This Turkish series is filled with attractive characters, both good-looking and each (even a would-be assassin)have some endearing characteristic. The rich and their servants interact in absolutely beautiful natural outdoor scenes and beautifully decorated indoor locations. The Turkish rugs decorating the homes are lovely. There are many sweet moments as well as anxious exciting ones. The Turkish landscape, scrumptious food, restaurants, cafés and hotels are inviting. There is romance a plenty for all ages such as college student, newlywed and December-December loves. I enjoy a lot the taste of magic and telling the future in some episodes. There is everything from crime suspense to old fashioned herbal healing to marital spats all available here for an enjoyable escape Deep in the East.
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vnikolaidis-131 October 2005
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cindy-business13 December 2007I have never seen a Turkish TV series before and I turned on from series 8 by accident one night and started from there. I did miss out a few but plan to buy the whole DVD set later to watch again. As an Asian and living in the Netherlands, the Dutch sub-titles helped me to understand the culture of the Turkish people. The characters of the actors and actresses are very interesting and everyone acted so well, including the little children. Even the bad guys have those ugly look which made them looked great in their acting parts. The most handsome man, Seymen and his attractive wife, Bahar added lots of spices to the main theme. However, one has to admire the character of Dicle as well -- she acted so well and I like her good and smart character. Then there are also the gossipers in the characters and they all added some sugar and spice in the scene. I would give a very good rating for this TV series as 8.9 out of 10. I hope to see more of the Turkish movie on TV as well. A pity that I have to stay many nights watching Asmali Konak and then have to adjust my sleeping hours from early morning till noon -- making my sleep shorter as I have to work. Luckily I am self-employed otherwise it would be impossible to for me to discover this entertaining Turkish TV series. Congratulations to the whole team for the making such a successful and most entertaining movie. I have come to learn that Turkey is a beautiful country and that the people are different from the Turkish culture. To me, they are very beautiful people and so different from those other Muslim countries. Turkey is a modern Muslim country with lots of beauty around it. Someday I hope to visit Turkey for a holiday and hope to stay at the Hayat Hotel. It will surely bring lots of happy memory of the TV series Asmali Konak!
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cimicib18 October 2008Cappadoccia is beautiful. With the director's choice of filters and everything it becomes even more beautiful on screen. The main character of the well-directed episodes are inevitably the land itself I think. However; it would not be so fair to neglect the director's effort here because Istanbul and NYC parts are also nice. The choice of places, especially where Istanbul is being filmed, is well-made.
About the characters; I might say that they are real. The story itself has some (well quite several) extremes that can be seen as gifts of trying to attract the audience but the characters are surprisingly well-thought, well-formed and well-incarnated thanks to the writers and the actors. The kitchen gang and the against-all-the-feudalism loves are my favorites. The story sometimes touches the regional problems of Turkey as well as the universal problems of human nature. In my opinion, it could have been done in a better way (I actually think that it's a bit over-rated in Turkey but what isn't?); but there "always" is a better way; so as a person who knows Turkish TV, this series deserves appreciation.
(The ending which is completed by the movie called "Asmali Konak - Hayat" is still much of a cliché though.) -
elif_dibek26 October 2004Asmalý Konak, can be described as a Turkish life isolated from all other Turkish lives, which is set in one of the magical places of Turkey Kapadokya(Capadoccia). Seymen is the classic, handsome, affective Anatolian man, successfully acted by Özcan Deniz. Bahar is an art student in New York when they first meet. Bahar has eyes as green as the greenest trees of forests and she doesn't rely on many people, especially men. But when they see each other in a New York cafe, they know that their love will confront all the obstacles waiting them in the future.. Turkish people, very faithfully, even set their activities according to the times of Asmalý Konak, so they wouldn't miss a moment of love and passion(well sometimes the opposite)actually of Seymen and Bahar=).
Besides this amazing love, many messages are given to Asmalý Konak watchers; some about women, some about love and some about Turkey.
Seymen's family members all have their problems of their own which is told sometimes in ironic or sarcastic ways. They live in a big stone Capadoccian house called "konak" (sorry ý don't know how to describe it but its really wonderful which is one of the factors why the series is so magical :)) Asmalý Konak-the movie-is designed to be the last episode of the series came to the cinemas. Although it was supposed to be better, the cinema-goers were a bit disappointed, ý thought it was very good, though not as good as the series. Thanks to Çaðan Irmak, he's a great director, always making us,Turkish people happy with every work he does.. -
xtra_niiceboy19 August 2006I think Asmali Konak was a great film although compared to its storyline i think it has absolutely NOTHING to do with the series,except the fact she had cancer.But it was a good movie i would say compared to other Turkish movies it was really good.I love that they uses Americans in this movie they made a sad story also funny at times but it had the a very sad story to it.I loved the Characters especially Nurgul Yesilcay,she was absolutely gorgeous.I loved the setting..they made it more appealing compared to the series.ALthough i think the movies should have started exactly where they left off in the movie but they still could have explained the whole storyline and show what they were doing after the airport check in.
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bahxing12 February 2006I have not been able to watch every series of this Turkish TV serial. But once I started watching it, I took an immediate liking to it. It is different from those Korean-made soap operas like 'winter sonata' or 'summer scent'. It describes life and experiences of a prominent family in a small Turkish town, its success and failures, and relations with people from outside.When I was watching it, I had a kind of deja vi feeling, I felt like once I have been a part of it. It feels so close to me, I don't know, maybe this is because I am Turkic (Uzbek) myself. Anyway, most people in Uzbekistan could not go away from TV-screens when it was on.
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egiray27 September 2003I think Asmali Konak is Turkey's best tv-series ever made. I haven't watched it from the beginning and now I am watching from the replays and I really appreciate all the people who made this series. I became an addict of this series very fast. The last episode will be on theaters this fall.
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acayozu15 November 2003This production looks like famous tv series of 70's ''Dallas''in USA. A typical turkish town in central anatolia.A great family is master of everything such as lands, forests, hills,farms.But they lives in a very bad conditions.there are lots of ironies in asmali konak.they 're village people but they can speak turkish very well although english. The head of the family is seymen agha (animated by ozcan deniz,famous folk singer in Turkey.)is dominate every thing.He is very strong and handsome character.Another important characters are animated by nurgul yesilcay.selda alkor and ipek tuzcuoglu.This tv serie shows the realities of Turkey.