Details Original Title: Zerda English Title: Zerda Also Known As: Genre: Romance, Drama Episodes: 68 Broadcast Network: ATV Broadcast Period: September 26, 2002 – May 24, 2004 Production Company: TMC Film Director: Kudret Sabanci Screen Writer: Gaye Boralioglu, Nese Sen, Sertac Engin
Synopsis Sahin (Yavuz Bingol) and Zerda (Ece Uslu) are two young people that deeply in love. They live in Gaziantep in the East of Turkey. Sahin comes from a traditional conservative family whereas Zerda is a daughter of an ordinary teacher and has been raised as a Westerner. Despite the difference between this couple, they plan to get married. However, their life changes radically when Sahin’s brother dies in a traffic accident. Now according to tradition; Sahin is supposed to marry his brother’s wife, Hacer (Hulya Sen). Sahin carries the burden of tradition and her mother on one shoulder and his love for Zerda on the other. Although he doesn’t want to loose Zerda, eventually he marries to Hacer but he doesn’t even touch her. He still tries almost every possible way to become together with Ece Uslu again. In this story, you will explore a love story that grows up between modern world and traditions, sometimes full of tragedy that will make you cry, and sometimes full of humor to make you laugh. Will Zerda forgive Sahin? Will Ece Uslu and Yavuz Bingol manage to escape from the burdens of tradition? Will their love overcome every obstacle?
Cast Yavuz Bingol as Sahin Ece Uslu as Zerda Halit Ergenc as Devran Burak Sergen as Mahmut Koksal Engur as Siddik Guven Hokna as Sultan Hulya Sen as Hacer Fusun Kostak as Akgul Nihat Nikerel as Hasan Ali Idil Firat as Canan Kaya Gurel as Dursun Deniz Oral as Apo Dilaver Uyanik as Bekir Derya Artemel as Sila