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Annem Ankara

Annem Ankara

TV Series · 2024–2025 · 19 people

Annem Ankara is a family drama produced by BKM. Its first episode aired on Kanal D on 20 November 2024, and it was shown on Wednesday evenings at 8 pm; it ended with its 15th episode in spring 2025, and press reports give 23 March 2025 for the finale. Faruk Teber directed and Başak Angigün wrote it. The series is inspired by a true life story and is set in the Ankara of the 1990s, with the older districts of Ulus and Kızılay used to recreate the city. Bergüzar Korel plays Zuhal Soydaşlı, Mehmet Günsür plays Hasan Soydaşlı, Gökçe Eyüboğlu plays Vahide and Sinem Öztürk plays Nazan. Mustafa Enis Bilir plays Başar and Durukan Çelikkaya plays Burak; Güler Ökten (Naciye), Muharrem Türkseven (Recai) and Mustafa Açılan (Yılmaz) are also in the cast.

Zuhal is the mother of three sons, a woman who grew up in Erzurum and became a mother in Ankara. Soon after her youngest son is born she is forced to retire from her job at the Ministry of National Education, and a few days later she learns that her husband Hasan has been unfaithful. To give her sons a home, she has no choice but to work. The story is told through the eyes of the middle son, Başar, while Hasan pays for his mistakes by losing his family.

DirectorFaruk Teber
Production companyBKM
NetworkKanal D

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Bergüzar Korel Bergüzar Korel Actor · 44 years old Zuhal Soydaşlı Mehmet Günsür Mehmet Günsür Actor · 51 years old Hasan Soydaşlı Gökçe Eyüboğlu Gökçe Eyüboğlu Actor · 43 years old Vahide Güler Ökten Güler Ökten Film actor · 84 years old Naciye Muharrem Türkseven Muharrem Türkseven Actor · 37 years old Recai Mustafa Açılan Mustafa Açılan Actor · 39 years old Yılmaz Durukan Çelikkaya Burak Soydaşlı Mustafa Enis Bilir Başar Soydaşlı Beyza Şekerci Hülya the Teacher Dilhan Naz Özgülüş Ezgi Gör Ayça Selen Özbayrak Cansu Dağdelen Cansu Dağdelen Actor · 39 years old Sinem Öztürk Sinem Öztürk Actor · 41 years old Nazan Levend Yılmaz Levend Yılmaz Actor · 77 years old Okan Yalabık Okan Yalabık Actor · 47 years old Rızacan Durmuş Belçim Bilgin Belçim Bilgin Actor · 43 years old Ediz Gülsuyu Bağış Soydaşlı

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History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

The Ankara of the 1990s is the series' most valuable material. A woman who came from Erzurum and became a mother in Ankara, who is forced to retire early and then learns of her husband's infidelity, carries a story many families of the period would recognise: migration, the loss of the security of a civil-service job, a woman taking on the burden of earning a living alone. The old districts of Ulus and Kızılay used to recreate the city give the story a concrete setting. That it is inspired by a true life story raises the expectation of an unexaggerated account of home life, though that is an expectation the premise raises.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humour and heart.

A mother's struggle to keep standing for her three sons makes an emotional story suited to family viewing. Older viewers will find the period familiar, and younger ones may look at the parents' relationship with fresh eyes. The thing to watch for is the heavy subject matter, a husband's infidelity and a family coming apart, which may be a lot for small children. It suits teenagers and up better. The series ended after 15 episodes, so it can be watched from start to finish without a long marathon.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Telling the story through the middle son Başar is an interesting choice: a child's viewpoint can add both distance and warmth to a parental drama. Using real districts to recreate the period also gives the series a believable visual ground. But choosing such a narrator risks pushing the mother's inner life into the background; the critical question is how far her story deepens through the child's telling. Productions inspired by real life also slide easily into sentimentality, and keeping the measure takes discipline. Even so, a short and compact run could have kept that risk in check.

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