Lady's Farm (Series)

Hanımın Çiftliği is a Turkish television series adapted from the novel of the same name by Orhan Kemal. The series, which premiered its first episode on 4 September 2009, explores themes of drama and historical context. The production was led by Faruk Turgut, while the directing duties were shared by Adnan Güler and Faruk Teber. The screenplay was written by Ayhan Sonyürek and Zülküf Yücel.

Plot

The series is set in 1950s Adana. Gülü (Özgü Namal), a poor village girl working in the cotton mill owned by Muzaffer Bey (Mehmet Aslantuğ), one of Adana’s powerful landowners, falls in love with Kemal (Caner Cindoruk), a mechanic employed at the same mill. However, Gülü’s father, Cemşir (Mehmet Çevik), aims to secure financial gain by marrying his daughter off to a wealthy man.

Muzaffer Bey’s return from a trip to Europe and his chance encounter with Gülü become a turning point in her life. From this moment onward, the series unfolds around Gülü’s fate, class differences, female identity, love, and power dynamics.

The series portrays the struggle of a young woman raised in rural poverty against the roles imposed by society. Gülü’s internal and social transformation as she becomes the lady of the landowner’s estate is presented within a dramatic structure.

A scene from the series Hanımın Çiftliği. (White Screen

Themes

Hanımın Çiftliği addresses themes such as class conflict, feudal order, the oppression of women, love, power, and freedom.

Cast

• Özgü Namal – Gülü / Serap Dinçaslan
• Caner Cindoruk – Kemal
• Fikret Kuşkan – Orhan
• Mehmet Çevik – Cemşir
• Hakan Boyav – Berber Reşit
• Ali Düşenkalkar – Kabak Hafız
• Can Kolukısa – Yasin Ağa
• Tuğçe Ersoy – Pakize
• Güzin Çorağan – [Character name not specified]
• Tayfun Eraslan, Işık Aras, Evrim Solmaz – Gülizar
• Necip Memili – Zaloğlu Ramazan
• Mehmet Aslantuğ – Muzaffer Bey

Awards

Caner Cindoruk won the En İyi Erkek Oyuncu (Dönem Dizisi) award at the 2010 Ayaklı Gazete TV Yıldızları Ödülleri for his performance in the series.