Doğukan Güngör, who attracted attention with the character of Hamit in the series Zümrüdüanka, won the admiration of millions of viewers this season with the character of Fatih in the TV series Kızılcık Şerbeti (Cranberry Sherbet). Partnering with Sıla Türkoğlu, the actress said that the first season, which lasted 29 episodes, was very tiring.
In the story of the series, the love marriage of Fatih, the son of a conservative family, and Doğa, the daughter of a secular family, and the problems experienced are discussed. With the efforts of families from two different cultures to fuse with each other, the problems experienced, and cultural differences, the Kızılcık Şerbeti series revealed a very impressive story.
Doğukan Güngör also stood out as one of the successful names of this impressive story. The actor, who was appreciated for his acting performance, explained the reason for the success of Kızılcık Şerbeti with the following words:
“I think the biggest factor that makes this work watchable is that everyone sees pieces of their own life. While I was reading the script and working on the set, a set of Kızılcık Şerbeti that even had bits of my own life.”
Explaining that his mother immigrated from Thessaloniki and his father is Azerbaijani Turk, Doğukan Güngör said that he also experienced different social and cultural differences in his own family.
The famous actor said, “I am the combination of two families with different social and cultural textures. I can say that my father’s side is more conservative, my mother’s side is much different, secular. I also found the way of living different religious and social elements in my own life too much.”
The series, which achieved very good ratings, also formed a fanatical audience. The character of Fatih is an interesting personality, and for this reason, it is possible to come across very different reactions on social media.
Doğukan Güngör also talked about the reactions from the audience towards the interesting personality of the character reflected on the screen. The actor said, “I am playing an interesting man. Of course, there are interesting responses as well. There are also unexpected reactions,” he said.
Explaining that the fans said “We don’t love you” towards the character, the actor explained how the audience lived the story.
Reminding that the reactions are valuable and that it is an indication that he is doing his job well, Doğukan Güngör continued his words as follows:
“As an artist, it makes me happy to get a reaction from the public and to get people involved in the story so much. All my colleagues are also very happy about this.”
Stating that even his mother reacted to the event that Fatih character cheated on his wife, Doğa, the actor said that he heard his mother say, “My son is enough, don’t do that”.