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Güneşi Beklerken (Waiting For The Sun) is a Turkish youth drama television series broadcast on Kanal D. It is directed by Altan Dönmez. It stars Emre Kınay, Hande Doğandemir, Kerem Bürsin, Yağmur Tanrısevsin, İsmail Ege Şaşmaz and Ozan Osmanpasaôglu. The show premiered on from 2 July 2013 from 27 July 2014. The show gained great popularity and positive success across the globe.

 Genre  Youth

Teen

Romance  Director :

Altan Dönmez

Starring

Emre Kınay Hande Doğandemir Kerem Bürsin Yağmur Tanrısevsin İsmail Ege Şaşmaz

(as the leading cast)

Country

•Turkey • Trabzon

 Language 

Turkish

number of seasons = 1

number of episodes = 54

 Producer 

Ayse Durmaz

runtime = 120 minutes

picture_format = 1080i HDTV

network = Kanal D

first aired = July 2, 2013

last aired = July 27, 2014

Plot
Zeynep (Hande Dogandemir) is a beautiful high school student who has a moderate and ordinary life with her mother Demet (Ebru Aykac) in a small city called Trabzon. Zeynep has been raised without knowing her father but she always think about him when she stays alone. She was told that her father was a seaman and was lost in the sea when he was on duty.

When Demet’s job does not go well, she decides to go to Istanbul with her daughter in order to have a new life there. Since they have lost everything, they want a new start immediately. Demet’s childhood friend Jale (Deniz Turker) who is living in Istanbul starts to help them when Demet and Zeynep arrives at Istanbul and they begin living with her. Jale is a director of one of the well-known colleges in Istanbul: Sayer College. She helps Zeynep to be registered in this college. Although school fee is so expensive, Zeynep is accepted to this college with a scholarship.

In her new life, Zeynep has to endure lots of difficulties. While she is trying to adjust to her new life in Istanbul, she also tries to get along with her shallow, privileged, rich classmates. Kerem (Kerem Bursin) is the king of the school and no one, not even the teachers, dare challenge him. He is handsome, arrogant, and the son of the owner of the school. From the start, Kerem persists on bullying Zeynep and tries everything to force Zeynep run away from his school. However, he does not know that Zeynep is a really insistent girl who never gives up. Also, there is another girl, Melis (Yagmur Tanrisevsin) who is in love with Kerem and fort his reason, does everything what Kerem wants. Baris (İsmail Ege Sasmaz), on the other hand, is a close friend of Kerem who’s both are like brothers since childhood but Baris does not tolerate Kerem’s attitude towards Zeynep. That’s why, Baris starts to help Zeynep and stays next to her all the time. They begin to fall for each other and eventually start dating. Meanwhile, Can, Kerem’s best friend and right hand man and Yagmur, Zeynep’s best friend begin to fall for each other.

As the story develops, Kerem and Zeynep begin to find themselves attracted to each other when she begins to see the good side in him.

On the other hand, as the story develops, it is revealed that Cihan (Emre Kinay) who is a sports teacher at school is a real father of Zeynep. This secret buried in the past not only changes the life of Zeynep but also changes the life of Melis. This is because, Melis is the daughter of Cihan and she does not want to share his father with another girl.

In this story, you will explore friendship, family relations and modern college life. How long the bullying of Kerem continue? Can two people who come from different worlds love each other? What will happen when Zeynep learns that his father is alive and standing in front of her? Will Zeynep find happiness in her new life?

Cast
Main cast

• Emre Kınay as Cihan Güzel, fitness teacher of Sayer College; Melis, Zeynep and Mert’s father, Demet’s husband and Tülin’s ex husband (ep 1-54)

• Hande Doğandemir as Zeynep Güzel Sayer / Zeynep Yilmaz; student at Sayer College; Cihan and Demet’s daughter, Melis and Mert’s half-sister, Kerem’s lover and later wife  (ep 1-54)

• Kerem Bürsin as Kerem Sayer; student “boss” of Sayer College; Ahmet and Sevim’s twin son, Koray and Günes’s brother, Zeynep’s lover and later husband (ep 1-54)

- Günes Sayar; Kerem’s twin brother (also played by the same person; 1 episode) (ep 54)

• Yağmur Tanrısevsin as Melis Güzel; student of Sayer College; Cihan and Tülin’s daughter, Zeynep’s half sister, Mert’s sister and Aksel’s lover (ep 1-54)

• İsmail Ege Şaşmaz as Barış Erdoğan; student of Sayer College; Behice’s grandson, Kerem’s childhood best friend/brother figure and Begum’s love interest (ep 1-54)

• Ebru Aykaç as Demet Yilmaz Güzel; Zeynep’s mother and Cohan’s second wife/lover (ep 1-54)

• Gökçe Yanardağ as Tülin Güzel; Melis and Mert’s mother and Cihan’s ex wife (ep 1-54)

• Ozan Osmanpaşaoğlu as Aksel Varol; new student at Sayer College; Mehmet’s son, Begum’s elder brother and Melis’s lover (ep 18-54)

• Merve Hazer as Yagmur; student at Sayer College; Zeynep’s best friend/classmate and Can’s lover later wife

• Efecan Şenolsun as  Can Demircioglu; student at Sayer College; Kerem’s best friend/right hand man and Yagmur’s lover later wife

• Deniz Türker as Jale; headteacher of Sayer college and Demet’s best friend/sister-figure

 Recurring cast 

• Yiğit Özyer as Sedat; student at Sayer College; (former bullied by Kerem) and classmate of the guys

• Hasan Şahintürk as Ahmet Sayer; owner of Sayer’s college; Sevim’s husband and Kerem, Koray and Günes’s father

• Simay Küçük Tuna as Sevim Sayer; owner of Sayer’s college; Ahmet’s wife and Kerem, Koray and Günes’s mother

•  Ece Dizdar as Melda; a fashion designer; Demet’s boss and Jale’s sister

• Nilay Deniz as Begum Varol; new student at Sayer College; Mehmet’s daughter, Aksel’s younger sister and Baris’s love interest

• Hale Akınlı as Behice Erdoğan; Baris’s grandmother/guardian and family friend of Sayers

• Emre Törün as Mehmet Varol; Aksel and Begum’s father

• Demet Sevim as Aydan; Mehmet’s mistress

• Caner Şimşek as Koray Sayer; Ahmet and Sevim’s eldest son, Kerem and Günes’s older brother (deceased character; shown in flashbacks only)

• Ece Bozyaka as Dilan; student at Sayer College; classmate of the girls and Melis’s best friend

• Selen Korkutan as Merve; new student at Sayer College; classmate of the girls and Sedat’s love interest

• Elayne Molberg as Jane; american friend of Kerem’s

• Oyuncu Adı Bilinmiyor as Hafize; dinner lady of Sayer College and Yagmur’s mother

• Derya Aldemir as Nurgül; servant of Sayer household

• Emrah Özçelik as Ufuk; bodyguard and chauffeur of Sayers

• Levent Yılmaz as Osman dede; Demet’s father and Zeynep’s grandfather