The Girl Named Feriha is a Turkish TV series premiered in 2011, and nowadays it has quite a lot of circulation, being almost an obligatory stop for every lover of Turkish dramas. Even if you are not, you may be so hooked by this series that you become a fan of this kind of series.
The complex love drama presented in the series is already a classic of Turkish television. And this time we present you everything you should know about this telenovela, its plot, cast and where you can watch every episode of this series in English.
Plot of the series “The Girl Named Feriha”
The plot centers on Feriha Yılmaz, who lives in a luxurious residential complex, but in the basement of the complex, as her parents are the janitors of the building.
One day, Feriha gets a scholarship to go to study at a high-society university. There Feriha attends with expensive clothes and other things, however, nothing is hers, everything is borrowed from a friend of the residence. Thanks to her looks and intelligence, Feriha becomes the most popular girl at the university.
At college Feriha meets Emir Sarrafoglu, a young millionaire who dates rich girls. As time goes by and through some circumstances, the two fall in love. However, Feriha’s lies go further and further every day and involve more and more people.
Such deception has become a huge burden for the girl, who makes Emir believe that she is also from the high society and that she lives in the building as just another tenant. With each passing day the situation becomes more complex and untenable, and eventually, Feriha will find herself in a dilemma in which she will have to make a choice.
Seasons and episodes of the series “The Girl Named Feriha”
The series began its broadcast on January 14, 2011 and culminated on June 29, 2012. The entire story of the telenovela takes place in 67 episodes distributed in 2 seasons. Each episode lasts approximately 120 minutes
The seasons are made up as follows:
- Season 1: 24 episodes
- Season 2: 43 episodes
Cast of this drama
The series was directed by Barış Yöş, and written by Melis Civelek and Sırma Yanık. As for the cast, the cast consists of the following Turkish stars:
- Hazal Kaya as Feriha Yılmaz.
- Çağatay Ulusoy as Emir Sarrafoğlu
- Metin Çekmez as Rıza Yılmaz
- Vahide Perçin as Zehra Yılmaz
- Melih Selçuk as Mehmet Yılmaz
- Ceyda Ateş as Hande Gezgin
- Deniz Uğur as Sanem İlhanlı