Kurt Seyit ve Şura
Kurt Seyit ve Şura[1] is Turkish television drama based on a novel of the same name in a series. (It is not a direct adaptation of Kurt Seyt ve Murka, which is the second novel in the series, nor of Shura, which is the third novel.[2]) It was broadcast on Star TV from March 4 to November 20, 2014 for two seasons and 22 episodes. Nermin Bezmen, the writer of the novel is the granddaughter of Kurt Seyit. The show "Kurt Seyit ve Sura" is based on a true story where a handsome army major falls in love with a Russian girl.[3] This show re-aired on Netflix in 2019.[4]
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Genre | |
Created by | Nermin Bezmen |
Written by | Melek Gençoğlu Ece Yörenç |
Directed by | Hilal Saral |
Starring | |
Composer | Toygar Işıklı |
Country of origin | Turkey |
Original language | Turkish |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 21 |
Production | |
Producer | Kerem Çatay |
Production locations | |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Production company | Ay Yapım |
Release | |
Original network | Star TV |
Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
Original release | March 4 – November 20, 2014 |
External links | |
Website |
Plot
"Kurt Seyit ve Şura" is about the adventures of two people in love who are forced to leave their lives and family behind and escape to Istanbul during the Russian Revolution. The journey of Kurt Seyit Eminof (Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ), a handsome lieutenant from Crimea, and Şura (Farah Zeynep Abdullah), the beautiful daughter of a noble Russian family, tells their tale from the days of magnificence in Petrograd, to the Carpathian front line, from the riots to the revolution, from bucolic Alushta to occupied Istanbul, to Pera in the 1920s. It is the journey of their love.
Cast
Actress/Actor | Character | Description | Season 1 | Season 2 |
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Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ | Kurt Seyit "The Wolf" Eminof | A young, handsome Turkish man from the southern coast of Crimea who is 1st Lieutenant of the elite Imperial Guard. Oldest of three sons to Mirza (Mehmet) and Zahide Eminof. | Main | |
Farah Zeynep Abdullah | Alexandra "Şura” Verjenskaya | A young, beautiful Russian woman of noble birth from Kislovodsk in Southern Russia; youngest daughter to Julien Verjensky | Main | |
Ushan Çakır | Celil Kamilof | One of four of Seyit's closest friends, also fiancé to Tatiana (Tatya). Grew up as a young boy from Alushta and is like an adopted member of the Eminof family. | Main | |
Birkan Sokullu | Petro Borinsky | One of four of Seyit's closest friends from boyhood. He is often competitive with Seyit, is also in love with Sura, and tries in many ways to separate them. | Main | |
Eva Dedova | Tatiana "Tatya” Tchoupilkina | Renowned prima ballerina and fiancée to Celil. | Main | |
Aslı Orcan | Baronesa Lola | A former lover of Seyit's who turns to double-dealing in order to escape Russia. | Main Cast | |
Elçin Sangu | Güzide | A young, beautiful Turkish woman, living with her sister-in-law and sister-in-law's mother on land near the Eminof's estate in Alushta, who falls in love with Celil. | Supporting | Main |
Cem Bender | Lieutenant Billy | A British soldier in occupied Istanbul who develops a deep hatred of Seyit and everyone who is closely connected to him. | Main | |
Verjenskaya Family | ||||
Atay Gergin | Julien Verjensky | Proud father of daughters (from oldest to youngest) Valentina (Tina), Nina, and Alexandra (Şura). At the beginning of the series he has traveled to Petrograd (modern-day St. Petersburg) with his daughters Tina and Şura to have an unknown illness diagnosed and treated. | Supporting | |
Seda Güven | Valentina "Tina” Verjenskaya | The oldest of Şura's two sisters, engaged to Konstantin. | Supporting | Main |
Tuğçe Karabacak | Nina Verjenskaya | The middle sister of the Verjenskayas. | Supporting | |
Eminof Family | ||||
Şefika Tolun | Zahide Eminofa | Devoted Wife to Mirza (Mehmet) Eiminof and mother to Seyit, Mahmut, & Osman. | Supporting | |
Serdar Gökhan | Mirza Mehmet Eminof | Husband of Zahide, father to Seyit, Mahmut, and Osman. Wealthy landowner and a former Colonel of the Tsar's Imperial Guard, he runs his estate and family with strict principles and a strong sense of honor. | Supporting | |
Oral Özer | Mahmut Eminof | Seyit's younger brother, the middle son, married to Havva and with a young son named after his grandfather. | Supporting | |
Barış Alpaykut | Osman Eminof | Seyit's youngest brother. | Supporting | |
Sümeyra Koç | Havva Eminofa | Wife of Mahmut, Seyit's younger brother, and mother to Mahmut's and her young son. At the beginning of the series, she is expecting their second child. | Supporting | |
Friends of Seyit & Şura | ||||
Doğu Alpan | Vlademir | One of four of Seyit's closest friends. | Supporting | |
Tolga Savacı | Ahmet Yahya | Owner of a hotel in Istanbul who, along with his extended family, befriends Seyit & Şura. | Supporting | |
Demet Özdemir | Alina "Alya” Sokolova | A former young Russian woman of noble birth now working as a laundress in Istanbul after fleeing the revolution in Russia. | Main | |
Sacide Taşaner | Binnaz | Supporting | ||
Fahriye Evcen | Mürvet “Murka" | Kurt Seyit Eminof's wife. | Main | |
Zerrin Nişancı | Maria | Supporting | ||
Osman Alkaş | Ali | Supporting | ||
Selçuk Sazak | Andrei Borinsky | Petro's father, a wealthy businessman. | Supporting | |
Zerrin Tekindor | Nermin Bezmen and Emine | Author being interviewed and performing intermittent voice-overs. | Supporting |
Episodes
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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First aired | Last aired | ||||
1 | 46 | March 4, 2014 | June 10, 2014 | ||
2 | 8 | September 23, 2014 | November 20, 2014 |
References
- "Kurt Seyit & Sura". Netflix. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
- http://www.dogankitap.com.tr/kitap/Shura-2265
- Kurt Seyit ve Sura, Kivanç Tatlitug, Farah Zeynep Abdullah, Caglar Ertugrul, retrieved 2017-09-21CS1 maint: others (link)
- "Kurt Seyit & Sura | Netflix". www.netflix.com. Retrieved 2017-09-21.