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The sets and costumes of this film leave me breathless. I can't get over the lavish locations...places that actually exist that I have never heard of. One of the reasons I love foreign films is for the knowledge, history and culture, that would be unknown in the western world were it not for these films. The acting was wonderful, the actors, WOW, so beautiful. How can the western world be unaware of Kivanç Tatlitug? The historical storyline was interesting and, again, unknown to me. I spent some time researching the time period and locations of the film. I can't speak to much of the series because I am only on episode #4 but I am compelled to write. At this moment, the scene is of Kurt Seyit and Sura sitting on a couch before a fireplace as they prepare for him to leave for the front. I can't wait to see more.

overall, the acting the story was ruthlessly realistic and strong, just like the main actor (Seyit). The series played with emotions from happy to sad to extremely shocked it just is truly amazing! It's very rare when a woman loves and appreciates another woman character when she loves the male main character a lot but she is so strong and shows how strong a woman's love it, and how medal through all the hard times with hope and trust.the ending was more realistic than i would have liked it to be. there are also side loves stories that you will love too. Moreover, it portrays what jealousy wit money and connections can do and how it can control someone's life and ruin it. The evil guy (-----) is truly dirty to the core. With this series expect the unexpected!!

Anyways, you will enjoy it, love, and cry a lot (happy and sad tears) !

So I have just completed the whole series of this amazing story.

My first time to ever sit through a subtitled TV series (46 episodes) but my gosh what a journey it took me on. From that first episode of the ball, it was like a Cinderella setting, the scenes are beautifully set.

At first I must admit I kept saying 'ahhh I wish this was made in English' but you know what I agree with another reviewer in that I believe it would have taken away the essence and passion of how the actors tell the story in their own language and I even started picking up words just learning from this series.

Also my gosh how lovely is the main male character, Hello.... who is this Kivanc Tatlitug and Why don't we know more of him in the western world?

This is why I'm so glad I stumbled across this show on Netflix because it taught me to venture out more and watch more non speaking English movies. All the characters and actors/actresses that played in it did an amazing job. There are a few slow moments in some scenes so You may find you want to fast forward and just to get to the juicy nitty gritty bits but try not to if you can. If you're like me you will go through emotions of frustration, laughter, tears, happiness, sadness. A true love story that goes through so many hurdles and obstacles, jealousy, revenge.

The supporting roles also offer individual depth of again love, patience, family honor, traditions and respect. Money, status and power shows how it can ruin lives but let's not forget the character that ties this altogether....the absolute evil and nasty Petro. As a viewer I must say Bravo to that actor because boy he made me hate him. He portrayed conniving to another level, such a good actor.

I won't spoil the ending but I'm still not sure if I'm happy or sad with how it all played out....I'd say the ending is more realistic however it'll be interesting to know if this ending (as new characters are brought in) was to boost TV ratings as I found the layout and direction towards the end episodes drastically changed.

I'm already researching on the true story of Seyit and Sura just to find out what really did happen between them. Overall, I Hope those watching it enjoy this captivating story and appreciate how beautifully it was made.

I don't know when I have enjoyed a series so much. The story had me researching the war during 1917 and the details surrounding that war. There were a number of different characters in the story who all added great variety and elements of emotion. I never get tired of films like this one. It amazes me how rich history is with stories like these of people who lived thru the horrors of war and tyranny. Stories of their struggles, victories and how they just survived it all. So much detail went into the story that helped you really see each character and their lives. I wasn't disappointed with any part of the series and watched every part of it to the end. Sorry to actually get to the end. Could have gone on...where is Season 2?

I wholeheartedly appreciated this series. What a wonderful, refreshing contrast to Hollywood. It's a love story, but so much more, its a story about war, deep family connections, deception, oppression, unrequited love, also the deep emotional attachment to another person but how the gears can misaligned and the relationship stops working no matter how hard you try. It was brutally realistic and I am emotionally drained after watching the whole series in a week. I was watching it on my phone during breaks at work and anytime I had a few min. The characters were so perfectly cast and beautiful I was hooked in the first episode. It was great that the villain was as handsome as the rest of the cast. As painful as the ending was it couldn't go any other way. That's life. This was my 3rd Turkish series and I love the work they do. No graphic sex scenes not a lot of violence, just very well done. Can we have more please?

there's more to cinema than Hollywood! what's missing normally, but not in this series: emotion. aesthetics. history. sheer reality. humanity. life.

most films, esp. western, miss a soul and/or meaning. most Hollywood films are cold, violent or shallow fantasies. even if Hollywood does romance, there's somehow aggression involved. rarely real stories. modern western films tend to not be alive!

thank goodness for Netflix, or America would be void of foreign films, which are so damn necessary as alternative to shallow Hollywood, not to mention there's a whole big beautiful interesting exceptional worthy world out there that Americans don't see otherwise. IMDb also needs to get its act together and be more detailed/professional on foreign productions, not focus so much on Hollywood.

this series has 46 episodes in 1 season! ; ) one truly gets involved in the characters, mood. it's one of those series that is hard to get out of. it's almost hard to keep watching, not because it's un-watchable, to the contrary! ; ), but because one dreads what comes next: no series will match its depth/emotion/beauty...

IMDb has several errors in the cast, incl. not naming a main character, Pedro, and putting him way down the list (Birkan Sokullu). there's other omissions/mistakes too. it's incomplete information.

plus IMDb mentions S2 but without any details. will there be a 2nd season?! hope so. but unlikely. so why tease us? ; )

where can one upload images and comment (not just review) on IMDb?

It was a very captivating start, with perfect production of art, photography, costume and sure, script, but it lost it's way and deeply broke my heart, and i don't mean only because it's not a happy ending story. I mean, at some point it shows that Valentina is the storyteller although the script seem to only care about Seyit, when takes Sura brutally out of the story. Well, her sister must have know the continuation of her story, ether is happy or not, why would she finish it with Seyigt's new family happiness. It's OK if he's got a messed up personality and wants to fulfill his dad's will by marrying a Turkish woman, but ending with "Seyit Sura and Muka" sentence was a really not funny joke.We loved her, her strength, her persistence and the script just leaves it's public when excludes her of the end. If she shouldn't being there, at least her invisible presence, a remaining, a letter, but it only shows a endless pain for her and a new future for him. I regret to had watched 46 episodes, it tortured me, and it was a pity for such a wonderful production. I just wanted the scriptwriter to know. Hope they can fix it with an extra episode.

This has to be one of my all time favorite movies. Yes, I continue to watch it as a movie, absolutely love the music, the actors are perfect for their parts. Tears, smiles, laughter, smirks, all the emotions you want in a drama. The camera angles are so different than we normally see with American films and the way they show the love scenes are just beautiful. I have watched all the episodes a dozen times in the past 3 weeks, know the dialogue by heart. It's a beautiful love story. Can't say enough about it...Just love it. I'm a history buff and this introduced a culture that I am not familiar with and spurred my interest in learning more. I have never been a fan of subtitles, but this is the exception.

I found this movie on Netflix by chance Thank you Netflix. It is excellent. I love this move,so captured by the story and especially the main actor Kivanç Tatlitug. He is so handsome and his eyes mesmerize you. Even though I have to watch with closed caption because it is not in English, I cannot stop watching it. I just wish it was in English, although in fact it may lose something. I love these kind of love stories. I wish Kivanc would make some English speaking movies in the U.S. However, I do not like most American movies these days. They are trashy and violent. Not enough true to life wholesome movies that appeal to the romantic. American movies are much too violent, and actors have become so political expressing their political views, I choose not to follow them. They should not bring their personal political rhetoric into the entertainment industry. I will look for more movies like this one.

It's a little difficult for me to keep up with the caption but I was so glad that I did not quit watching. This series will touch you deeply in many different ways especially for those of us who have been on this earth long enough to understand and appreciate everything about this love story. You will fall in love with this young couple who have to overcome so many obstacle to be together and you'll wish that you can help them in some ways. This series is about love and passion without being vulgar. It's about true friendship, understanding and compassion. I had seen "Gone of The Wind", "The Titanic", "The Love Story" and many more but nothing compare to this one. Everything about this series is exquisite. I'm hoping for more of "Kurt Seyit ve Sura" in the future. Please.

No spoilers. Only a promise. Others can praise all other aspects of this show. But to me, what makes this show transcend...is the ending. It is the bravest thing I have ever seen in a TV series.

There are not too many epic romance series in the world. From what few exist, the trajectory is obvious to all. This is not necessarily a bad thing. We are meant to savour the journey, like an old wine.

You can do all of that on the journey of this series. But in one last episode, you can also consider something poignant, unexpected, and perhaps beautiful. Again, I said no spoilers. Like Kurt Seyit, I will keep my word...as best as this world & fate allow.

I can't a person can forget this kind of love...without any nostalgic in his heart. How can you forget...in that way...someone who put your world up down...how can a love like this can died?

Even with subtitles this was one of the most romantic movies of all time, without being "smutty" reminded me of Dr. Zhivago only better. Would like to see more of movies like this on Netflix