Details Original Title: Beyaz Gelincik English Title: The White Poppy Also Known As: Cotton White Genre: Romance, Drama Episodes: 74 Broadcast Network: ATV Broadcast Period: September 19, 2005 – June 11, 2007 Production Company: TMC Film Director: Guzide Balci Screen Writer: Sulhi Dolek
Cotton White Synopsis Adana (a city in southern Turkey), with its fertile lands, vast cotton fields and factories, gives hope to thousands of poor people who struggle to survive. There are richness and poverty together on these fertile lands. Aslanbas family is one of the richest families in Adana. The owner of vast estates and thousands of acres of cotton fields, the wealthy Aslanbas family lives in a large farm house. The family employs thousands of workers including field workers, servants at the farm house and personnel at the holding company. The story is based on the four brothers of this family: Halil (Altan Erkekli), Omer (Erkan Petekkaya), Mustafa (Mehmet Gunsur) and Mehmet Ali (Ismail Hacioglu). The events unfold when Omer meets ‘white poppy’ Ceren (Sezin Akbasogullari). Omer is a handsome and successful businessman who manages the family holding. Ceren is a 25 year-old girl who returns to Adana after studying in USA. She starts to work Omer’s company as an agricultural engineer. Omer and Ceren fall completely into each other in spite of the rifts between them. In this story, you will explore a love story of two headstrong persons while discovering the lies that are told in the name of love and in the name of power. Will the secret buried in these lands make the strong feelings of Ceren and Omer impossible? Will Ceren manage to find the secrets in her past? Will the past be forgotten?
Cotton White Cast Altan Erkekli as Halil Erkan Petekkaya as Omer Mehmet Gunsur as Mustafa Ismail Hacioglu as Mehmet Ali Sezin Akbasogullari as Ceren Betul Sahin as Gulizar Sinan Albayrak