Family Secrets (; ) is a Turkish psychological thriller television series developed by Ay Yapım, written by Sema Ergenekon and directed by Ali Bilgin that aired between September 19, 2021 and May 26, 2024. It stars Kaan Urgancıoğlu and Pınar Deniz. In 2023, it was named the Best Telenovela at the 51st International Emmy Awards in New York City.
Premise The series starts when Ilgaz (Kaan Urgancıoğlu), a respected public prosecutor, and Ceylin (Pınar Deniz), a young attorney, cross paths due to a murder case and are forced to work together in order to uncover the real culprit behind the event that caused irreversible changes in both of their lives.
Cast Character Portrayed by Season 1 2 3 Main Ilgaz Kaya Kaan Urgancıoğlu colspan="3" Ceylin Erguvan Pınar Deniz colspan="3" Yekta Tilmen Uğur Polat colspan="3" Eren Duman Uğur Aslan colspan="3" Metin Kaya Hüseyin Avni Danyal colspan="2" Pars Seçkin Mehmet Yılmaz Ak colspan="2" Recurring Çınar Kaya Arda Anarat colspan="3" Inci Erguvan Ece Yüksel Engin Tilmen Onur Durmaz Neva Seçkin Başak Gümülcinelioğlu Derya Ihdal Șukran Ovalı colspan="2" Merdan Kaya Cezmi Baskın colspan="3" Zafer Erguvan Ali Seçkiner Alıcı Gül Erguvan Zeyno Eracar colspan="3" Aylin Erguvan Pınar Çağlar Gençtürk colspan="3" Osman Yılmaz Onur Özaydın colspan="3" Parla Yılmaz Zeynep Atılgan colspan="3" Defne Kaya Beren Nur Karadiș colspan="3" Makbule Kaya Özlem Çakar colspan="2" Laçin Gökmen Nilgün Türksever colspan="3" Tuğçe Duman Merve Ateș colspan="3" Serdar Denzi Eray Ertüren colspan="2" Merve Demetoğlu Zeynep Parla colspan="2" Rıdvan Yiğit Kalkavan colspan="2" Zümrut Esma Yesim Gül Cüneyt Ozgan Hakan Dinçkol colspan="2" Seda Gökmen Nergis Öztürk colspan="2" Özge Ișıklı Dilara Çakır colspan="3" Burak Yıldırım Samet Kaan Kuyucu Ayten Suat Ezin Elif Melda Yılmaz Tolga Çırmak Emir Özden Haluk Yıldırım Kenan Bal Rafet Günbay Muttalip Müjdeci Çetin Sarioglu Merih Ermakastar Turgut Ali Duymaz Yurdaer Okur Ömer Tilmen / Yakup Atamer Doğac Yıldız Eyüp Böceli / Gökhan Denzi Alper Çankaya Efe Ekneraz Ulvi Kahyaoğlu colspan="2" Nil Barkın Müge Bayramoğlu colspan="2" Mercan Kaya Eylül Uğur colspan="2" Elif Yılmaz Gece Ișık Demirel colspan="2" Nadide Baksı Ayșen Sezerel colspan="2" Yiğit Alican Altun colspan="2" Ela Özbay Çağla Demir colspan="2" Kadir Adarlı Arif Pișkin colspan="2" Iclal Zerden Defne Kayalar colspan="2" Minor Umut Onur Tekin colspan="3" Göksu Alptug Duygu Serin colspan="3" Anil Tayan Tolga Canbeyli colspan="3" Ozan Güney Özay Özgüler colspan="2" Șahver Yengi Ayșenil Șamlıoğlu colspan="2" Özlem Kartal Pınar Töre colspan="2" Fatih Kartal Selahattin Töz colspan="2" Niyazi Karaçam Ilker Kalay colspan="2" Özcan Sandık Serdar Orçin Esin Atamer Sevinç Erol Yüksel Șerif Erol Gonca Burcu Altın Deprem colspan="2" Dilek Oknaz Seda Türkmen colspan="2" Filiz Bağcı Özlem Türay colspan="2" Macit Tura Macit Koper colspan="2" Can Aynar Ferit Kaya colspan="2"
Overview
Episodes Season 1 (2021–2022) # Quote Directed by Screenwriter Original release date 1 1 "An executioner glances through the eyes of every judge."(Friedrich Nietzsche) Ali Bilgin Sema Ergenekon September 19, 2021 2 2 "Like water in water, everything I knew became invisible."(William Shakespeare) Ali Bilgin Sema Ergenekon September 26, 2021 3 3 "Every sinner has a future."(Oscar Wilde) Ali Bilgin Sema Ergenekon October 3, 2021 4 4 "No crime is forgotten as long as the conscience still remembers it."(Stefan Zweig) Ali Bilgin Sema Ergenekon October 10, 2021 5 5 "The essential is invisible to the eye."(Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) Ali Bilgin Sema Ergenekon October 17, 2021 6 6 "Do not think that everyone who pats you on the back is a friend, maybe they are looking for a place to stab you."(Ali) Ali Bilgin Sema Ergenekon October 24, 2021 7 7 "When the water rises, the fish eats the ants; when the water recedes, the ants eat the fish. The 'flow of the water' decides who will eat whom."(Plato) Ali Bilgin Sema Ergenekon October 31, 2021 8 8 "Three things can't be kept hidden for long: the sun, the moon and the truth."(Gautama Buddha) Ali Bilgin Sema Ergenekon November 7, 2021 9 9 "When it snows on the mountain you trust, the best solution is to leave the mountain and the snow alone. When the day comes and the snow melts, the best answer is to greet the mountain that watches your path from another mountain."(Șems-i Tebrîzî) Ali Bilgin Sema Ergenekon November 14, 2021 10 10 "It is not fire that burns a person, but their own negligence. They see the faults in everyone, but look at themselves through tinted glasses."(Mevlânâ Celâleddîn-i Rûmî) Ali Bilgin Sema Ergenekon November 21, 2021 11 11 "When a person can't face their own wrongdoings, they keep playing with other people's mistakes."(Oscar Wilde) Ali Bilgin Sema Ergenekon November 28, 2021 12 12 "There are two perfect people in the world: the one who is dead and the one who has not been born yet."(Chinese proverb) Ali Bilgin Sema Ergenekon December 5, 2021 13 13 "Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves."(Confucius) Ali Bilgin Sema Ergenekon December 12, 2021 14 14 "Killing a person is easy, but the blood splatters into the soul. The soul of a murderer bleeds."(Lev Tolstoy) Ali Bilgin Sema Ergenekon December 19, 2021 15 15 "If you fall, I'll pick you up, if not, I will lay down with you."(Julio Cortázar) Ali Bilgin Sema Ergenekon January 9, 2022 16 16 "Mild sorrows speak, but deeper ones are silent."(Seneca) Ali Bilgin Sema Ergenekon January 16, 2022 17 17 "To find the right path, you just need to get lost."(Italo Calvino) Ali Bilgin Sema Ergenekon January 23, 2022 18 18 "When I had all the answers, the questions changed."(Paulo Coelho) Ali Bilgin Sema Ergenekon January 30, 2022 19 19 "The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which one to burn."(David Russell) Ali Bilgin Sema Ergenekon February 6, 2022 20 20 "A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because its trust doesn't lay in the branch but in its own wings."(Henrik Ibsen) Ali BilginBeste Sultan Kasapoğulları Sema Ergenekon February 13, 2022 21 21 "Sheep spend their lives in fear of the wolf. However, it is the shepherd who eats them in the end."(Thomas Hobbes) Ali BilginBeste Sultan Kasapoğulları Sema Ergenekon February 20, 2022 22 22 "Sometimes, life feels like a hail hit just when everything was about to bloom after being patient for a winter!"(José Mauro de Vasconcelos) Ali BilginBeste Sultan Kasapoğulları Sema Ergenekon February 27, 2022 23 23 "I bear the wounds of all the battles I avoided."(Fernando Pessoa) Ali BilginBeste Sultan Kasapoğulları Sema Ergenekon March 6, 2022 24 24 "How many lies have been told on earth; with words, with writing, with paintings or wordlessly."(Yusuf Atılgan) Ali BilginBeste Sultan Kasapoğulları Sema Ergenekon March 13, 2022 25 25 "Even within the most beautiful landscape, in trees, under the leaves, the insects are eating each other."(Francis Bacon) Ali BilginBeste Sultan Kasapoğulları Sema Ergenekon March 20, 2022 26 26 "Opened my breath, my mind, my deep heart. I loved my father the most in my life!"(Can Yücel) Ali BilginBeste Sultan Kasapoğulları Sema Ergenekon March 27, 2022 27 27 "There's daggers in people's smiles. The near in blood, the nearer bloody."(William Shakespeare) Ali BilginBeste Sultan Kasapoğulları Sema Ergenekon April 3, 2022 28 28 "In this world, don't depend too much on anyone, because even your own shadow leaves you when you are in darkness."(La Edri) Ali BilginBeste Sultan Kasapoğulları Sema Ergenekon April 10, 2022 29 29 "How can I keep my soul to myself, so that it doesn't touch your soul? How can I raise it high enough, past you, to other things?"(Rilke) Ali BilginBeste Sultan Kasapoğulları Sema Ergenekon April 17, 2022 30 30 "Putting something together after you broke it doesn't make it whole again."(Ibn Rushd) Ali BilginBeste Sultan Kasapoğulları Sema Ergenekon April 24, 2022 31 31 "Three things tire a person the most; to forgive, to keep silent while burning inside, and to dream even when one knows it won't happen."(Chuck Palahniuk) Ali BilginBeste Sultan Kasapoğulları Sema Ergenekon May 8, 2022 32 32 "My heart is a broken clock, it always stops at you..."(Turgut Uyar) Ali BilginBeste Sultan Kasapoğulları Sema Ergenekon May 15, 2022 33 33 "Some doors seem closed to us because we stand behind them and not in front of them."(Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar) Ali BilginBeste Sultan Kasapoğulları Sema Ergenekon May 22, 2022 34 34 "When a chord breaks, the harmony ceases forever."(Yahya Kemal Beyatlı) Ali BilginBeste Sultan Kasapoğulları Sema Ergenekon May 29, 2022
Season 2 (2022–2023)