Poyraz Karayel. Poyraz blows from the northeast. It comes from the Greek god named Boreas . Karayel, on the other hand, blows from the Northwest and is a wind that generally brings cold. So, do you know how this part is reflected in the series? Frankly, I don't know either. Because there is no such thing. Unfortunately, I cannot say that maybe the character of Poyraz is divided into two. The series is actually exactly like this example, a bit pointless. So why? It is actually a very praised and popular series, but I did not like it. Now let's dwell on it a bit.
Poyraz is a police officer. One day, something happens to him and he tries to get inside information by being close to a mafia boss. Meanwhile, he falls in love with his daughter. It's actually that simple. After a certain point, Poyraz completely goes to the side of this mafia boss (Bahri). And then the series happens. A classic scenario. Especially the part about falling in love with your daughter. However, the script is very insistent on prolonging this. Although the first season of the series was successful, of course, they later realized that they had to squeeze the water out of something so popular, and they ruined the series beautifully. So who is this Poyraz Karayel? Let's start here.
The men of Turkish TV series either have no families, or their families cause trouble for them. Poyraz's family is a mixture of both. They don't exist, but when they exist, they're just a nuisance. He is a person who grew up without a family and became a police officer. I have not read Oguz Atay, but my friends who read it told me that there are many similarities with the book "Tutunamayanlar". Poyraz is a somewhat emotional person. It's a bit poetic. But along with these, there is also the mafia. In other words, he is actually a man that the series wants to present to the female audience. Of course, how attractive today's women find this character is a separate issue, but I do not think Poyraz is a successful character. There are two ways we, as viewers, connect with the main character. Empathy and sympathy. We will either empathize with this character and understand what happened to him and understand what he will do, or we will love him and become attached to him. It is impossible to empathize with Poyraz. I think very few of us are the right-hand men of a mafia boss and fall in love with his daughter. Unfortunately, we do not empathize with what happened to him by making it lighter (by changing a large amount). So we need to sympathize, but I really had a hard time with this. Poyraz is a "man". There are certain aspects of the male stereotype that society presents as attractive men, especially in TV series. For example, mysteriousness, which I think especially women in relationships would never want in their relationships . The character Aysegul, whom I will talk about later, is a very smart character. However, no matter what, Poyraz hides everything from Aysegul, even when he is about to go to the toilet, and somehow escapes by saying "I have some work". Even though Aysegul would not approve of what she did at that moment, she does not know or understand that she owes it to the girl she "loves very much". And yes, Poyraz loves his girlfriend very much. Poems and serenades are everywhere. Unfortunately, after he doesn't say anything to the girl and loses the perception that he really cares about her, these things seem fake. I am sure that my fellow women will confirm while reading this article that a ton of kind words cannot be more valuable than one action . He is also a stubborn person. Even though Aysegul says "don't go, don't go" words just because she thinks about him, Poyraz doesn't care about the world. He can go away with a ton of money that his father-in-law has since the tenth episode of the series, but the character, who is affected by this scenario that the scriptwriters made to make the series more enjoyable, seems to us like an "adventure enthusiast". Besides, while talking about nice words, we should also mention the dangerous things Poyraz said to Aysegul. Even though the sentence "If you leave, I will die" seems harmless, you need to think from the other side. You will feel bad when a person who says this while crying stands in front of you. Poyraz, who uses phrases like "You can't love anyone else but me" a lot, unfortunately starts to seem fake when he says these curse-like sentences after a ton of flowery words. Of course, a person who is truly in love cannot love someone else, but I think this should not be said by the person in love. Moreover, even though Aysegul does not want to, he repeatedly knocks on her door and even throws stones at her window. He doesn't think that Aysegul, if have been behind the glass at that time, could finish the series. So he is definitely not a character that can be sympathized with. At one point in the series, he even forgot about his beloved son. The series tries to make people love Poyraz in a different way. Pain , as he sometimes does to Aysegul. "He has suffered so much, he deserves to be happy ." The series is trying to make us think like this, but I can say that this situation backfires.
Aysegul is the loser of this series. He believes in his father, he believes in his lover. Despite what happened, he believes that his father and his lover will eventually be able to achieve peace with their own methods. I will touch upon these mafia affairs more clearly in Bahri's section. Aysegul is always optimistic, no matter what her father and her lover have done to her and other people, and that's why she loses the most. There doesn't have to be death. This girl hates her father enough to change her surname. She hates her lover, but she is helplessly in love with him and cannot break up with him because of Poyraz's manipulations at the level of black magic. That's why Aysegul, who expects that everything will get better sooner or later, even sees the death of her lover. At this point, when Aysegul was about to lose her life, she was saved by someone else. As soon as she married him, her lover, who chased her as a ghost, returns. And he's still in love with her Because it happened, another story starts from here. Although I think that people do not marry behind the back of someone they truly love, I am still undecided when I think that Poyraz is not worthy of this much love. No matter what, Aysegul is the most important character representing common sense and humanity in this series.
Coming to Bahri and mafia affairs, Bahri (Father) is the biggest mafia in Istanbul. I thought people were tired of this nonsense, but no, the mafia is always being watched. Even though he is the "good mafia" and tries to be portrayed as such, the number of people who died and the people they lost throughout the series reveal how messy the mafia situation has actually become and that there is no such thing as a "good mafia". Bahri also has three men. The events that take place between these men generally contribute to the comedy element. Even though I like their characters, they are not very deep and I feel like they are victims of cross-matching (the single people becoming lovers in TV series), which is the thing I hate most in TV series. Maybe one day screenwriters will realize that it is not necessary for everyone to have a lover and give up on this situation.
In other words, the scenario revolves around these characters and the story I mentioned at the beginning. If you ask me, it's not too difficult after the first season. I mean, the bad guys, for example, seemed very sleazy to me. Unfortunately, they could not add such an iconic, very powerful, bad character that will make you feel really helpless, always behind the good character. Actually, it seemed like there was one, but they sent him out of the series for no reason, I don't understand why, and he had good acting. The story doesn't even seem to have a focus. So, if you ask me what exactly happened right now, I honestly can't tell you. I think I can say that it is a love story sprinkled with mafia as the most complex one. Although the series is good in some respects, it is unfortunately a bad series in general.
I can't talk about the cinematography of the series because I don't remember anything. Frankly, I don't remember any technique or extra beauty. But I think their music is not bad. Even though I like thematic music, I think that for such a long series, the music is few and repetitive. Seems like a bit of laziness.
Finally, I think that the friends who played the characters of Aysegul and Bahri acted very well. Terzioglu, who played the role of the daughter of Istanbul's biggest mafia a few years ago, once again did justice to this character. Although the fact that the actors play the same characters makes one question how good they are, if they can play that role well, no matter what. Even though our lead's character and voice were suitable for the role, it would be a lie if I said I couldn't see any extras. Oh, by the way, the kid's acting was bad. It could be really annoying at times.
To finish our article without further ado, even though it was a good series with its first season, it is a series that makes us wish it had stayed with its first season, has characters that are difficult to like, and has large and simple gaps in its script. I can say that it is one of the worst TV series I have ever watched. If you are ready to watch a lot of romance, you can watch this too, but for your friends with high emotional standards, this love story will turn into torture, and the remaining mafia will get tired of the nonsense of the stories and leave. As a principle, I finish every series I start, and that's why I finished it. Otherwise I probably would have left it in the second season.
Poyraz is a police officer. One day, something happens to him and he tries to get inside information by being close to a mafia boss. Meanwhile, he falls in love with his daughter. It's actually that simple. After a certain point, Poyraz completely goes to the side of this mafia boss (Bahri). And then the series happens. A classic scenario. Especially the part about falling in love with your daughter. However, the script is very insistent on prolonging this. Although the first season of the series was successful, of course, they later realized that they had to squeeze the water out of something so popular, and they ruined the series beautifully. So who is this Poyraz Karayel? Let's start here.
The men of Turkish TV series either have no families, or their families cause trouble for them. Poyraz's family is a mixture of both. They don't exist, but when they exist, they're just a nuisance. He is a person who grew up without a family and became a police officer. I have not read Oguz Atay, but my friends who read it told me that there are many similarities with the book "Tutunamayanlar". Poyraz is a somewhat emotional person. It's a bit poetic. But along with these, there is also the mafia. In other words, he is actually a man that the series wants to present to the female audience. Of course, how attractive today's women find this character is a separate issue, but I do not think Poyraz is a successful character. There are two ways we, as viewers, connect with the main character. Empathy and sympathy. We will either empathize with this character and understand what happened to him and understand what he will do, or we will love him and become attached to him. It is impossible to empathize with Poyraz. I think very few of us are the right-hand men of a mafia boss and fall in love with his daughter. Unfortunately, we do not empathize with what happened to him by making it lighter (by changing a large amount). So we need to sympathize, but I really had a hard time with this. Poyraz is a "man". There are certain aspects of the male stereotype that society presents as attractive men, especially in TV series. For example, mysteriousness, which I think especially women in relationships would never want in their relationships . The character Aysegul, whom I will talk about later, is a very smart character. However, no matter what, Poyraz hides everything from Aysegul, even when he is about to go to the toilet, and somehow escapes by saying "I have some work". Even though Aysegul would not approve of what she did at that moment, she does not know or understand that she owes it to the girl she "loves very much". And yes, Poyraz loves his girlfriend very much. Poems and serenades are everywhere. Unfortunately, after he doesn't say anything to the girl and loses the perception that he really cares about her, these things seem fake. I am sure that my fellow women will confirm while reading this article that a ton of kind words cannot be more valuable than one action . He is also a stubborn person. Even though Aysegul says "don't go, don't go" words just because she thinks about him, Poyraz doesn't care about the world. He can go away with a ton of money that his father-in-law has since the tenth episode of the series, but the character, who is affected by this scenario that the scriptwriters made to make the series more enjoyable, seems to us like an "adventure enthusiast". Besides, while talking about nice words, we should also mention the dangerous things Poyraz said to Aysegul. Even though the sentence "If you leave, I will die" seems harmless, you need to think from the other side. You will feel bad when a person who says this while crying stands in front of you. Poyraz, who uses phrases like "You can't love anyone else but me" a lot, unfortunately starts to seem fake when he says these curse-like sentences after a ton of flowery words. Of course, a person who is truly in love cannot love someone else, but I think this should not be said by the person in love. Moreover, even though Aysegul does not want to, he repeatedly knocks on her door and even throws stones at her window. He doesn't think that Aysegul, if have been behind the glass at that time, could finish the series. So he is definitely not a character that can be sympathized with. At one point in the series, he even forgot about his beloved son. The series tries to make people love Poyraz in a different way. Pain , as he sometimes does to Aysegul. "He has suffered so much, he deserves to be happy ." The series is trying to make us think like this, but I can say that this situation backfires.
Aysegul is the loser of this series. He believes in his father, he believes in his lover. Despite what happened, he believes that his father and his lover will eventually be able to achieve peace with their own methods. I will touch upon these mafia affairs more clearly in Bahri's section. Aysegul is always optimistic, no matter what her father and her lover have done to her and other people, and that's why she loses the most. There doesn't have to be death. This girl hates her father enough to change her surname. She hates her lover, but she is helplessly in love with him and cannot break up with him because of Poyraz's manipulations at the level of black magic. That's why Aysegul, who expects that everything will get better sooner or later, even sees the death of her lover. At this point, when Aysegul was about to lose her life, she was saved by someone else. As soon as she married him, her lover, who chased her as a ghost, returns. And he's still in love with her Because it happened, another story starts from here. Although I think that people do not marry behind the back of someone they truly love, I am still undecided when I think that Poyraz is not worthy of this much love. No matter what, Aysegul is the most important character representing common sense and humanity in this series.
Coming to Bahri and mafia affairs, Bahri (Father) is the biggest mafia in Istanbul. I thought people were tired of this nonsense, but no, the mafia is always being watched. Even though he is the "good mafia" and tries to be portrayed as such, the number of people who died and the people they lost throughout the series reveal how messy the mafia situation has actually become and that there is no such thing as a "good mafia". Bahri also has three men. The events that take place between these men generally contribute to the comedy element. Even though I like their characters, they are not very deep and I feel like they are victims of cross-matching (the single people becoming lovers in TV series), which is the thing I hate most in TV series. Maybe one day screenwriters will realize that it is not necessary for everyone to have a lover and give up on this situation.
In other words, the scenario revolves around these characters and the story I mentioned at the beginning. If you ask me, it's not too difficult after the first season. I mean, the bad guys, for example, seemed very sleazy to me. Unfortunately, they could not add such an iconic, very powerful, bad character that will make you feel really helpless, always behind the good character. Actually, it seemed like there was one, but they sent him out of the series for no reason, I don't understand why, and he had good acting. The story doesn't even seem to have a focus. So, if you ask me what exactly happened right now, I honestly can't tell you. I think I can say that it is a love story sprinkled with mafia as the most complex one. Although the series is good in some respects, it is unfortunately a bad series in general.
I can't talk about the cinematography of the series because I don't remember anything. Frankly, I don't remember any technique or extra beauty. But I think their music is not bad. Even though I like thematic music, I think that for such a long series, the music is few and repetitive. Seems like a bit of laziness.
Finally, I think that the friends who played the characters of Aysegul and Bahri acted very well. Terzioglu, who played the role of the daughter of Istanbul's biggest mafia a few years ago, once again did justice to this character. Although the fact that the actors play the same characters makes one question how good they are, if they can play that role well, no matter what. Even though our lead's character and voice were suitable for the role, it would be a lie if I said I couldn't see any extras. Oh, by the way, the kid's acting was bad. It could be really annoying at times.
To finish our article without further ado, even though it was a good series with its first season, it is a series that makes us wish it had stayed with its first season, has characters that are difficult to like, and has large and simple gaps in its script. I can say that it is one of the worst TV series I have ever watched. If you are ready to watch a lot of romance, you can watch this too, but for your friends with high emotional standards, this love story will turn into torture, and the remaining mafia will get tired of the nonsense of the stories and leave. As a principle, I finish every series I start, and that's why I finished it. Otherwise I probably would have left it in the second season.