pray it continues!!

Calikusu is a glimpse into Turkish life when the Mullahs controlled civil society.

Similar to Downton Abbey, where the lives of the servants are also reflected, it tells the love story of two cousins.

As an American, I had to overcome my own cultural sensibilities to accept what for us is considered an incestuous relationship. To see it endorsed and encouraged proved a bit difficult for me in trying to appreciate the tale.

It doesn't hurt that the lead actor resembles a young Omar Sharif or George Clooney. The sumptuous landscapes, poetic language,and great acting contribute to a lovely story. The actors' expressions animate their feelings in a realistic manner.

For bellydancers, especially, the music and dancing should resonate, as the show features some belly dancing. The language also fascinates me from a linguistic perspective, noting some similarities to Russian, my college major.

Very slow and boring and depressing.d couple is cute but like so many never ending misunderstandings u just feel so low

I gave my rating an 8 only because of how it ended. I really loved the show. I only hope they give us another season to end it for real, not leave it to our imaginations.

I loved this show, I just happened to have seen it but I loved the whole thing. Only bad thing I could say was the ending. It was odd. Just left me confused. I'm thinking she showed up and hoping she showed up. But I wish it had a better ending starting from where she left her wedding. Other then that I was hooked.

I fell in love with Love bird Calikusu! Definitely worth watching every episode every minute! The actors and cast all did an amazing job, the production, the script, the scenes, everything was amazing! I felt like it was real. Very well executed! I only wish for more! Burak and Fahriye are such a lovely gorgeous couple and wish them the best! I know they want to start a family, but would really love to see more movies/series with them together!

I am completely enamored with the beauty of this Turkish soap opera. Such a beautiful love story between Kamran and Feride. No matter how people try to tear them apart it will never happen because they have such a true commitment and love that developed while they were so young and just flourished as they grew. I love the wonderful acting, characters, set, music, costumes everything! What the main characters have to endure is just so heart breaking, including what Mum, Dad and Necimye have to endure too. I thought American soap operas had conniving characters but Turkish soap operas beat them by a long shot. I will be so sad when I am done with this series, I have to get the book and read it too.I would recommend this to anyone who loves excellence in all areas of production.Bravo to all who put together such a magnificent production!

Superb acting by all characters, excellent background music, consistency of story, beautiful period clothing, location filming perfect, wonderful family dynamics, masterfully done. The ending is too short and leaves audience wanting more of Kamron and Feride and family. I have watched 3x, am learning Turkish, have read the book and plan on visiting turkey because of 'Calicusu'.

I haven't read Çalikusu. But they told me about it. I always knew the subject while studying for literature classes. They taught me how it reflected the "ideal teacher" type. In other words, it is a work that tells how a teacher can also act as a social engineer, etc. Of course, I didn't get the chance to read it even though I was curious for a long time, we are reading other books. However, since I knew my girlfriend watched it on the negative side, I started the series out of curiosity. She told me that I shouldn't have high expectations, that I probably wouldn't like it, and that's what happened. At least it's a short series and it ends. Since it wasn't that long, I didn't feel like it took too much of my time, to be honest.

Çalikusu starts off incredibly impressively. It does this very clearly. I'm sure everyone who watches it is traumatized. Then it continues just as clearly. After that, although it probably continues beautifully in the book, things go wrong and it starts to resemble all Turkish series. As I mentioned, the book generally talks about Feride's teaching, but I don't know if you can believe it, this part is not in this series. You don't know. Feride's high school years and her love affair with Kamran, which are relatively less in the book, were given more space. Of course, this is the price of transferring a plot to TV, but I still think it could have been done better. The first 5-10 episodes of the series are actually quite good. If it had continued at that pace, something would have happened, but after it turned into ridiculous intrigues and plots that I really love, the series didn't have much meaning for me, to be honest. After that, it turned into just another Turkish series, unfortunately. A forcedly extended story full of nonsense, where people argue, fight, get angry because someone didn't tell them something. Unfortunately, I can say that the first 10 episodes or so were disappointing. And with this move, they essentially took away the main idea. In other words, the fact that Feride somehow became a great person despite everything she went through was also put aside. Moreover, the ending was very ridiculous, but at least they didn't compromise on Feride's character, so I won't say that much. The best of the worst, definitely.

The visuals are not bad. In other words, although places like mansions, gardens, hospitals seem realistic, they get boring after a while because they are repetitive and you start to notice that it is a set environment more. But I can say that it reflects the years it was written in generally. The costumes and locations were good. The music was not bad either. There are some iconic pieces and they are nice but the rest doesn't seem to have much work. Still, I liked the art design in general.

The acting is not bad. Although a few characters fit the actors very well, I see that the other actors can't add anything to the characters. Burak Özçivit's acting bores me. He was good in his role as Kara Sevda but in other things I've seen, he is both the same typecast and starts to get boring. Unfortunately, his handsomeness is more important than his acting and the producers are well aware of this. But I wish they had made a difference and put him as the bad guy. For some reason, the good guys are always so handsome while they put just any guy as the bad guy. Again, Kara Sevda is a better example in this regard.

Although the first 10 episodes are good, it is a series that gets worse as it strays from the book. It's getting to the point where publishing this series with the same name as the book is nothing but disrespectful to the author. Although it can be watched for a while, I never appreciate disrespect for the original work. It's probably a waste of time for most people. Please just read the book and don't watch this series at all.

Best series I have ever seen, but how it ended made me angry.

I too absolutely loved this series--everything except the ending. Is another season planned?

Calikusu (Love Bird) is a dramatic serial showing the growth of love between two cousins in Turkey during the Ottoman Empire at the beginning of the last century. The sets and costumes are richly detailed and so beautiful. I adore the music and THANK YOU to the translators and the casting. The story is set in the wealthy home of Feride's aunt and uncle. Young Feride is tragically orphaned as a young girl and is brought up by her loving aunt and uncle where she slowly falls in love with her attractive, kind, and humorous cousin. Their relationship grows with the tumultuous family history. I have enjoyed the journey, the false identities, the youthful games, the colorful parties, the family squabbles. LOVED IT!

Indians loved it. Please release in India in hindi.