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| Creator: | Nermin Bezmen |
| Director: | Hilal Saral |
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| Composer: | Toygar Işıklı |
| Country: | Turkey |
| Language: | Turkish |
| Num Seasons: | 2 |
| Num Episodes: | 21 |
| Producer: | Kerem Çatay |
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| Runtime: | 90 minutes |
| Company: | Ay Yapım |
| Channel: | Star TV |
Kurt Seyit ve Şura[1] is Turkish television drama based on a novel of the same name in a series. (It is not a direct adaptation of Kurt Seyt ve Murka, which is the second novel in the series, nor of Shura, which is the third novel.[2]) It was broadcast on Star TV from 4 March to 20 November 2014 for two seasons and 22 episodes. Nermin Bezmen, the writer of the novel is the granddaughter of Kurt Seyit. The show "Kurt Seyit ve Sura" is based on a true story where a handsome army major falls in love with a Russian girl. This show re-aired on E extra in 2022.
In 2011, "Bir Günah Gibi" series which not a direct adaptation of second novel Kurt Seyt ve Murka, was broadcast on ATV. The series stars Burak Hakkı, Hande Soral, Özge Borak, Serkan Altunorak. But It cancelled due to low ratings.[3] [4] [5]
"Kurt Seyit ve Şura" is about the adventures of two people in love who are forced to leave their lives and family behind and escape to Istanbul during the Russian Revolution. The journey of Kurt Seyit Eminof (Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ), a handsome lieutenant from Crimea, and Şura (Farah Zeynep Abdullah), the beautiful daughter of a noble Russian family, tells their tale from the days of magnificence in Petrograd, to the Carpathian front line, from the riots to the revolution, from bucolic Alushta to occupied Istanbul, to Pera in the 1920s. It is the journey of their love.
| Actress/Actor | Character | Description | Season 1 | Season 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ | Kurt Seyit "The Wolf" Eminof | A young, handsome Turkish man from the southern coast of Crimea who is 1st Lieutenant of the elite Imperial Guard. Oldest of three sons to Mirza (Mehmet) and Zahide Eminof. | Main | ||
| Farah Zeynep Abdullah | Alexandra "Şura” Verjenskaya | A young, beautiful Russian woman of noble birth from Kislovodsk in Southern Russia; youngest daughter to Julien Verjensky. | Main | ||
| Ushan Çakır | Celil Kamilof | One of four of Seyit's closest friends, also fiancé to Tatiana (Tatya). Grew up as a young boy from Alushta and is like an adopted member of the Eminof family. In the second season, he has fallen in love with Güzide. | Main | ||
| Petro Borinsky | One of four of Seyit's closest friends from boyhood. He is often competitive with Seyit, is also in love with Sura, and tries in many ways to separate them. | Main | |||
| Eva Dedova | Tatiana "Tatya” Tchoupilkina | Renowned prima ballerina and fiancée to Celil. She dies while fleeing Alushta as it becomes overrun with Bolsheviks. | Main | ||
| Aslı Orcan | Barones Lola | A former lover of Seyit's who turns to double-dealing in order to escape Russia. She works alongside and against Lieutenant Billy and Petro as well as the Turkish side. | Main | ||
| Elçin Sangu | Güzide | A young woman living with her sister-in-law and sister-in-law's mother on land near the Eminof's estate in Alushta, who falls in love with Celil. She marries Ahmet Yahya before the second season despite loving Celil. | Supporting | Main | |
| Cem Bender | Lieutenant Billy | A British soldier in occupied Istanbul who develops a deep hatred of Seyit and everyone who is closely connected to him. | Main | ||
Verjenskaya Family | |||||
| Atay Gergin | Julien Verjensky | Proud father of daughters (from oldest to youngest) Valentina (Tina), Nina, and Alexandra (Şura). At the beginning of the series he has traveled to Petrograd (modern-day St. Petersburg) with his daughters, Tina and Şura, to have an unknown illness diagnosed and treated. | Supporting | ||
| Seda Güven | Valentina "Tina” Verjenskaya | The oldest of Şura's two sisters, engaged to Konstantin. In Season Two, she is a widow and supports Şura alongside Petro in attempts to get her away from Seyit. | Supporting | Main | |
| Tuğçe Karabacak | Nina Verjenskaya | The middle sister of the Verjenskayas. | Supporting | ||
Eminof Family | |||||
| Şefika Tolun | Zahide Eminofa | Devoted Wife to Mirza (Mehmet) Eiminof and mother to Seyit, Mahmut, & Osman. | Supporting | ||
| Serdar Gökhan | Mirza Mehmet Eminof | Husband of Zahide, father to Seyit, Mahmut, and Osman. Wealthy landowner and a former Colonel of the Tsar's Imperial Guard, he runs his estate and family with strict principles and a strong sense of honor. | Supporting | ||
| Oral Özer | Mahmut Eminof | Seyit's younger brother, the middle son, married to Havva and with a young son named after his grandfather. | Supporting | ||
| Barış Alpaykut | Osman Eminof | Seyit's youngest brother who is extremely devoted to his family. | Supporting | ||
| Sümeyra Koç | Havva Eminofa | Wife of Mahmut, Seyit's younger brother, and mother to Mahmut's and her young son. At the beginning of the series, she is expecting their second child. | Supporting | ||
Friends of Seyit & Şura | |||||
| Doğu Alpan | Vlademir | One of four of Seyit's closest friends. | Supporting | ||
| Tolga Savacı | Ahmet Yahya | Owner of a hotel in Istanbul who, along with his extended family, befriends Seyit & Şura. | Supporting | ||
| Osman Alkaş | Ali | Extended family of Ahmet Yahya who helps out at the Cheref hotel. | Supporting | ||
| Sacide Taşaner | Binnaz | Extended family of Ahmet Yahya who helps out at the Cheref hotel, specifically in the kitchen. She arranges Güzide's and Yahya's marriage. | Supporting | ||
| Melisa Aslı Pamuk | Ayşe | Extended family of Ahmet Yahya who helps out at the Cheref hotel, specifically in the kitchen. She is a widow who eventually remarries to Mürvet's brother. She is in love with Seyit despite him not reciprocating it and causes problems for Seyit and Şura as well as the rest of the house. | Supporting | ||
| Fahriye Evcen | Mürvet “Murka" | A young Turkish woman who is reunited with her mother at the beginning of the season who eventually becomes Kurt Seyit Eminof's wife. | Main | ||
| Demet Özdemir | Alina "Alya” Sokolova | A former young Russian woman of noble birth now working as a laundress in Istanbul after fleeing the revolution in Russia. | Main | ||
| Zerrin Nişancı | Maria Borinsky | Petro's mother. | Supporting | ||
| Selçuk Sazak | Andrei Borinsky | Petro's father, a wealthy businessman. | Supporting | ||
| Zerrin Tekindor | Nermin Bezmen and Emine | Author being interviewed and performing intermittent voice-overs. | Supporting | ||