Adini Feriha Koydum (English: The Girl Named 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 doorkeeper’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.
Original Title: Adini Feriha Koydum
English Title: I Named Her Feriha
Genre: Drama, Romance
Broadcast Network: Show TV
Director: Baris Yös, Merve Girgin
Producer: Fatih Aksoy
Adini Feriha Koydum Synopsis
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 at the university, Feriha poses as a rich girl. 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, 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. On 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 realize their immense love for each other. They forgive each other and get reconciled. When Feriha’s family gets 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 the village, Emir comes and takes Feriha along with him. Soon they get married. However, they both decide to reveal their marriage to their family at the 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’s families get furious and shocked on knowing about the marriage. So, Emir and Feriha have to live a hard life due to their family’s disappointment. Later in the story, due to a misunderstanding Feriha leaves Emir and goes to the 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, the season ends with Feriha getting fatally shot by her ex-fiancé Halil at her wedding ceremony and dying in Emir’s arms.
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Cast
Çagatay Ulusoy as Emir Sarrafoglu
Çağatay Ulusoy (born 23 September 1990) is a Turkish actor and model who started his acting career in the TV series Adını Feriha Koydum (2011–2012) as Emir Sarrafoğlu. Since then, he has had further lead roles in Medcezir (2013–2015), a remake of the television series The O.C., in the TV series İçerde and since 2018 he plays the lead role in the first Turkish Netflix series The Protector.
Hazal Kaya as Feriha Yilmaz
Leyla Hazal Kaya (born 1 October 1990) is a Turkish actress. Kaya was born in Istanbul, Turkey. She attended Gaziosmanpaşa elementary school and she graduated in 2009 from the Liceo Italiano di Istanbul. She went to Istanbul Bilgi University for her university. She is currently continuing her studies in Istanbul. Her parents who are both lawyers divorced when she was 7 years old. She was introduced to the art and the acting world at a very young age, as a child she took ballet and violin lessons for 7 years. Kaya speaks Italian, and English fluently in addition to her native language Turkish. She was also said to be learning her fourth language German.
Deniz Ugur as Sanem Ilhanli
Deniz Uğur (born October 17, 1973) is a Turkish film actress, scriptwriter, and dubbing artist. Deniz Uğur is the single child of opera singer Mete Uğur and ballerina Suna Uğur. Her grandparent Yümnü Uğur is the classmate of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk who is the founder of the Republic of Turkey.
Metin Çekmez as Riza Yilmaz
Metin Çekmez (born 26 July 1945) is a Turkish actor. He has appeared in more than twenty films since 1972.
Yusuf Akgün as Koray Onat
Feyza Civelek as Lara Atabeyli
Sedef Sahin as Cansu Ilhanli
Ahu Sungur as Aysun
Ceyda Ates as Hande Gezgin
Vahide Perçin as Zehra Yilmaz
Melih Selcuk as Mehmet Yilmaz
Where to watch
Turkish Language
Youtube
English Subtitles
Various Websites are Translating this series in English subtitles. Below are the links to the site.
AskLaftanAnlamazinHindi | Kinemania
Hindi/Urdu Dubbed
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