''Asi'' () is a

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series. The series originally aired from July 21, 2007, to June 15, 2009. It ran for two seasons on

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Premise

The series is set in a rural part of Antakya and revolves around the lives of Asi Kozcuoğlu ( Tuba Büyüküstün), and Demir Doğan ( Murat Yıldırım), and their respective families. For three generations, the Kozcuoğlu family owns a prominent plantation in Antakya. Keeping this farm alive is their foremost goal. The owner, Ihsan Kozcuoğlu (

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), and his daughter, Asi, work and live for their land. Years ago, Demir's mother, Emine (Elif Sümbül Sert), and aunt, Süheyla (Tülay Günal), were workers on the Kozcuoğlu farm until his mother drowned herself with her two kids Demir and Melek in the nearby river called Asi /Orontes (The modern name ‘Asi` means ("rebel"), because the river flows from the south to the north unlike the rest of the rivers in the region.). Her children survived, Demir and Melek, and they went on to live with their aunt Süheyla. Demir returns to his hometown as a rich businessman. Still embittered about the circumstances that drove his mother to her death, he meets Asi and is immediately drawn to her. However, the lives of the Kozcuoğlu family and Demir's family bear more connections from the past that constantly seem to get in between. Family secrets start unravel after Süheyla returns to be with her nephew Demir. Murder, death, affairs, and a love child is discovered as everyone's life is turned upside down when decade old secrets come to surface. Demir and Asi's love is tested to the limits as they struggle to hold to their affection while their world crumbles around them.

Episodes

Cast

Main cast * Tuba Büyüküstün as Asiye "Asi" Kozcuoğlu * Murat Yıldırım as Demir Doğan *

as İhsan Kozcuoğlu *

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as Neriman Kozcuoğlu *

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as Cemal Ağa *

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as Defne Kozcuoğlu *

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as Kerim Akbar * Tülay Günal as Süheyla * Saygın Soysal as Aslan Kozcuoğlu * Elif Sönmez as Melek Doğan * Kanbolat Görkem Arslan as Ali Uygur * Emrah Elçiboga as Zafer Şermet * Menderes Samancilar as Haydar Doğan * Çağla Çakar as Asya Doğan-Kozcuoğlu Supporting cast * Kenan Bal as Namık *

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as Ziya *

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as Gonca Kozcuoğlu * Dilara Deviren / Zeynep Çopur as Ceylan Kozcuoğlu *

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as Ökkeş * Tülay Bursa as Fatma * Ayça Zeynep Aydın as Leyla Akbar * Şahnaz Çakıralp as Sarmaşık * Setenay Yener as Sevinç *

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as Arif * Sibel Kasapoğlu as Young Asi * İdil Vural as Young Süheyla * Elif Sude Dorukoğlu as Elif * Eli Mango as Madam * Ezgi Çelik as İnci * Remzi Evren as Mahmut *

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as Cevriye * Elif Sümbül Sert as Emine Doğan * Salahsun Hekimoğlu as Reha * Murat Çamur as Kaan *

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as Zeynep

International broadcasting

* on Maestro TV as ''Asi'' * on

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as ''Asi'' (2012-2014) * on

as ''Asi'' * on

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as ''Caasi'' * on Prva as ''Asi'' * on TV Sitel as ''Asi'' * on

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as ''Asi'' * on Nova TV as ''Asi'' * on TV Doma as ''Perla Orientu'' * on

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as ''Asi'' * on Kino Nova as ''Гордата Аси'' * on MBC as "ASI" * on MBC as "ASI" * on

as "Asi — Împotriva destinului" * on 2M as "ASI" * on Yoshlar TV as "Osiyo" * on

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as "Asi"

References

External links

Official Website
on Kanal D * {{DEFAULTSORT:Asi 2007 Turkish television series debuts 2009 Turkish television series endings 2000s Turkish television series Kanal D television dramas Television shows set in Istanbul Television series produced in Istanbul Turkish television soap operas Turkish-language television shows Turkish drama television series