Yasak Elma (English title: Forbidden Apple) is a Turkish television series created by Medyapım, featuring actors Şevval Sam and Eda Ece. The show was written by Melis Civelek and Zeynep Gür, with Neslihan Yeşilyurt directing the first three seasons, Murat Öztürk taking over for the fourth season, and Ece Erdek Koçoğlu directing the fifth and sixth seasons.
Plot Season 1
Ender, a woman from the high society and wife of successful businessman Halit Argun, hires Yıldız Yılmaz as her husband's personal waitress. Ender later offers money in return for Yıldız to seduce Halit so Ender can get finances after their divorce but Yıldız betrays Ender and exposes her plan. Halit divorces Ender upon learning the truth. She is left without money and begins her struggle to maintain her past position in society. Meanwhile, Yıldız and Halit get married.
Yıldız's sister Zeynep falls for her boss, Alihan Taşdemir.
Season 2 Ender's and Yıldız's enmity and intrigue continue. Yıldız's first husband, Kemal, now well off, returns with a plan to take revenge on Yıldız, because she divorced him on the wedding day as she had been accepted for an acting opportunity. As Kemal was poor, she left him for fame and money. Later, Kemal and Yıldız fall for each other and Kemal asks Yıldız to choose between him and Halit. Yıldız finds it difficult to leave the life she has because of Halit. Kemal marries Zehra Argun, Yıldız's stepdaughter and Halit's daughter from his first wife, which disappoints Yıldız. Later, she successfully sends him away.
Ender's first love Kaya and his sister, Şahika are introduced. Halit is impressed by Şahika and her undeniable beauty and falls for her. Yıldız is pregnant at that time. Halit kicks her out of the house and she starts living in a village.
Ender and Kaya's son Yiğit, of whom Ender and Kaya are both unaware because Kaya never knew of Ender's pregnancy and Ender had given him for adoption when he was born, starts working for Şahika. He pushes Ender into the sea.
Zeynep and Alihan get married and leave for America.
Season 3
Ender and Yıldız become friends against Şahika. Yıldız names her son Halit Can (his nickname Junior)and divorces Halit. Yıldız experiments with new career options, doing a weather show on TV and starts a project of producing apple puree using her grandmother's recipe. It turns out Şahika is working for Nadir who is Halit's enemy and he also becomes a partner in the company. Then Halit loses all of his money and shares and is forced to live with Sıtkı. Later, Şahika kills Nadir by poisoning him, and during his funeral shows up as his wife and winning all of his fortune. Ender marries Kaya, they also have 23 years old son. The season ends with Halit regaining his fortune and becoming Sahika's partner Holding Argun. Yıldız falls for Kerim, the director in Argun Holding hired by Şahika.
Season 4 Kaya divorces Ender. Halit marries Ender again because thanks to her he knew that Yıldız was cheating on him with Kerim. Halit dies after a scuffle with Yıldız, Ender and Şahika and his funeral is held the next day. Yıldız marries Çağatay, whose father HasanAli becomes a partner in the company. HasanAli kicks Ender and Şahika out of the company and they become poor. During this time they help each other. Later, they join the company back, Şahika marries HasanAli and later is deservedly Cansu hired by Ender and Şahika to live with HasanAli and give them inside information about him. The season ends with a bomb blast in HasanAli's house where he is present along with Ender, Yıldız and Zehra who unfortunately dies with HasanAli.
Season 5 Çağatay cheats on Yıldız with Kumru, a model and their neighbour. Yıldız is disheartened after she learns of this. She starts making her own shampoo and wins an award for it. At the ceremony, she publicly disgraces Çağatay and Kumru. She divorces Çağatay and marries Doğan, Kumru's father, this is a paper marriage to teach a lesson to Kumru and Çağatay. Kumru leaves Çağatay on their wedding day, thanks to Ender, when she learns he is only with her to take revenge on Doğan. Handan, Doğan's ex-wife returns and manages to win her daughter Kumru's heart and becomes a partner in the company. Kumru falls in love with Ekin, the son of Sami Onder, Doğan's enemy. Ekin has been sought out by Ender and Cagatay for his shares, in order to take down Doğan. Ekin is also hired by Handan to kill Doğan but the situation turns and the latter knocks him out and has his henchman drug him and leave him in a river as if he'd drowned. However, Cagatay saves him and they team up. The season ends with a car accident planned by Doğan to kill Çağatay in which Çağatay dies.
Season 6 Yıldız, upon learning Doğan's involvement in the car accident, complained against him and he was sent to prison. The season starts with a 2-year time lapse. Doğan and Yıldız's daughter Yıldız Su is born while Doğan is still in prison. Later, he is freed and him and Ender team up against Yıldız. Zeynep returns from the United States after divorcing Alihan and being married to someone else. She then marries Engin, Handan's poor turned rich brother. Kumru falls for Doctor Selim, but he loves Ezgi not Kumru. After everything Kumru went through, Kumru is pretending that her name is Ezgi and lies about being poor because she wanted Selim to love her for being her, not because she is rich. Julia Dogan's ex lover and mistress kills Engin in attempt to kill Handan by putting a scorpion but ended up killing Engin. Julia, Dogan and Handan wants to stop Kumru & Selim's love. Kumru gets pregnant, but misunderstanding Selim's relation with Zeynep, she gets jealous and rejects his love, and she lies to everybody that Caner is the father of their child. Selim fights to regain Kumru but fails; he dies in a gun shot in a conflict with Doğan. Kumru and Caner get married. Doğan and Yıldız resolve their problems and get married.
At the end, Doğan has a heart attack and dies while playing with Yıldız Su and Halit Can Junior. Asuman, Emir and Sedai get married, and Kumru has another baby.
Finally, Ender and Yıldız live happily and rich.
Cast Main Actor/Actress Role EpisodesDescriptionŞevval SamEnder Çelebi/Argun/Taşdemir/Ekinci/Kuyucu/Yıldırım 1-177She is Erim and Yiğit's mother. She is Caner's older sister. She is the ex-wife of Halit, Alihan, Kaya and Doğan. She is Çağatay's former fake fiancée. She is the former stepmother of Lila, Zehra, Halit Can, Kumru and Yildiz Su. Eda EceYıldız Yılmaz/Argun/Kuyucu/Yıldırım 1-177She is the daughter of Asuman and Mustafa. She is the mother of Halit Can and Yıldız Su. She is Zeynep's half-sister. She is the ex-wife of Halit, Çağatay and Doğan. She is İrem'e cousin. Biran Damla YılmazKumru Yıldırım/Kuyucu/Önder/Çelebi 111-177She is the daughter of Doğan and Handan. She is Yıldız Su's older sister. She is Caner's wife. She is Ender's sister-in-law. She is the ex-wife of Çağatay and Ekin. Murat AygenDoğan Yıldırım111-177He is the father of Kumru and Yıldız Su. He is the ex-husband of Handan, Ender, and Yıldız. He is Caner's father-in-law. He is the former father-in-law of Çağatay and Ekin. Sevda ErginciZeynep Yılmaz/Taşdemir/Kılıç/Gündüz1-46,150-177Şebnem Dönmez Handan Kılıç/Yıldırım134-177Berk OktayÇağatay Kuyucu86-146Barış Kılıç Kaya Ekinci37-85, 106-110Nesrin CavadzadeŞahika Ekinci/Kiliç/Kuyucu 44-108Talat BulutHalit Argun1-85Onur TunaAlihan Taşdemir1-46
Supporting Actor/Actress Role EpisodesDescriptionVildan VatanseverAysel Rüstem1-177Barış AytaçCaner Çelebi2-177Serkan Rutkay AyıközEmir Yüksel3-177Melisa DoğuAsuman Yılmaz8-177Bahtiyar MemiliSedai Yıldırım86-177Sonat TokuçCemal134-177Emir Kaan ÖzkanHalit Can Argun/Kuyucu 2147-177Güneş ÜnlüYıldız Su Yıldırım147-177Utku AteşAta Gündüz166-177
Departed characters Actor/Actress Role EpisodesDescriptionNehir ErdoğanJulia Moran161-175Sarp IkilerAslan163-172Emre KızılırmakSelim Avcıoğlu155-171Elif YılmazTuğçe161-171Neriman UğurSevim Avcıoğlu162-167Murat OnukKoray Avcıoğlu162-166Bekir AksoyEngin Kılıç147-166Pelin OrhunerSelen Yıldırım162-163Ece ÖzdikiciHilal Altınyüz147-155Kenan AcarAltay Güven147-153Ali Yasin ÖzegemenTarcan147-152Can CeylanMurat141-148Sena YıldızGamze131-146Ceyhun MengiroğluEkin Önder 130-146Kuzey GezerHalit Can Argun/51-146Soydan SoydaşFeedo141-144Erdal BilingenÇetin Hilal111-141Cansel ElçinCenk Akın138-140Ece IrtemMeriç Kırgız129-135Emre DinlerÖmer Kurtoğlu102-133Nihan AypolatArzu Kip115-128Ece DizdarFeyza Üstündağ110-128Gökhan CivanSami Önder125-128Yasmin ErbilCanan Baskıcı111-120Hayati AkbaşHayati93-110Gülenay Kalkan ÜnlüoğluFeride Taşkın86-110Erdal ÖzyağcılarHasan Ali Kuyucu86-110Gamze AtayGüler86-110Şafak PekdemirZehra Argun1-110Nilperi ŞahinkayaCansu Yıldırım93-108Selin UzalDiana 105-107Mert AltınışıkMahmut Haznedar86-102Can NergisMert Kara74-100Mehmet PamukçuSıtkı1-92Ahmet Haktan ZavlakErim Argun 275-86Buçe Buse KahramanLila Argun 248-86Gökhan AlkanKerim İncesu72-85Doğaç YıldızYiğit Ekinci42-85Talat BulutHalit Argun1-85İlber KaboğluErim Argun 11-74Mertkan AratAkın49-74Hakan KarahanNadir Kılıç57-71Tuvana TürkayAyşe/Leyla Çelebi49-70Nilgün TürkseverZerrin Taşdemir1-46, 64-67Cavit Çetin GülerHilmi54-56Ege KokenliYağmur45-47Ayşegül ÇınarLila Argun 11-47Ahmet KayakesenHakan Kurtuluş 213-46Erdem KaynarcaDündar Çelikkan27-40Tolga SalaKurban27-40Sarp Can KöroğluAtakan Kemal Karaca15-37Zeynep Bastıkİrem Yılmaz23-33Ebru ŞahinHira Bozok14-23Gün AkıncıCem Uzun10-21Yeliz ŞarDefne14-19Kıvanç KasabalıSinan Saygın1-14İrem KahyaoğluŞengül Doğan1-14Tuğçe KoçakLal Uzun1-13Sinan EroğluHakan Kurtuluş 11-12
Broadcast schedule Season no. Airing day and time Season premiere Season finale No. of episodes Episode range Year Network Season 1 Monday 20:00 19 March 2018 4 June 2018 12 1-12 2018 Fox Season 2 Monday 20:00 10 September 2018 27 May 2019 35 13-47 2018-2019 Fox Season 3 Monday 20:00 9 September 2019 23 March 2020 27 48-74 2019-2020 Fox Season 4 Monday 20:00 7 September 2020 10 May 2021 36 75-110 2020-2021 Fox Season 5 Monday 20:00 13 September 2021 13 June 2022 36 111-146 2021-2022 Fox Season 6 Monday 20:00 19 September 2022 5 June 2023 31 147-177 2022-2023 Fox
International Release The series was broadcast in arabic on : OSN Yahala Al Oula, OSN TV Yahala Bil Arabi, MTV (Lebanon), and Zee Alwan dubbed by Sama Art International
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