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 Yassiada and the executions. These important events divided Turkish society afterwards.
Hatirla 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 Unsal, female lead
Engin Senkan - Riza Unsal, father to Yasemin, former barber, Democratic Party politician
Lale Mansur - Nezahat Unsal, mother to Yasemin
Ayfer Donmez - Isik Unsal, sister to Yasemin, marries Yasar
Turgay Aydin - Mehmet Karayel, brother to Nezahat and uncle to Yasemin and Isik, former Turkish Army officer during the 1960 Turkish coup d'etat and journalist, married to Sevim Gursoy
Berk Hakman - Deniz Karayel, Mehmet's son
Family of Ahmet
Cansel Elcin - Ahmet Gursoy, lover of Yasemin
Avni Yalcin - Sevket Gursoy, father to Ahmet and Defne, public prosecutor, deceased.
Ayda Aksel - Dr. Selma Gursoy, mother to Ahmet and Defne, physician
Belcim Erdogan - Defne Gursoy, sister of Ahmet
Lacin Ceylan - Sevim Gursoy, sister to Sevket and aunt to Ahmet and Defne, journalist, married to Mehmet Karayel
Asena Taskin - Ruya Gursoy, daughter to Ahmet and Yasemin
Family of Necdet
Okan Yalabik - Necdet Aygun, first husband of Yasemin, patisserie owner
Meltem Parlak - Lale Aygun, sister to Necdet
Erdogan Sicak - Hasan Aygun, father to Necdet and Lale, patisserie owner
Nurhayat Boz Yarpuz - Dilsad Aygun - Mother to Necdet and Lale
Historical figures
Huseyin Avni Danyal - Adnan Menderes, executed former Turkish prime minister
Serap Aksoy - Berin Menderes, wife of Adnan Menderes
Oguz Okul - Albay Tarik Guryay, colonel, commandant of Yassiada
Baris Kocak - Deniz Gezmis,leftist militant,executed
Saygin Soysal - Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Current Turkish prime minister
Ihsan Duduoglu - Necip Fazil, poet
Oguz Turgut Genc - Huseyin Inan, leftist militant,executed
Murat Zubi - Yusuf Aslan, leftist militant, executed
Erol Alpsoykan - Emin Kalafat - Former Democratic Party politician.
Kanbolat Gorkem Aslan - Mahir Cayan - Leader of "THKC - Turkish People's Independence Front" (Turkish: Turkiye Halk Kurtulus Cephesi), killed in Kizildere
Emre Korkmaz - Cihan Alptekin - Leftist militant, one of the leaders of "THKO - Turkish People's Independence Army" (Turkish: Turkiye Halk Kurtulus Ordusu), killed in Kizildere
Engin Gurman - Celal Bayar - Former prime minister of Turkey and Third President of The Republic of Turkey
? - Salim Basol, Headjudge of Yassiada
Savas Dincel - Ismet Inonu - Former prime minister and Second President of The Republic of Turkey, former leader of CHP
? - Harun Karadeniz - leftist militant
Ilhami Adsal - Kemal Kurdas - Former president of METU
Cetin Demir - Sinan Cemgil - Leftist militant, one of the leaders of "THKO - Turkish People's Intependence Army" (Turkish: Turkiye Halk Kurtulus Ordusu), killed in Nurhak
Orhan Ayca - Halit Celenk - Lawyer of Gezmis, Aslan and Inan
Levent Akkok - Mustafa Yalciner - Leftist militant, one of the leaders of "THKO - Turkish People's Intependence Army" (Turkish: Turkiye Halk Kurtulus Ordusu), wounded and arrested in Nurhak
Murat Eken - Yusuf Kupeli - Leftist militant
Ercan Tulunay - Mustafa Pehlivanoglu - rightist militant, executed after 12th September coup d'etat
Tolga Gulec - Necdet Adali - Leftist militant, executed after 12th September coup d'etat
? - Avni Yalcin - Actor, also playing character "Sevket Gursoy" in same TV serial
Other websites
2006 television series debuts
Turkish television series
2008 television series endings
2000s establishments in Turkey
2008 disestablishments in Asia