# Bir Zamanlar Çukurova

Bir Zamanlar Çukurova (Turkish for 'Once Upon a Time Çukurova') is a Turkish romantic drama psychological thriller series that broadcast on ATV Turkey between September 13, 2018 and June 16, 2022.

## Synopsis

During the 70s, the couple in love Züleyha and Yılmaz decide to hide their identities due to the murder that Yilmaz had committed to protect his beloved from a sexual assault, so they decide to embark on a train trip from Istanbul to the unknown.
Fate takes them to the fertile region of Çukurova, specifically to the Adana Province, where they decide to stay and work on Hünkar Yaman's farm together with his son Demir, who will fall in love with the young woman without knowing that her heart belongs to Yılmaz. However, in order to obtain accommodation and work, the couple pretend to be siblings, something that Demir will not know until then, many unexpected things will happen.

## Cast

| Actor/Actress | Character |
| Hilal Altınbilek | Züleyha Altun |
| Uğur Güneş | Yılmaz Akkaya |
| Murat Ünalmış | Demir Yaman |
| Vahide Perçin | Hünkar Saraçoğlu / Yaman |
| Kerem Alışık | Ali Rahmet Fekeli |
| Melike İpek Yalova | Müjgan Hekimoğlu |
| Furkan Palalı | Fikret Fekeli |
| İbrahim Çelikkol | Hakan Gümüşoglu / Mehmet Kara |
| Serpil Tamur | Haminne / Azize Saraçoğlu |
| Turgay Aydın | Sabahattin Arcan |
| Sibel Taşçıoğlu | Şermin Yaman |
| İlayda Çevik | Betül Arcan |
| Ebru Aytemur | Nihal Çimen |
| Bülent Polat | Gaffur Taşkın |
| Selin Yeninci | Saniye Taşkın |
| Selin Genç | Gülten Taşkın |
| Aras Şenol | Çetin Ciğerci |
| Polen Emre | Fadik Kaya |
| Şahin Vural | Raşit Kaya |
| Yeliz Doğramacılar | Füsun Arman |
| Teksin Pircanlı | Nazire |
| Hande Soral | Ayla Ümit Kahraman |
| Hülya Darcan | Lütfiye Duman |
| Mehmet Polat | Hatip Tellidere |
| Şirin Öten | Naciye Tellidere |
| Alayça Öztürk | Jülide Yalçınkaya |
| Esra Dermancıoğlu | Behice Hekimoğlu |
| Nazan Kesal | Sevda Çağlayan / Fatma Özden |
| Ebru Ünlü | Seher |
| Mihriban Er | Sevil Hekimoğlu |
| Funda Pelin Kurt | Emle Akman |
| Engin Yüksel | Behzat Hekimoğlu |
| Rüzgar Aksoy | Ercüment Akman |
| Şebnem Dilligil | Naime |
| Alp Özgür Yaşin | Sait Ersoy |
| Mustafa Açılan | Veli Erdönmez |
| Ömer Fethi Canpolat | Adnan "Yılmaz" Yaman / Akkaya |
| Ahmet Doğan | Adnan "Yılmaz" Yaman / Akkaya |
| Neva Pekuz | Üzüm Tökün / Taşkın |
| Erkan Bektaş | Abdülkadir Keskin |
| Ergün Metin | Vahap Keskin |
| Altan Gördüm | Haşmet Çolak |
| Kadim Yaşar | Cengaver "Cengo" Çimen |

## Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 35 | 35 | September 13, 2018 (2018-9-13) | August 30, 2019 (2019-8-30) |
| 2 | 28 | 28 | September 19, 2019 (2019-9-19) | April 9, 2020 (2020-4-9) |
| 3 | 39 | 39 | September 17, 2020 (2020-9-17) | June 24, 2021 (2021-6-24) |
| 4 | 39 | 39 | September 9, 2021 (2021-9-9) | June 16, 2022 (2022-6-16) |

## Production

The series is produced by Timur Savcı, Burak Sağyaşar, Burak Topuzlu and Turan Bayat, in collaboration with the production house Tims&B Productions.

### Filming

The series was filmed in the cities of Adana and Mersin, Turkey. The hospital shooting in the series was done at Nusret Karasu Chest Disease Hospital. One of the shooting locations was Varda Viaduct, located in Hacıkırı in Karaisalı of Adana Province.