# Kırgın Çiçekler

Kırgın Çiçekler (transl. Sad Flowers) 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.
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.
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.

## 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. She was Cemre's best friend at first. She along with Cemre bullied the girls and when Cemre became an orphan she even bullied Cemre. She has always been in love with Guney since childhood and is jealous of Songul-Guney. |
| 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 |
| 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 |