Kırgın Çiçekler

*Kırgın Çiçekler*
Kırgın Çiçekler
Genre	Drama; Youth; Family; Psychological thriller
Written by	Gül Abus Semerci; Yelda Eroğlu
Directed by	Serkan Birinci
Starring	İpek Karapınar; Özgür Çevik; Biran Damla Yılmaz; Gökçe Akyıldız; Hazar Motan; Çağla Irmak; Aleyna Solaker
Theme music composer	Tuna Velibaşoğlu
Opening theme	Rustic Flowers Series Music
Ending theme	Rustic Flowers Series Music
Composer	Musicopat (Tim Music Production)
Country of origin	Turkey
Original language	Turkish
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	113
Production
Executive producer	Mehmet Yiğit Alp
Producer	NTC Media
Production locations	Istanbul; Istanbul Fenerbahçe College; Istanbul Girls Dormitory
Running time	Approx. 135–165 minutes
Original release
Network	ATV
Release	29 June 2015 –; 12 March 2018

Kırgın Çiçekler (transl. Sad Flowers also known as Orphan Girls) is a Turkish drama/psychological thriller television series that premiered on 29 June 2015. It stars İpek Karapınar, Özgür Çevik, Biran Damla Yılmaz, Gökçe Akyıldız, Hazar Motan, Çağla Irmak and Aleyna Solaker.^[1]

The first episode was published on 29 June 2015 and final episode (113) was aired on 12 March 2018. On 12 January 2016, Dizi won the Best Drama Award for the Barrier-free Life Foundation.^[2]

It also received the best series award at the award ceremony organized by Istanbul Gelişim University. There are nominations for award ceremonies in Korea and France.^[1]

Plot

Eylül is a 16-years-old, young girl. She lost her father when she was 11. She lives in a small shanty with her mother Mesude, sister Büşra and her stepfather Kemal. Eylül is harassed by Kemal. She tells her mother. Her mother did not believe Eylül and gave her away to the orphanage. Orphanage days start from that day for Eylül. There is no connection between Eylül and the 4 girls in the room where Eylül stays. Eylül forms a strong sisterly bond with the other four orphans and the show revolves around the 5 girls, Eylül, Songul, Kader, Cemre and Meral. It focuses on the struggles and hardships they face from the society due to them being orphans and their longing for parents. But their friendship and sisterhood is what makes their relationship stronger and that they can overcome anything together.

The orphans live at an orphanage in an elite area of Istanbul and thus, all five orphans attend a private school alongside elite teenagers of Istanbul. Strong tensions are present between the orphans and elite students at the school but love, crime, and drama force an interconnectedness among the teens.

Cast and characters

Main characters

İpek Karapınar	Feride Güngör Eren	1-113	She is the vice principal of the orphanage. She was supposed to move downstairs to Toprak's house with her fiancé, Vedat but she caught him cheating on her. She is a mother-figure to all 5 girls and cares for them deeply. She later marrys Toprak.
Özgür Çevik	Toprak Eren	1-113	A well-meaning honest person who loves his profession and children. An experienced fitness teacher who trusts his students to the full. He is Feride's neighbour and later husband.
Biran Damla Yılmaz	Eylül Acar Göktürk	1-113	Eylül is a 16-year-old young girl. She lost her father when she was 11. She lived in a small shanty with her mother Mesude, sister Büşra and her stepfather Kemal. Eylül was harassed by Kemal. She tells her mother but her mother did not believe Eylül and gave her away to an orphanage. In episode 77, her mother Mesude passes away. She happens to have a relationship with Serkan but they break up. However, she became Ali's wife later.
Gökçe Akyıldız	Songül Celen Ertürk	1-113	16 years old. She lost her mother when she was 4. Her father's in prison for murder. Then she was handed over to the orphanage. She's stubborn but caring and altruistic. She was the lover and highschool sweetheart of Güney Ertürk . Later, their parents want to separate them and they secretly married and resented with their families. She dies in the finale. She has a daughter and her friends and husband take care of her.
Hazar Motan	Cemre Derinoğlu	1-113	She's 16. The only daughter of a wealthy family. She used to bully the orphan girls; Eylül, Songül, Kader, and Meral along with Defne. Her father's company was bankrupted. As a result, her mother was accidentally killed and her father committed suicide. Her relatives did not want to take her responsibility, therefore, she was forced to go to the orphanage. She changes her mindset and becomes extremely close to them. Later she learns that her father has another daughter named Zeyno from his blood. After Eylül and Serkan breakup she becomes Serkan's girlfriend.
Çağla Irmak	Kader Lokumcuzade	1-113	16 years old. On the day she was born, she was left in sacks of flour. Her mother is the niece of Neriman Hanım, the principal of the orphanage. Kader has always dreamt she was rich and one day she hopes her mother will take her back. She finds her mother (Banu), but her mother doesn't want herself. Later, her mother kills the child she had after an affair with Güney's father and lose her mind and was taken to a mental hospital.
Aleyna Solaker	Meral Kendir	1-113	She is 16 years old and illegitimate. She is different from the girls as she dreams of being a rich model. She can be snobbish and rude at times but deep down she has a kind heart. Later she finds her mother who worked as a host in a night club belongs to a man named Abbas. Her mother files a case against Abbas and sends him to the prison, she is killed by Abbas' brother. As she witnesses the murder of Abba's brother she was shot. After being shot, she stays in a coma for a while and returns to life. She is Mert's lover.

Supporting characters

Derya Artemel	Mesude Yılmaz	1-77	Eylül's mother. She believed her husband, not her daughter, and leaves Eylül in an orphanage even though it broke her heart. She killed by Kemal in the 77th episode.
Cansu Fırıncı	Kemal Yılmaz	1-84	Mesude's husband. He always lusts after his stepdaughter, Eylül. He plays his wife on his finger. Metin's father. He died in episode 84.
Arif Diren	Güney Ertürk	1-113	Songül's high school sweetheart. In high school, he caused trouble for the orphans and humiliates then but ends up falling for Songul. They got married and later had a daughter.
Burcu Almeman	Selin Ertürk	35-113	Güney's mother.
Mehmet Aykaç	Serkan Özgün	1-113	The child of a rich family. Defne's twin brother. He is a very well-intention and helpful young man. For the first he fell in love with Eylül then becomes Cemre's lover after their breakup.
Veda Yurtsever	Nazan Özgün	1-113	Defne and Serkan's mother. She's greedy and doesn't like girls from the orphanage. She stole the wealth of Cemre. She tries to separate Serkan and Eylül. She leaves Gökhan to death after being crashed to her car. In later chapters, it was revealed that she had adopted Defne and Serkan.
Nil Keser	Defne Özgün	1-113	Nazan's daughter and Serkan's twin sister. In the beginning, she was Cemre's best friend and together the duo bullied the orphan girls. After a tragic incident in Cemre's life, Defne became Cemre's successor as queen bee and leader of the mean girls, even tormenting and humiliating her former friend. Since childhood, she has always loved Guney and is jealous of Songul-Guney's relationship.
Birgen Engin	Banu Savaş	9-20,32-63,87-88	Kader's mother. Banu is the niece of Neriman. She had a child as a result of her affair with Güney's father. Banu later kills the child and is taken to a mental hospital. She dies in a fire in the dormitory.
Furkan Andıç	Gökhan Turalı	11-31	When he was a child, his mother worked as a maid in Cemre's house. Years later they met at the same school. He has been in love with Cemre since his childhood, but due to the class difference between them, he threw himself into the background. Years later he and Cemre eventually became lovers, but he died after an accident because of Nazan on his way to tell Cemre about the legacy that Nazan stole.
Birgül Ulusoy	Emine Turalı	11-54	Gökhan's mother.
Ruhi Sarı	Sadullah Celen	56-80	Songül's father and Zehra's second husband. After he was shot and seriously injured by the moneylenders, he was operated on, he was discharged from the hospital after surgery, and he died of a cerebral hemorrhage in his home bathroom.
Esra Dermancıoğlu	Zehra Celen	63-113	Sadullah's second wife, Songül's stepmother and Sedef mother. A stingy woman.
Elif Ceren Balıkçı	Sedef Celen	63-113	Songül's step-sister.
Hülya Gülşen Irmak	Nezhiye	45-49	The woman Kemal liked.
Esma Yılmaz	Büşra Acar	1-113	Eylül's little sister. Mesude's second daughter.
Nil Günal	Emel Derinoğlu	20/21, 41-48	Cemre's aunt(paternal). She tries to make Cemre go insane so that she can steal her legacy.
Benan Yüce	Zuhal	21/26 ,45–51, 67-70	Cenk's mother.
Ali Fuat Onan	Ayhan Yılmaz	10	Kemal's father.
Selen Kurteren	Özlem Sönmez	56-62	Neriman's daughter. She tries to separate Feride and Toprak to be with Toprak
Sacide Taşaner	Neriman Sönmez	1-113	The principal of the orphanage.
Zeynep Irgat	Hediye	1-113	Maid of the orphanage who is close to the 5 girls.
Pınar Şenol	Figen Derinoğlu	24-41	Zeyno's mother..
Kaan Kasapoğlu	Mert Atasoy	32- 113	He dates Kadar. After the break up with Kadar he tries to win Songül's heart but fails. Then later he fells in love with Meral.
Gökçe Yanardağ	Seher Karaman	22-42	Meral's mother. Abbas' brother kills her and leaves the dead body in a garbage container.
Cüneyt Şen	İhsan	41- 49	Seher's killer.
Kadir Çermik	Necmi	19-29	Gokhan's father.
Yağmur Ün	Zeyno Derinoğlu	24-41	Cemre's half-sister.
Almila Ada	Lalin	52-62	She lives in the orphanage with the girls.
Deniz Uğur	Macide Lokumcuzade	85-107	Sadri's wife. She doesn't let Sadri speak with his granddaughter.
Eylül Su Sapan	Harika Lokumcuzade	85-94	Macide's daughter.
Erdoğan Sıcak	Sadri Lokumcuzade	84-92	He's Kadar's grandfather, but he thinks Meral is his own granddaughter. He dies in Chapter 92.
Makbule Meyzinioğlu	Canan	86-87	An organ mafia dealer who tricked Defne convincing herself as the biological mother.
Burak Tozkoparan	Ali Göktürk Komiser	89-113	A policeman. He later became Eylül's boyfriend and they marry in the finale.
Hazal Benli	Fadik Komiser	89-113	The girl is a police from the branch. Works with Ali.
Tayanç Ayaydın	Ejder Lokumcuzade	90-113	Sadri's nephew.
Özgür Başol	Tuna	101-113	She takes money from Nazan and come close Cemre to separate Serkan and Cemre.
Bülent Düzgünoğlu	Yavuz	106-109	Defne and Serkan's biological father. He killed by Kader in episode 109.

International broadcasting

Country	Network	Series premiere
Indonesia	ANTV	3 Oktober 2016
Romania	Acasă TV	23 January 2017^[3]
Sri Lanka	TV Derana	23 April 2018
Lithuania	LNK	5 June 2019
Albania	TV Klan	13 January 2020- 8 April 2021
North Macedonia	Sitel TV	26 September 2020 – 16 July 2021
Spain	Divinity	10 January 2022
Greece	Mega Channel	27 March 2017