Adını Feriha Koydum

Adını Feriha Koydum
Genre	Drama, romance
Written by	Melis Civelek Sırma Yanık
Directed by	Barış Yöş
Starring	Vahide Gördüm Hazal Kaya Çağatay Ulusoy Metin Çekmez Deniz Ugur Ceyda Ateş
Theme music composer	Nail Yurtsever Cem Tuncer
Country of origin	Turkey
Original language(s)	Turkish
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	80
Production
Producer(s)	Fatih Aksoy
Editor(s)	Engin Ozturk
Running time	120 min
Production company(s)	Med Yapım
Release
Original network	Show TV
Original release	January 14, 2011 – June 29, 2012
Chronology
Followed by	Adını Feriha Koydum: Emir'in Yolu

Adını Feriha Koydum (English: I Named Her Feriha) is a Turkish television drama series produced by Med Yapım. The series was broadcast on Show TV. It is written by Melis Civelek and Sırma Yanık. It narratives the life of Feriha Yilmaz a young and beautiful girl who is a door keeper's daughter. She goes to a university which the playboy Emir Sarrafoğlu also attends. Emir who has never been in love before, falls in love with Feriha at first sight.

Plot

The eponymous heroine Feriha Yılmaz (Hazal Kaya) is an attractive, talented and ambitious daughter of a poor family. Her father, Rıza Yılmaz (Metin Çekmez), is a doorman in Etiler, an upper-class neighborhood of Istanbul. Her mother, Zehra Yılmaz (Vahide Gördüm), is a housekeeper. Feriha is able to secure a full scholarship to a private university. While studying in the university Feriha poses as a rich girl whose wealthy father is the family's patriarch. She meets a handsome and rich young man, Emir Sarrafoğlu (Çağatay Ulusoy) at her university. Feriha lies about her life and family background and Emir falls in love with her not knowing who she really is. She also falls in love with him and is trapped in her own lies. Her family arranges her marriage with Halil (Ufuk Tan Altunkaya) who starts to accompany her to the university. He spies on her interactions with Emir and snaps after seeing their display of affection. The season ends with Feriha's mother getting shot by Halil, Feriha's ex-fiancé.

In the second season Emir discovers Feriha's lies through the plan set up by Cansu. He breaks up with her and decides to seek revenge by renting an apartment in the building where Feriha lives in the basement. They remain separated for a long time but their love remains alive. On the New Year's Eve Feriha gets kidnapped by Halil who decides to marry her by force. However Emir saves her from Halil's trap. After the kidnap Emir and Feriha both realises their immense love for each other. They forgive each other and get reconciled. When Feriha's family get to know about her relationship with Emir, her father gets very furious and decides to send her back to the village. On the way to village, Emir comes and takes Feriha along with him somewhere. Soon they get married. However, they both decide to reveal their marriage to their family on right time. Eventually Cansu tries to kill Feriha and Emir. When Feriha and Emir are taken to the hospital their marriage gets revealed to their family. Both Yilmaz and Sarrafoğlu family get furious and shocked on knowing that they have got married. So, Emir and Feriha have to live the hard life due to their family's disappointment and the entry of characters such as Rüya, Ece and Yavuz. Later in the story due to a misunderstanding Feriha leaves Emir and goes to U.S. with Levent, where she divorces him in absence. She returns to Istanbul after 3 years when Emir is getting engaged to Ece to protect her from Yavuz. Soon the misunderstanding between Feriha and Emir gets cleared up and they get married for a second time. Alas, that the season ends with Feriha getting fatally shot by her ex-fiancé Halil at her wedding ceremony, and a very touching scene of the husband and wife looking into each other's eyes for the last time, crying, saying "we're at the place (Park) where everything started, I love you very much" to one and another, then Feriha drops her marriage certificate and dies in Emir's arms.

Cast

Themes and reception

According to Nilüfer Pembecioğlu, Feriha is a symbol of class anxiety in Turkey; though having a university education, she is forced to lie in order to get ahead. Pembecioğlu lists it as one of the most successful Turkish television serials and being shown around the world; it was especially popular in Bulgaria,^[1] and was aired in Russia^[2] and India as well. In India Zindagi Channel owned by Zee TV Network is broadcasting the show. It became a huge success. The reason behind its success is a powerful story and natural acting by all the artistes.^[3][4] Due to huge demand, the show has been rerun on the same network since 12 May 2016. The third and final season Adını Feriha Koydum: Emir'in Yolu which until now haven't been shown in India nor Pakistan for unknown reasons, was broadcast for the first time from November 16, 2016 to December 15, 2016 at 6 pm (IST) under the title “Feriha-New Season” by Zindagi TV because of overwhelming audience request.^[5]

Series overview

The plot is continued by one season of Adını Feriha Koydum: Emir'in Yolu:

International broadcasters

Country	Local Name	Network	Premiere date
Arab World	أسميتها فريحة	Abu Dhabi Al Oula,	November 3, 2012
Bulgaria	Огледален свят (World in Mirror)	bTV	July 2, 2012 January 14, 2013
Pakistan	فریحہ (Feriha)	Urdu 1	April 27, 2013
Croatia	Djevojka imena Feriha	Nova TV	July 15, 2013
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Djevojka imena Feriha	OBN BN	October 7, 2013
Romania	Feriha	Kanal D	October 19, 2013
Afghanistan	فريحه (Feriha)	Tolo TV	2013
Slovakia	Feriha	TV Doma	August 18, 2014
Iran	Feriha	Farsi 1	August 23, 2014
Ukraine	Сила кохання Феріхи (Force of Feriha's love)	1+1	January 26, 2015
Kazakhstan	Фериха (Feriha)	Astana TV	February 4, 2015
Serbia	Zvala se Feriha	Prva	May 31, 2015
Montenegro	Zvala se Feriha	Prva	June 8, 2015
India	Feriha	Zee Zindagi	September 15, 2015
Peru	El Secreto de Feriha	Latina Televisión	December 7, 2015
Uruguay	El Secreto de Feriha	Monte Carlo TV	January 5, 2016
Colombia	El Secreto de Feriha	Caracol Televisión	March 14, 2016
Lithuania	Turtuolé vargšė	LNK	30 June 2016
Chile	El Secreto de Feriha	Mega	November 7, 2016
Puerto Rico	El Secreto de Feriha	Wapa	November 7, 2016
Argentina	El Secreto de Feriha	Telefe	December 12, 2016
Paraguay	El Secreto de Feriha	Telefuturo	March 6, 2017
Mexico	El Secreto de Feriha	Azteca Trece	March 6, 2017
{ References ↑ Pembecioğlu, Nilüfer. Narratives Through Turkish Perspective: Transmedia Storytelling And Intertextuality Examples In The Postnetwork Era. Cluj-Napoca: Argonaut. pp. 31–32, 424. ISBN 9789731094632.  ↑ Özdal, Habibe; Özertem, Hasan Selim; Has, Kerim; Demirtepe, M. Turgut (2013). Turkish-Russian Relations in The Post-Cold War Period: Current Dynamics, Future Prospects. International Strategic Research Organization (USAK). p. 66. ISBN 9786054030798.  ↑ Khurana, Mehak (15 January 2016). "Here's Why Zindagi's Feriha Has Taken Over Indian Television!". Desimartini.com. Retrieved 11 February 2016.  ↑ Kulsum, Rizvi (21 October 2015). "Turkish Feriha on Zindagi channel gives India a fresh drama and storyline". ADelhi.com. Retrieved 11 February 2016.  ↑ ZINDAGI Channel (2016-10-31), Feriha - New Season Promo, retrieved 2016-11-01  External links Adını Feriha Koydum (2011)