An Istanbul family moves to the small seaside town of Foça for a better life for their autistic daughter. The father Cem is doing his best to set his family, which consists of his lovely wife Verda and two daughters Gece and Gülce, up so he can have a risky surgery performed on the brain tumor he has kept secret from them. The eldest daughter, Gece, is initially very upset to be leaving Istanbul with her friends and boyfriend Emir...but thinks she will be back to Istanbul soon to attend a music conservatory. She is also somewhat resentful initially of her autistic younger sister Gülce, who is trying to break away from her over protective mom and become a more normal girl...which has her heavily relying on her sister to go out into the public. Gülce attends a sailing school in Foça with other autistic children where they meet the handsome instructor Özgür and his autistic brother Rüzgar. As Gece's relationship with her boyfriend Moro sours a relationship develops between her and özgür, who encourages Gece to be a better sister to Gülce.
There is some interesting intrigue along the way with Miro hurting someone in a pedestrian/motorcycle accident, someone trying to steal Verda away from Cem, and someone trying to convince Özgür to do some illegal smuggling. All of this leads back to the fire that killed Özgür and Rüzgur's parents.
I really enjoyed the beautiful family relationship of the Olgun family and I particularly liked the love shown between Verda and Cem. These two were solid, excellent parents. I also really appreciated the character of Özgür, who came home after his parents die to take care of his severely autistic brother...I particularly liked his positive attitude. Life is hard enough, so it was so sweet to see such a lovely brotherly bond.
There were a few things that frustrated me with the series...like the father would rather be thought to have a gambling problem than admit to having a brain tumor? But these were minor quibbles.
I loved Foça and seeing sights around the city. I liked the small tight knit cast. It was interesting to see some of the struggles faced both as an autistic teenager and as a parent of a bright but autistic daughter.
I think if you are at all interested in or associated with autism that you will enjoy this series.
My review is based on watching the entire series in it's original Turkish language with English subtitles.
