Medcezir

Medcezir
Genre	Teen drama Comedy-drama
Created by	Ece Yörenç
Starring	Çağatay Ulusoy Serenay Sarıkaya Barış Falay Mine Tugay Şebnem Dönmez Hazar Ergüçlü Taner Ölmez Ali Aksöz
Theme music composer	Toygar Işıklı
Country of origin	Turkey
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	77
Production
Producer(s)	Kerem Çatay
Location(s)	Istanbul
Running time	90-120 min.
Production company(s)	Ay Yapım
Distributor	Warner Bros. International Television
Release
Original network	Star TV
Original release	September 13, 2013 (2013-09-13) – June 12, 2015 (2015-06-12)
External links
Website

Medcezir (English: "Tide") is a Turkish teen drama television series first aired on Star TV from September 13, 2013. It is a remake of the American show The O.C.. The series, created by Ece Yörenç, portrays the fictional lives of a group of teenagers and their families residing in the affluent seaside neighborhood of Altınkoy in Istanbul, Turkey.

Plot

Yaman who lives in Tozludere one of the Istanbul's suburbs has always tried to change his destiny by working hard to earn a good life. On the day of his brother's birthday Kenan, they are arrested and put in jail because Kenan steals a car from a gas station. That evening he was unwillingly introduced to crime, and his clean dossier is tainted. Because of this situation he gets to meet Selim Serez, a rich lawyer who helps him out of jail. Selim sees that Yaman is an innocent and promising young man and he offers him his help. When Yaman's mom kicks him out of her house, Yaman is forced to contact Selim and accept his help. He then goes to Selim's house in Altınkoy, an exclusive upper-class neighborhood in Istanbul, and is offered a job as a gardener for a week, and also a place to live in the pool house outside the main house. Even if Yaman is aware that there are no miracles in real life, he doesn't have another chance apart from going through that door. Carrying the weight of the past on his shoulders, among people he doesn't know, he faces a more difficult life than the one he had in Tozludere. In Altınkoy he meets Mert, Selim's son, with whom he becomes friends almost immediately, he also meets Mira, a young, beautiful rich girl who lives next door and for whom he falls in love.

Cast and characters

Main cast

Recurring

Series overview

Awards and nominations

International broadcasting

Medcezir gained a lot of popularity among Turkic countries (especially in Azerbaijan), Iran (especially Iranian Azerbaijan), Balkans, Latin America (Chile), and Arab countries. In Bulgaria the series takes the second place in September 2015 with almost one million viewers and it is the most watched series in the country.^[1]

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