Hatirla Sevgili

Hatirla Sevgili is a Turkish television series.  It aired from October 27, 2006 to June 6, 2008. Hatirla Sevgili broadcast on the television channel ATV.

It tells the story of the love between Yasemin and Ahmet, two young people from opposing families.  It also tells the relationship between their relatives and friends in the political era starting at the end of the 1950s in Turkey.  Real historical events are shown, beginning with Prime Minister Adnan Menderes' 1959 plane crash survival.  This is followed by the 1960 military coup, the trial on Yassıada and the executions.  These important events divided Turkish society afterwards.

Hatırla Sevgili became one of the most popular and most controversial TV series in Turkey. Some people did not like it because of the superficial coverage of some historical events. Books about the historical periods portrayed and people mentioned in the series became bestsellers for at least two weeks after the episodes about them were aired.

Cast

Family of Yasemin
Beren Saat - Yasemin Ünsal, female lead
Engin Şenkan - Rıza Ünsal, father to Yasemin, former barber, Democratic Party politician
Lâle Mansur - Nezahat Ünsal, mother to Yasemin
Ayfer Dönmez  - Işık Ünsal, sister to Yasemin, marries  Yaşar
Turgay Aydın - Mehmet Karayel, brother to Nezahat and uncle to Yasemin and Işık, former Turkish Army officer during the 1960 Turkish coup d'état and journalist, married to Sevim Gürsoy
Berk Hakman - Deniz Karayel, Mehmet's son

Family of Ahmet
Cansel Elçin - Ahmet Gürsoy, lover of Yasemin
Avni Yalçın - Şevket Gürsoy, father to Ahmet and Defne, public prosecutor, deceased.
Ayda Aksel - Dr. Selma Gürsoy, mother to Ahmet and Defne, physician
Belçim Erdoğan - Defne Gürsoy, sister of Ahmet
Laçin Ceylan - Sevim Gürsoy,  sister to Şevket and aunt to Ahmet and Defne, journalist, married to Mehmet Karayel
Asena Taşkın - Rüya Gürsoy, daughter to Ahmet and Yasemin

Family of Necdet
Okan Yalabık - Necdet Aygün, first husband of Yasemin, patisserie owner
Meltem Parlak - Lâle Aygün, sister to Necdet
Erdoğan Sıcak - Hasan Aygün, father to Necdet and Lâle, patisserie owner
Nurhayat Boz Yarpuz - Dilşad Aygün - Mother to Necdet and Lâle

Historical figures
Hüseyin Avni Danyal - Adnan Menderes, executed former Turkish prime minister
Serap Aksoy - Berin Menderes, wife of Adnan Menderes
Oğuz Okul - Albay Tarık Güryay, colonel, commandant of Yassıada
Barış Koçak - Deniz Gezmiş,leftist militant,executed
Saygın Soysal - Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Current Turkish prime minister
İhsan Duduoğlu - Necip Fazıl, poet
Oğuz Turgut Genç - Hüseyin İnan, leftist militant,executed 
Murat Zubi - Yusuf Aslan, leftist militant, executed
Erol Alpsoykan - Emin Kalafat - Former Democratic Party politician.
Kanbolat Görkem Aslan - Mahir Çayan - Leader of "THKC - Turkish People's Independence Front" (Turkish: Türkiye Halk Kurtuluş Cephesi), killed in Kızıldere
Emre Korkmaz - Cihan Alptekin - Leftist militant, one of the leaders of "THKO - Turkish People's Independence Army" (Turkish: Türkiye Halk Kurtuluş Ordusu), killed in Kızıldere
Engin Gürman - Celal Bayar - Former prime minister of Turkey and Third President of The Republic of Turkey
? - Salim Başol, Headjudge of Yassıada
Savaş Dinçel - İsmet İnönü - Former prime minister and Second President of The Republic of Turkey, former leader of CHP
? - Harun Karadeniz - leftist militant
İlhami Adsal - Kemal Kurdaş - Former president of METU
Çetin Demir - Sinan Cemgil - Leftist militant, one of the leaders of "THKO - Turkish People's Intependence Army" (Turkish: Türkiye Halk Kurtuluş Ordusu), killed in Nurhak
Orhan Ayça - Halit Çelenk - Lawyer of Gezmiş, Aslan and İnan
Levent Akkök - Mustafa Yalçıner - Leftist militant, one of the leaders of "THKO - Turkish People's Intependence Army" (Turkish: Türkiye Halk Kurtuluş Ordusu), wounded and arrested in Nurhak
Murat Eken - Yusuf Küpeli - Leftist militant
Ercan Tulunay - Mustafa Pehlivanoğlu - rightist militant, executed after 12th September coup d'état
Tolga Güleç - Necdet Adalı - Leftist militant, executed after 12th September coup d'état
? - Avni Yalçın - Actor, also playing character "Şevket Gürsoy" in same TV serial

Other websites
 

2006 television series debuts
Turkish television series
2008 television series endings
2000s establishments in Turkey