Scripted series · atv
Bitter Lands
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Vahide Perçin
Hünkâr Yaman
71 eps
Murat Ünalmış
Demir Yaman
102 eps
Hilal Altınbilek
Züleyha Yaman
141 eps
Uğur Güneş
Yılmaz Akkaya
79 eps
Kerem Alışık
Ali Rahmet Fekeli
141 eps
Bülent Polat
Gaffur Taşkın
141 eps
Selin Yeninci
Saniye Taşkın
141 eps
Sibel Taşçıoğlu
Şermin Yaman (Arcan)
141 eps
Selin Genç
Gülten Taşkın (Ciğerci)
141 eps
Polen Emre
Fadik
141 eps
Serpil Tamur
Azize Koçoğlu / Haminne
141 eps
İbrahim Çelikkol
Hakan Gümüşoğlu/Mehmet Kara
39 eps
Teksin Pircanlı
Nazire
141 eps
Aras Şenol
Çetin Ciğerci
141 eps
Erkan Bektaş
Abdülkadir Keskin
39 eps
Yeliz Doğramacılar
Füsun
102 eps
Ergün Metin
Vahap Keskin
39 eps
Ömer Fethi Canpolat
Yılmaz/Adnan Yaman
102 eps
Altan Gördüm
Haşmet Çolak
39 eps
Turgay Aydın
Dr. Sabahattin Arcan
66 eps
Irmak Aydın
Cevriye
39 eps
Kadim Yaşar
Cengaver Çimen
37 eps
Ebru Aytemur
Nihal Çimen
36 eps
Ali Şadi Tayfun
Raci
28 eps
Ebru Ünlü
Seher
38 eps
Şahin Vural
Raşit Kaya
106 eps
Şirin Öten
Naciye Tellidere
31 eps
Mehmet Polat
Hatip Tellidere
32 eps
Alayça Öztürk
Jülide Yalçınkaya
31 eps
Esra Dermancıoğlu
Behice Hekimoğlu
50 eps
Nazan Kesal
Sevda Çağlayan
39 eps
Furkan Palalı
Fikret Fekeli
39 eps
Uğur İzgi
Dr. Aykut
67 eps
Melike İpek Yalova
Dr. Müjgan Hekimoğlu (Akkaya)
81 eps
Şebnem Dilligil
Naime
5 eps
Hülya Darcan
Lütfiye Duman
51 eps
Ilayda Çevik
Betül Arcan
44 eps
Sümer Tekin
Berber Tahir
141 eps
Neva Pekuz
Üzüm Taşkın
47 eps
Alp Özgür Yaşin
Sait
4 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Bitter Lands actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Bitter Lands reads strongest on Character Depth, Emotional Weight and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The story
What it's about
The love story of Zuleyha, who grew up without a father and works with Yilmaz as an auxiliary weaver in order to earn money for her brother, a gambler. The lives of these two young people blinded by the love of one ordinary night will turn into a dark nightmare. This nightmare will take them first from Istanbul and far away, and later to the estate of the Yaman family. In the first episode of the series, Yilmaz and Zuleyha set out to work on the Yaman estate. However, because of one of Zuleyha's lies - the lives of all of them will change radically.
The run
Seasons
4 seasons · 141 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201835 episodes
10.0IMDbThe story begins with Yilmaz and Zuleyha lovers who find each other after being separated, on a train leaving Istanbul. Zuleyha had survived a vicious attack and Yilmaz has become a fugitive whilst trying to save her. They finally make their way to the Yaman Ranch where Gaffur (the head butler and old army friend of Yilmaz) works. Zuleyha tells his friend and his family that she is Yilmaz’s sister to avoid gossip. But Demir and his mother (Great Lady) have prepared for Zuleyha to learn about their future plans for both of them.
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
201928 episodes
3.0IMDb
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
202039 episodes
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
202139 episodes
9.0IMDb
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Burak SağyaşarProducer
- Turan BayatExecutive Producer
- Timur SavcıProducer
Writing
- Derem ÇırayWriter
- Ayça ÜzümWriter
- Su ErsözWriter
- Melis YilmazWriter
- Selena ÇağlayanWriter
- Atilla ÖzelWriter
Direction
- Murat SaraçoğluDirector
- Faruk TeberDirector
Cinematography
- Sedat YücelDirector of Photography
- Taylan SancaktarDirector of Photography
Where to watch
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