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Aşk-ı Memnu appreciation thread #1 ~ Because it owns our soul ♥
Aşk-ı Memnu
Aşk-ı Memnu (Turkish for "The Forbidden Love") is a Turkish novel by Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil.
Plot Summary
Aşk-ı Memnu takes place in Istanbul. Firdevs is a middle-aged widow with an infamous reputation for belonging to a morally corrupt family,
nicknamed as "Melih Bey's Team". As the novel begins, Firdevs is planning to marry Adnan, a wealthy gentleman. However, in an unexpected manner,
Adnan asks Bihter, Firdevs' 24-year-old daughter, for marriage. Adnan and
Bihter are getting married. Bihter soon gets into a conflict with Nihal (Adnan's 18-year-old daughter by an earlier marriage),
Mademoiselle de Courton (an old French lady who serves as a teacher to Adnan's two children,
Nihal and Bülent) and the house servants. Bihter is eventually seduced by Behlül,
her husband's young nephew. Bihter and Behlül's secret relationship continues for one year, until the young man (Behlül) falls in love with Nihal,
his cousin, who is also in love with him. Behlül and Nihal prepare for marriage. Bihter is now obsessed with her betrayed love for Behlül.
Beşir, a young house servant, reveals the secret of Bihter and Behlül's forbidden relationship to Adnan. Meanwhile, on Nihal & Behlül's wedding day,
a desperate Bihter shoots herself with a gun because she could not take it anymore. She did not want to see Behlül and Nihal together.
Behlül leaves the house because he wanted to leave everything behind and he was very shameful of himself for all that he did.
At the end Behlül goes to Bihter's grave and cries his heart out and tells how he wished that he & Bihter could be together
and how much he regrets that he did not ran away with her when she wanted to.
Adnan and Nihal try to recover from this disastrous experience and they leave everything behind and start their new lives
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Characters
Selçuk Yöntem = Adnan - A very kind and rich 50 year old man who lives in Istanbul
Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ = Behlül - Adnan's nephew, he's known for being a player
Hazal Kaya = Nihal - Adnan's daughter, in love with Behlül
Batuhan Karacakaya = Bülent - Adnan's son
Zerrin Tekindor = Matmazel - A french woman, Nihal & Bülent's teacher
Nebahat Çehre = Firdevs - A middle-aged widow
Beren Saat = Bihter - Firdevs' youngest daughter, when she's 24 she'll marry Adnan, but she's in love with Behlül
Nur Aysan = Peyker - Firdevs' oldest daughter
Ilker Kızmaz = Nihat - Peyker's husband
Fatma Karafil, Rana Cabbar, Evren Duyal and Pelin Ermiş = Şakire, Süleyman, Nesrin and Cemile - Adnan's servants in the house
Baran Akbulut = Beşir - Adnan's driver
Ufu k Kaplan = Katya - Firdevs' maid
Adnan & Bihter
Bihter & Behlül
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Last edited by breathe you in; 10-22-2010 at 02:49 PM
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