Zeytin Ağacı
2024 Turkish television drama series
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Another Self (Turkish: Zeytin Ağacı, "Olive Tree") is a Turkish romantic and drama series produced for Netflix by OGM Pictures, the first episode of which was released on 28 July 2022, directed by Burcu Alptekin and Erdem Tepegöz, written by Nuran Evren Şit, and starring Tuba Büyüküstün, Seda Bakan and Boncuk Yılmaz.[1][2]
Erdem Tepegöz
| Zeytin Ağacı | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Action Mystery Romance Drama |
| Written by | Nuran Evren Şit |
| Directed by | Burcu Alptekin Erdem Tepegöz |
| Starring | Tuba Büyüküstün Seda Bakan Boncuk Yılmaz |
| Theme music composer | Toygar Işıklı |
| Country of origin | Turkey |
| Original language | Turkish |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Onur Güvenatam |
| Running time | 120 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Netflix |
| Release | 28 July 2022 – 15 July 2024 |
Nuran Evren Şit, the screenwriter, started attending family series meetings to overcome the sadness she experienced after losing her father, and then wrote the script of the series.[3]
Plot
The series chronicles the friendship between three friends who visit a seaside town, where they find contact with their spirituality and unexpectedly encounter an unresolved trauma from their families' past.
Cast
- Tuba Büyüküstün – Ada
- Seda Bakan – Leyla
- Boncuk Yılmaz – Sevgi
- Murat Boz[4] – Toprak
- Fırat Tanış – Zaman Bey
- Rıza Kocaoğlu – Tevfik Fikret (Fiko)
- Füsun Demirel – Mukadder (Muko)
- Serkan Altunorak – Selim
- Umut Kurt – Erdem
- Aytaç Şaşmaz – Diyar
- Nilüfer Açıkalın – Leman
- Gözde Kansu
- Ali İpin
- Selen Uçer
Production
The series is directed by Burcu Alptekin, written by Nuran Evren Şit and produced by OGM Pictures.[5][6]
Filming
Filming for the first season took place from July 1 to October 4, 2021, in Ayvalık, a seaside resort on the northwestern coast of the Aegean Sea.[7][8] Filming for the second season has been underway since July 12[9] to 29 September 2023,[10] always in Ayvalık.[11]
Episodes
| Season | Episodes. | Publication Türkiye | Publication Italy |
|---|---|---|---|
| First season | 8 | 2022 | |
| Second season | 8 | 2024 | |
Distribution
Acknowledgments
- International Izmir Film Festival
- 2023: Nomination for Best Actress in a Digital Television Series for Tuba Büyüküstün
- 2023: Award for Best Digital Television Series to Onur Güvenatam
- Pantene Golden Butterfly Awards