Kadın
Also known as	Woman[1]
Genre	Drama
Based on	Woman by Yuji Sakamoto
Written by	Hande Altaylı
Directed by	Merve Girgin Nadim Güç
Starring	Özge Özpirinçci Caner Cindoruk Bennu Yıldırımlar Şerif Erol Feyyaz Duman Seray Kaya Kubra Süzgün Ali Semi Sefil
Theme music composer	Cem Tuncer Ercüment Orkut
Country of origin	Turkey
Original language	Turkish
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	242
Production
Producers	Faruk Bayhan Fatih Aksoy
Running time	45 minutes
Production companies	Med Yapım MF Yapım
Original release
Network	Fox RTB Aneka
Release	October 24, 2017 (2017-10-24) – February 4, 2020 (2020-02-04)

Kadın (English title: Woman) is a Turkish drama television series based on the 2013 Japanese drama Woman, starring Özge Özpirinçci, Caner Cindoruk and Bennu Yıldırımlar. It premiered on Fox on October 24, 2017.^[2] The series ended on February 4, 2020, after 242 episodes and three seasons.

Plot

This series follows the life of Bahar, a young widow with two children. She was abandoned by her mother when she was 8 and later loses her grandparents. Soon, Bahar meets Sarp, with whom she falls madly in love, but loses Sarp too as well after some years together. Bahar is left alone with her two children, Nisan and Doruk. Together, they turn life into a game, poverty into fun, and absence into joy. She believes that when one has a smile on their face, their heart also responds with a smile. Sometimes, she talks to Sarp's photograph about all her troubles, remembering their past life.

Bahar has given up her life for her children. Her mother, Hatice comes back into her life after 20 years. Bahar wants to get close to her mother again but her half-sister, Şirin prevents her mother and sister from bonding. In order to protect Şirin's mental well-being, Hatice turns her back even though Bahar needs her. Bahar is helped by Hatice's husband, Enver and best friend, Yeliz. Soon, Bahar moves to new apartment and meets Arif and Ceyda. Arif is the son of Yusuf, the owner of Bahar's flat. Ceyda initially refuses Bahar but later helps her to survive.

Bahar finds out that she has aplastic anemia and needs a bone marrow transplant to save her life. She attempts to hide her condition from everyone due to her financial and social problems, but everyone soon learns about this and finds out that Şirin's bone marrow is suitable for transplant to Bahar.

Meanwhile, Sarp is shown to be alive, pretending as Alp Karahan. He is married to Pırıl and has twin children. He is told by Pırıl's father, Suat that Bahar and her children died 4 years ago, which is a lie made up by Şirin. To prove this, Suat makes fake graves and shows them to Sarp who believed that. Soon, Sarp meets Şirin. It's revealed that Şirin was in love with Sarp 4 years ago and she was the reason for Sarp's ferry accident. Suat kidnaps Şirin to stop Sarp from learning that Bahar is alive.

Bahar's condition worsens and she is admitted to a hospital. Arif now has feelings for Bahar, proposes to her. Doruk sees Sarp and calls him father. After meeting Enver, Sarp learns that Bahar and his kids are alive. He is shocked, realizing that Suat had lied to him. He reunites with Nisan and Doruk and brings Şirin back for Bahar's treatment. Bahar recovers and meets Sarp after years. However, She ignores him, after learning truth. One night, Sarp escapes with Bahar and kids to save them from Nezir's henchmen. Yeliz is shot to death by henchmens and Bahar lives in Pırıl's home with her kids. Bahar breaksdown learning Yeliz's death and tries to elope with Nisan and Doruk, but fails. Sarp reveals to Bahar how fell out of the ferry and how Şirin and Suat had lied to him about Bahar and kids. Bahar is shocked and forgives him.

Bahar, Hatice, Sarp and Arif meet with a tragic accident and Hatice dies. Șirin secretly closes the flow rate of the IV line connected to a sleeping Sarp and kills him. Şirin blames Arif for their death. Shocked, Bahar completes the last rites of Sarp and Hatice while Arif gets arrested.

3 months later, Bahar is living peacefully with her children. Arif is released from jail. Enver misses Hatice and moves into a new house with Şirin in Bahar's apartment. Șirin brainwashes Nisan and Doruk that Arif had killed Sarp and Hatice on purpose, but in vain. Meanwhile, Şirin gets a waiter job at a restaurant belonging to Emre, who was Ceyda's ex-fiancé. It's revealed that Arda (Ceyda's autistic son) is not Ceyda and Emre's son. They meet their son, Satilmiș, but Ceyda refuses to accept him. Satilmiș secretly earns money to keep Arda with them. Finding out this, Ceyda breaks down and accepts him.

Ceyda takes care of disabled Raif. Raif's mother, Fazilet, who is a writer, invites Bahar to share her story. Fazilet writes Bahar's story, naming the book Kadın (Woman). Bahar is surprised to see her book.

Soon, Arif finds that Sarp was killed by Șirin after hearing her voice record. Once Bahar learns this, she follows Şirin, who is staying at a hotel. She calls Enver to meet her, and Șirin gets arrested by the Police, who admit her to mental hospital. Meanwhile, Arif and Bahar's relationship gets stronger when Raif and Ceyda fall in love. Bahar-Arif and Ceyda-Raif get married on same day. Bahar, Arif, Ceyda, Raif, Enver, Nisan and Doruk celebrate together happily.

At the ceremony of introducing the author of the book Kadın (Woman), Bahar tells how she managed her life while facing so much hardship. Șirin reads Bahar's book and regrets what she did to Bahar. Finally, Bahar and her kids get praised by the world.

Cast

Series overview

International broadcasting

• In Arabia, it airs under the title Imraa on MTV from September 3, 2020.
• In Bangladesh, it airs under the title, Bahar, on Deepto TV.
• In Greece, it airs under the title Μια ζωή on ANT1.
• In Bosnia and Herzegovina, it aired under the title Žena on NTV Hayat.
• In Latvia, it airs under the title Bahāras dzīves līkloči on STV Pirmā.
• In Romania, it airs under the title Femeie în înfruntarea destinului on Happy Channel.
• In Spain, it airs under the title Mujer on Antena 3 from July 7, 2020.
• In Slovakia, it aired two seasons under the title Sila ženy on TV Doma from March 18, 2019.
• In Sri Lanka, it aired two seasons under the title Kisa on Sirasa TV from August 24, 2020, to December 3, 2021.
  • In Sri Lanka, it also remaded as Aeya on Swarnavahini from October 22, 2019, to September 4, 2021.
• In Vietnam, it airs under the title Trái tim phụ nữ on VTV3.
  • August 13, 2020 – December 28, 2020 (Season 1)
  • July 19, 2021 – November 26, 2021 (Season 2)
  • November 29, 2021 – February 11, 2022 (Season 3)
• In Ukraine, it airs under the title Жінка on 1+1 Video.
• In Ethiopia, it aired under the title Yaltefeta Hilm on Kana TV from February 23, 2019, to October 4, 2020.
• In Lithuania, it aired under the title Moteris on TV1 from April 6, 2021, to 2022
• In Hungary, it aired one season under the title Egy csodálatos asszony on RTL Klub from August 3, 2020, to December 18, 2020.
• In India, it airs under the title Woman on MX Player
• In United States, it airs under the title Mujer on Univision

Awards and nominations

References

External links

• Official website (in Turkish)
• Kadın at IMDb