Acı Hayat: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Mehmet and Nermin are desperately in love with each other. Both are living in the suburbs of Istanbul, trying to stay one step ahead of poverty by working harder each day. Their only aim is to get married and have a nice home. While Mehmet works as a welder in a shipyard, Nermin is a manicurist in one of the well known coiffeurs. But no matter how hard they try, they just never earn enough money to realize their dream. Ender, one of Istanbul's playboys sees Nermin and falls in love with her. Nermin, not being able to realise her dreams, gets upset, drunk and makes the biggest mistake of her life and spends the night with Ender. She has no other choice than to marry him. She leaves her old poor life and her only real love behind and starts a new life in richness with Ender.

Series details

• Title: Acı Hayat
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Turkish
• Genres: Drama, Family, Romance
• Premiere date: 2005-12-14
• Final broadcast date listed: 2007-06-25
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Show TV
• Network country: Turkey
• Typical episode runtime: 90 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 18962
• IMDb ID: tt0499168
• TVDB ID: 289032

Cast and credited roles

• Kenan İmirzalıoğlu — Mehmet Kosovalı
• Selin Demiratar — Nermin Yıldız
• Ebru Kocaağa — Filiz Kervancıoğlu
• Oğuz Galeli — Ender Kervancıoğlu

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2005-12-14; final listed air date 2006-06-12; episode order: 23.
• Season 2: premiered 2006-10-09; final listed air date 2007-06-25; episode order: 36.

Source and licence

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