An Istanbul Tale (Bir İstanbul Masalı) 21 years old

An Istanbul Tale

The series is made into 71 episodes. It takes place in Istanbul, Turkey. The story centers around two rich brothers Selim Arhan the elder and Demir Arhan the younger one. They are still living at home with their parents Omar Arhan and Baheye Arhan. They live in a large house and have a cook by the name of Suzanne and her husband the driver whose name is Jamal Kozan. They have three children; Cheche the eldest is 28, Esma the second daughter who is the star of the series and finally a son who is in his final year at school. Esma has loved Demir, the younger son, ever since she was a child but he never noticed her. She always followed his news in the magazines. One night she climbed a tree to watch the annual Spring party that his family was holding but her sister followed her and tried to force to come down from the tree resulting in her falling over the large cake and hurting her ankle. The next morning, Selim found her sitting in the garden of his house and discovered that her foot was hurting so he decided to take her to a doctor. Esma was going to audition that day for a dance but her father didn't know about it. She failed the audition because she couldn't dance well. One night Demir came home followed by one of his girlfriends who refused to leave and wanted to be invited inside. He told her that his girlfriend was there and so he couldn't receive her. To convince that girl to go away, he kissed Esma who was in standing there. She thought that such a kiss was a sign that he was beginning to notice her. One night Demir came home drunk and couldn't go to his room. Esma had a copy of the house keys and so went to him to help him to his room. She tired to help him out of his clothes when his mother came in and saw them together in bed. When Selim was told about that he thought that he could save matters by putting her name as one to the people who were going to do their training at Arhan indutries which happened to be the largest company in Turkey and where many people were always trying to get their training there to put it on their CVs.

Credits

Çetin Tekindor
Çetin Tekindor

Ömer Arhan

Ozan Güven
Ozan Güven

Demir Arhan

Mehmet Aslantuğ
Mehmet Aslantuğ

Selim Arhan

Ahu Türkpençe
Ahu Türkpençe

Esma Kozan Arhan

Emre Karayel
Emre Karayel

Zekeriya

Cast

Name Character
Çetin Tekindor He was 58 , now 79 years old as Ömer Arhan
Ozan Güven He was 28 , now 49 years old as Demir Arhan
Mehmet Aslantuğ He was 41 , now 63 years old as Selim Arhan
Ahu Türkpençe She was 26 , now 47 years old as Esma Kozan Arhan
Dolunay Soysert She was 30 , now 51 years old as Derya
Emre Karayel He was 30 , now 52 years old as Zekeriya
Altan Erkekli He was 47 , now 68 years old as Cemal Kozan
İsmail Hacıoğlu He was 17 , now 38 years old as Ozan Kozan
İdil Fırat She was 15 , now 36 years old as Aylin
Esra Ronabar She was 25 , now 46 years old as Binnur Arhan

Crew

Name Job title
Sevil Demirci Production Coordinating Producer
Veli Kahraman Art Art Direction
Cengiz Keten Production Production Manager
Gokce Isil Tuna Production Assistant Production Manager
An Istanbul Tale poster
An Istanbul Tale (21 years)

Ended

  • First Air Date: 2003-09-18
  • Runtime: [75] minutes
  • Number of Episodes: 71