Bizim Hikaye (English: Our Story) is a Turkish drama series starring Hazal Kaya as Filiz, a young woman who takes care of her siblings after her mother leaves them, and Burak Deniz as Barış, a mysterious man, who appears in Filiz's life. It is an adaptation of the British original series Shameless. Its first episode (in September 2017) received more than 20 million views. The show was shot in Istanbul and ran for 70 episodes. The series is currently popular in Turkey.
Plot Season 1
Filiz, 20, is a young woman in a lower-class Turkish family, forced to take care of her five younger siblings after her mother leaves and as her father, Fikri, is an alcoholic. Filiz believes that there is no place for love in her life until she meets Barış, a young man who cares for both Filiz and her family.
Meanwhile, Cemil, a police officer who is also in love with Filiz, finds out that Barış is a car thief and threatens to expose him to Filiz unless he leaves. Fikri reports the fact that his children are living without parental supervision to social services, resulting in her siblings being taken from Filiz, forcing her to marry Cemil.
Barış has a strained relationship with his father, who dislikes Filiz because she comes from a poor background. Ömer, a mafia leader, is revealed to be the husband of Yeliz, Filiz's older sister. Ömer secretly loves Filiz, but he comes to the neighborhood to find diamonds that Yeliz stole. Ömer and Servet join forces and send Filiz to jail. Filiz and Barış fall in love with each other, but their relationship faces a lot of challenges due to Barış's mysterious past and secretive life.
Season 2
Filiz is released from prison and is shocked to see that Barış has disappeared. She refuses to believe this, as Barış had written her letters, but her younger brothers reveal to her that they were the ones who wrote them so that she would not worry. Filiz finds Barış in a hospital where she finds out he has a son, Savaş Junior, and a wife. Barış tells her he used her because he was tired of married life and never really loved her. Filiz is heartbroken and gets drunk. Her lawyer Selim, who is secretly in love with her, escorts her home.
Filiz starts a business that is coincidentally right next to Barış's office. Both of them argue as Filiz does not want to leave the area, and Barış is disturbed because of the construction in her shop. Tulay loses her twins. Meanwhile, Hikmet is in love with a pregnant girl named Zeynep. He marries her and decides to raise the child as his own. He keeps her secret when Cicek, living with Filiz after coming out of prison, finds his marriage papers, and the family finds out. Tulay decides to keep Zeynep and has a soft spot for her because she is pregnant.
Savaş Junior gets a heart transplant, and Barış tells Filiz the truth that he only went back to his first wife Nihal because his son was sick; Filiz and Barış reconcile. Fikri marries a rich woman named Melek, who is dying of cancer. She spoils Kiraz and Feco badly and does not monitor them at all. Kiraz starts to act spoiled and is rude to Filiz, telling her to get out of her life. Melek goes to her mother in Switzerland and later dies. Fikri and his kids are kicked out of the house, and Filiz takes them into her own home. Kiraz stands on the roof of a construction building to enter a friend's club. Filiz, who is high with fever and tired, faints. Barış proposes to her in the hospital and she accepts. Nihal threatens to imprison Filiz if Barış does not return to her but Barış fakes his death in front of Nihal and marries Filiz. Hikmet leaves the house, as he does not want Barış to live there. Merve, Barış's sister, shows up and decides to help Barış by spying on Nihal by acting as Savaş Junior's babysitter. Hikmet kidnaps a woman's child, and Barış reveals him to be bipolar. Hikmet is put in the hospital. Filiz is revealed to be pregnant. Meanwhile, Nihal discovers Barış is alive and imprisons him as Merve betrays Barış. Nihal has a brain hemorrhage, and when she gets better, she repents and moves aboard with her son.
Neslihan is introduced as Barış's colleague and former girlfriend. Rahmet sees Baris carrying Neslihan to a hotel and accuses him of cheating on Filiz. Filiz tells Barış to divorce her, and he agrees. Later Rahmet finds out it was a misunderstanding, and Barış carried Neslihan to her room because she was drunk, and he did not sleep with her. Filiz asks Barış to forgive her, but he refuses. Filiz goes to Barış's office to find out her baby's sex, and they welcome the news that they are having a girl. Fikri has a heart attack and claims Hikmet and his granddaughter saved him from death. He vows to become a super father. Hikmet is released from the hospital and comes to live with the Elibols. A month later, Cemil and Cicek get married as well as Rahmet and Deniz. Filiz gives birth to a baby girl. Fikri buys them all apartments for his granddaughter's arrival. A baby is left at their doorstep, which turns out to be Fikri's eighth child.
Cast and characters Main Actor Character Episodes DescriptionHazal KayaFiliz Elibol Aktan1–70Barıș's wife and Fikri Elibol and Şükran's eldest child. When her mother abandons the family, Filiz is left with her younger siblings Rahmet, Hikmet, Fikret, Kiraz, and Ismet. When she goes to a neighbor's wedding, Barış almost crashes into her with a car. After Barış recovers Filiz's bag, he asks her to have dinner with him. She initially refuses his offer, but later accepts it. She first marries Cemil to save her four younger siblings from the social welfare department. After divorcing Cemil, she marries Barış and gives birth to a girl. Burak Deniz Savaş "Barış" Aktan 1–70 Filiz's husband. The son of Servet Aktan and Ayla Angın. Barış is an intelligent, hard-headed, and confident man. His real name is Savaş. He is a mysterious young man who entered Filiz's life unexpectedly. He starts off as a leader of a car theft gang but later pursues a career as a doctor. He is known to some people as Barış as he uses his younger brother's name to honor his memory. He belongs to a very rich family, but tricks Filiz into believing that he is poor in order to gain sympathy from her. He meets Filiz and falls in love with her and is affected by her strong character. Baris tries to gain her trust, but all his lies cause him to lose Filiz. He manages everything perfectly and, due to his extreme love for Filiz, she forgives him, and they continue their relationship on a good note. Reha Özcan Fikri Elibol 1–70 Şükran's husband. Father of Filiz, Rahmet, Kiraz, Fikret, and İsmet. Instead of working, he becomes an alcoholic. He leaves his house and children and begins to live in Şeyma's house. He contracts cirrhosis due to his alcoholism and needs a liver transplant. Filiz and Rahmet are tested to be donors for their father, but they are incompatible. Fikri later brings his daughter Yeliz, who is from another woman to their house. However, Yeliz's tissue does not match either, and she takes Fikri to another doctor, saying she can find a liver on the black market. Yeliz's doctor steals Fikri's right kidney during the surgery. The ambulance takes him to the hospital, and he is diagnosed with multiple organ failure. A dying patient in the same hospital asked that his body parts be donated after his death. The deceased patient's liver is successfully given to Fikri. In season two, he tries to be a good father to his children. In the end, he has another child. Yağız Can Konyalı Rahmet Elibol 1–70 Rahmet is a high school student, he is the older brother of the house. He is a successful and intelligent teenager who doesn't take his studies seriously. He uses the school and his friends to make money. Filiz worries that he will "waste away". He supports his sister in everything and is fond of his brothers. He later works at a university. Rahmet marries Deniz. Nejat Uygur Hikmet Elibol 1–27 / 38–56 / 70 Hikmet is a high school student, younger than Rahmet. He is an introverted, emotional, and shy boy. He works at the market and contributes to the home during his extended stay. Because he is the most similar to his mother, he is exposed the most to his father's anger. He is in love with Esra. He does not trust himself, does not like his physical appearance, and is quiet and introverted. Zeynep Selimoğlu Kiraz Elibol 1–70 Kiraz is a secondary school student. Kiraz's place for Fikri is separate, believing that he is the only one who loves her. Kiraz distances herself from her previous life when she goes to live with Melek, believing that her poor life brings disgrace to her. Alp AkarFikret Elibol (Fiko) 1–70 Fikret is a secondary school student. After Fikri takes him with Kiraz and Ismet to Melek's house, he leaves his previous lifestyle and house, though he changes his attitude later on. Ömer Sevgi İsmet Elibol (İsmo) 1–70 The youngest boy in the house. Nesrin Cavadzade Tülay Sertkaya 1-53 The Elibols' neighbor and Filiz's best friend. She works part-time at a nursing home. She marries her lover, Tufan Şahin. She goes to Germany. Later she divorces Tufan because of his unexpected relation with Ferda Mehmet Korhan Fırat Tufan Şahin 1–70 Tülay's husband, who runs a coffee shop. He becomes a good friend of Barış. And again marries Ferda. Mehmetcan Minciözlü Cemil Engin 1–70 A police officer who has known Filiz since childhood. He likes Filiz and hates Barış. Filiz marries him to save her siblings from the social welfare department. Cemil did not want to divorce Filiz because he loved her, but he does as he realizes that Filiz only loves Barış and cannot compromise with Cemil. In season two, his character is portrayed as a good person. He and Barış then get along well, and he even helps Barış cover up some of his small crimes, which causes him to lose his job as a police officer. He marries Çiçek. Evrim Doğan Şeyma 1–37 Müjde's mother, a patient with agoraphobia. When Fikri rejects her and expresses his love for Şükran, Şeyma moves to Ankara with her daughter. Serra Pirinç Müjde 1–37 Rahmet's former girlfriend. Rahmet helps her in her studies. She moves to Ankara with her mother. Sahra Şaş Çiçek 38–70 Çiçek is Filiz's friend. After leaving prison, she lives with Filiz, whom she motivates to start a business. Çiçek marries Cemil. Murat Bölücek Cücü (Cüneyt) 1–70 Fikri's friend who is a street alcoholic. Melisa Döngel Deniz Elibol 38–70 an intelligent but unpredictable rebel of the university. She initially harasses and threatens Rahmet, but eventually marries him. Hazal Adıyaman Derin Çelik 38–61 She is Deniz's younger sister, she is the exact opposite of Deniz. Derin motivates Rahmet to pursue mathematics.
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