Ezel (TV series)

Ezel
Genre	Crime thriller
Written by	Kerem Deren Pınar Bulut
Directed by	Uluç Bayraktar
Starring	Kenan İmirzalıoğlu Cansu Dere Haluk Bilginer Yiğit Özşener Barış Falay Burçin Terzioğlu Bade İşçil Sarp Akkaya İpek Bilgin Salih Kalyon Tuncel Kurtiz Sedef Avci Berrak Tüzünataç İsmail Filiz
Theme music composer	Toygar Işıklı
Country of origin	Turkey
Original language(s)	Turkish
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	72
Production
Producer(s)	Kerem Çatay
Running time	90 minutes (pilot), 45 minutes
Production company(s)	Ay Yapım
Release
Original network	Show TV (September 28, 2009 – January 18, 2010) ATV (January 25, 2010 – June 20, 2011)
Original release	28 September 2009 – 20 June 2011
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Ezel (Turkish pronunciation: [eˈzæl]) is a Turkish drama TV series that was initially broadcast by Show TV in autumn 2009. In 2010, it was transferred to ATV. It has since gained a considerably large fan base in Turkey. Although it is set in modern-day Istanbul, Turkey, filming also took place in North Cyprus, Croatia, and England. There are 71 episodes, roughly 90 minutes each (though season 1 and season 2 finals are 120 minutes long), the series came to an end after two seasons.

Synopsis

In 1997 Ömer Uçar (İsmail Filiz) and his family lived a comfortable lower middle-class life, until one day his life was changed forever. Ömer had two best friends that he had known for years, the two Turkish gangsters Ali and Cengiz. Ömer worked with Ali as a motor mechanic, and Cengiz when Ömer met and fell in love with Eyşan . Ali and Cengiz soon become convinced by Serdar Tezcan, Eyşan's father, to rob a casino. Serdar made the whole plan. In Serdar's plan, Ali, Cengiz and Eysan would rob a casino and Ömer would be blamed for the robbery by way of implanting false evidence.

Ali and Cengiz at the time believed that Ömer would only get a few years in jail for stealing the money; however, the robbery went wrong and Ali had to shoot and kill the security guard. When Ömer was blamed for the crime, the commissar went to the prison cell where Ömer was in there for a couple hours. Commissar was asking Omer about robbery, and Ömer was insisting that he was innocent, a witness was called to the stand. That witness was Eyşan, who falsely testified that it was Ömer who robbed the casino and murdered the security guard.

The plan worked successfully and all the while Ali, Cengiz, Serdar and Eyşan got away with murder and millions of dollars. Ömer went to jail and during his incarceration, Ömer had some very hard times.

In 2005, Ömer had his face badly cut by the chief and with help from old gangster named Ramiz, it was made known that Ömer had died but his face was unrecognisable, when actually Ömer escaped the jail and had full plastic surgery. Ömer Uçar then changes his name to Ezel and returns to get his revenge, unknown to his previous friends, Eyşan and Cengiz who are now married and have a son, and Ali who is head of security at Cengiz's hotel

Location

The story is set in Istanbul, Turkey. Filming however took place in North Cyprus, Croatia, England and Bosna.

Cast

Actor name	Role name
Kenan İmirzalıoğlu	Ezel Bayraktar (Main hero, gambler, bent on revenge)
İsmail Filiz	Ömer Uçar (Ezel's first identity, Eysan's boyfriend, betrayed by her, Serdar, Ali and Cengiz)
Cansu Dere	Eyşan Atay (main heroine, wife of Cengiz and lover to Ezel, reluctant villain)
Yiğit Özşener	Cengiz Atay (main villain, former best friend of Omer, gangster)
Barış Falay	"Kerpeten" Ali Kırgız (villain, betrayer of Omer and gangster)
Sedef Avcı	Bahar Tezcan (Eysan's sick sister and love interest of Ezel)
Tuncel Kurtiz	Ramiz Karaeski (Ezel's mentor, helper and conspirator, Turkish crime syndicate boss)
Haluk Bilginer	Kenan Birkan (Mastermind behind the series' plot)
Salih Kalyon	Serdar Tezcan (Eysan's father, villain)
İpek Bilgin	Meliha Uçar (Ezel's blind mother)
Beyazıt Gülercan	Mümtaz Uçar (Ezel's father)
Kemal Uçar	Mert Uçar (Ezel's younger brother)
Burçin Terzioğlu	Azad Karaeski (Ramiz's daughter)
Sarp Akkaya	Tevfik Zaim (Ali's spy, killer)
Bade İşçil	Şebnem Zaim (née Sertuna)(Ezel's spy)
Güray Kip	Kamil Çamlıca (Ezel's spy)
Bengü Benian	Nükhet Özbağ
Utku Barış Serma	Can Atay / Can Uçar (Eysan's son with Omer)
Rıza Kocaoğlu	Temmuz Kocaoğlu
Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ	Sekiz Karaeski
Berrak Tüzünataç	Bade Uysal(Ezel's lover)
Nurhan Özenen	Selma Hüner (Ramiz's lover)

Awards

Others

Year	Category	Winner	Award
2010	Best Turkish Series	Ezel	Golden Butterfly Awards
2010	Best Actor	Kenan İmirzalıoğlu	Golden Butterfly Awards
2010	Best Series of the Year	Ezel	Galatasaray University
2010	Best Actor	Kenan İmirzalıoğlu	Galatasaray University
2010	Best Series of the Year	Ezel	Bahçeşehir University
2010	Best Series of the Year		Yıldız Technical University
2010	Best Series of the Year		İstanbul Technical University
2010	Best Series of the Year		Kabataşlılar Association
2010	Best Series of the Year		Burç Special College
2010	Best Scripted Format		C21/FRAPA Format Awards
2012	Best Drama Special Prize		Seoul International Drama Awards

Ezel in other languages

Ezel was translated multiple times and broadcast in foreign channels, most notably to Persian language by Gem TV in 2010, to Hungarian language in 2009, Czech language by Prima Love in 2011, Arabic language by MBC4 in 2012, Urdu language by Geo Kahani in 2013, Bulgarian language by Nova TV in 2014 and in Spanish language by Chilean TV channel Mega in 2014, LATINA and Caracol Televisión in 2015. Until now, it is sold to over 95+ countries.

Spin-offs

Armenia's leading TV channel, Shant TV, purchased the script rights to the show and produced its own TV series featuring local actors and actresses who are striking for their similarity to their Turkish peers. The Armenian producers were hiding the fact that the show was originally a Turkish production, fearing protests from the Armenian audience.

Ezel is also adapted by Hollywood.

External links

• Official website
• Ezel's channel on YouTube
• Ezel at IMDb