Binbir Gece is a Turkish television series produced by TMC Film that was originally aired by Kanal D

Kanal D

Kanal D is a nation-wide television channel in Turkey and part of Doğan Holding which is owned by the Turkish media tycoon Aydın Doğan.Kanal D also runs an international channel, Euro D which is available online....

 between 2006-2009. It stars Halit Ergenç

Halit Ergenç

Halit Ergenç is a Turkish actor.-Biography:Halit Ergenç was born as the son of actor Sait Ergenç on 30 April 1970 in İstanbul. He completed his secondary education at Beşiktaş Atatürk High School in 1989 and entered İstanbul Technical University to study Marine Engineering...

, Bergüzar Korel

Bergüzar Korel

Bergüzer Korel is a Turkish actress.- Biography :She spent her childhood in the town of Ulus. She attended Yildiz College and later studied at Mimar Sinan University. Korel made her debut as Leyla in Valley of the Wolves: Iraq...

, Tardu Flordun and Ceyda Düvenci.

The show was also aired or has been airing in Azerbaijan

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 on Azad Azerbaijan

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, Bulgaria

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 on Nova TV and Diema Family

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, Croatia

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 on RTL TV

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, Arab World

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 on Al-Rai, MBC 1

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, Nile Life, Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation

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(LBC) and 2M TV

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, Romania

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 on Kanal D Romania

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, the Republic of Macedonia

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 on A1, Serbia

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 on Prva TV

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, Greece

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 on Macedonia TV

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 and ANT1

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, Montenegro

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 on TV Vijesti

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, Bosnia & Herzegovina

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 on Hayat TV

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 and Alternativna televizija, Slovenia

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 on Pink SI

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, Kosovo

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 on Kohavision

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, Slovakia

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 on Markiza

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 and TV Doma

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, Czech Republic

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 on TV Nova

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 and Nova Cinema, in Hungary

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 on TV2, Kazakhstan

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 on Kazakhstan Aktau TV and in Ukraine on 1+1

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Plot summary

The story is about Şehrazat Evliyaoğlu, a talented architect who works in Binyapı, a construction company owned by Onur Aksal and Kerem İnceoğlu. She is the mother of a five-year old boy who suffers from leukemia and needs an urgent and very expensive surgery. Onur Aksal is a successful businessman and Şehrazat desperately tries to find ways to borrow the money she needs for her son's very costly surgery, a bone marrow transplantation, because her little son's life is in danger. Only her boss Onur, who is secretly attracted to her, accepts to give her the money on condition that she spends one night with him.

After that night, Onur cannot stop thinking about her. He arranges their business trip to Dubai

Dubai

Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...

 in order to be alone with her. At the hotel elevator in Dubai

Dubai

Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...

 he repeats the same indecent offer, a night with him, and he doubles the amount of money. Şehrazat refuses his offer, deeply disgusted and furious. She realizes that Onur will not stop thinking about what happened between them and decides to try to find another job away from him. At the same time, Onur is very upset at what he did in Dubai

Dubai

Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...

, to ask Şehrazat to accept his indecent proposal. He gets very regretful and tries to show her how deeply he cares for her. Onur feels very bad about himself and for what he has made her endure professionally and personally and becomes increasingly attached to her.
Convinced that he cannot live without her, Onur asks Şehrazat to marry him and begs her to give him a chance to make her love him. She finally accepts his marriage proposal. However things become complicated when Onur's mother refuses to approve of their marriage. But finally, Onur's mother understands that her son feels a profound and sincere love for Şehrazat and eventually accepts her daughter-in-law.

Many events occur in the third season, as well. Kerem reveals Onur's and Şehrazat's secret (the one night stand for money compensation) which leads to their divorce. They will get together by the end of the third season and live happily ever after.

Cast

Actor	Role
Halit Ergenç Halit Ergenç Halit Ergenç is a Turkish actor.-Biography:Halit Ergenç was born as the son of actor Sait Ergenç on 30 April 1970 in İstanbul. He completed his secondary education at Beşiktaş Atatürk High School in 1989 and entered İstanbul Technical University to study Marine Engineering...	Onur Aksal
Bergüzar Korel Bergüzar Korel Bergüzer Korel is a Turkish actress.- Biography :She spent her childhood in the town of Ulus. She attended Yildiz College and later studied at Mimar Sinan University. Korel made her debut as Leyla in Valley of the Wolves: Iraq...	Şehrazat Evliyaoğlu
Tardu Flordun	Kerem İnceoğlu
Ceyda Düvenci	Bennu Ataman
Tomris İncer	Nadide Evliyaoğlu
Meral Çetinkaya	Peride Aksal
Metin Çekmez	Burhan Evliyaoğlu
Nihat Dogan	Füsun Evliyaoğlu
Ergün Demir	Ali Kemal Evliyaoğlu
Aytaç Öztuna	Seval İnceoğlu
Yeliz Akkaya	Melek Ataman
Efe Çınar	Kaan Evliyaoğlu
Mert Fırat	Burak İnceoğlu
Feyzan Çapa	Buket Evliyaoğlu
Canan Ergüder	Eda Akinay
Gizem Güneş	Buket Evliyaoğlu
Hazal Gürel	Burcu Evliyaoğlu
Nehir Nil Karakaya	Burçin Evliyaoğlu
Bartu Küçükçağlayan	Gani
Metin Belgin	Zafer Gündüzalp
Merih Ermakastar	Mert
Ayla Algan Ayla Algan Ayla Algan is a Turkish film/stage actress and singer.-Biography:Ayla Algan was born in Istanbul and spent her childhood in France where she studied at Notre Dame de Sion High School and Versailles Lycee. Then she moved to the USA where she joined the New York Actors Studio as an actress...	Betül
Şebnem Köstem	Handan
Melahat Abbasova	Mihriban
Ege Aydan	Engin
Ezgi Asaroğlu Ezgi Asaroglu Ezgi Asaroğlu is a Turkish film and television actress.She first appeared on television in the TV series "Bir Dilim Ask", which marked her screen debut at age 17. During the years, she had roles in the top-rated TV series and the popularity of the series made Ezgi Asaroglu well known to audiences...	Duru
Suphi Tekniker	Yalçın
Mehmet Polat Mehmet Polat Mehmet Polat is a Turkish footballer who currently plays for Mersin İdmanyurdu. He is a versatile central defender who can also play as rightback or defensive midfielder. He was capped four times for Turkey. He spent 2002-03 season on loan at Galatasaray. Once considered among one of the best...	Erdal Karayolcu
Zeynep Konan	Zeynep
Füsun Kostak	Cansel
Ebru Aykaç	Yasemin
Duygu Çetinkaya	Sezen Özşener
Nihan Durukan	Ayşen
Ayce Abana	Beyza
Nuray Uslu	Sevgi
Feridun Düzağaç Feridun Düzagaç Feridun Düzağaç is a Turkish rock music singer and songwriter, usually known for his pessimistic and melancholic songs.-Early career:...	Özcan
Ismail Düvenci	İsmail
Teoman Kumbaracıbaşı
Sennur Kaya	Firdevs
Nihat İleri	Semih Özşener
Erdal Bilingen	Hakan
Karina Gükrer
Nazlı Ceren Argon
Hazel Çamlidere	Ahu
Ayben Erman	Neriman
Alptekin Serdengeçti	Viva Espana
Nilüfer Silsupur
Dilara Kavadar	Nilüfer

External links

• official website of the TV series
• Fan Site of the TV series