# Siyah İnci (2017)

> A passionate, doomed romance between two people divided by wealth and family pride pulls them through betrayal and sacrifice in contemporary Istanbul.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/68173

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 20
- Episode runtime: 120 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama, romance
- Created by: Erol Özlevi, Sedat İnci
- Network: Star TV
- Cast: Tolgahan Sayışman, Hande Erçel, Berk Hakman, Hüseyin Avni Danyal, Yeşim Büber, Melis Sezen, Mehmet Mehmedof, Selin Işık
- TMDB rating: 7.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7621364/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Tone: melodramatic, earnest, sentimental, intense

## Synopsis

Kara Sevda is a Turkish romantic melodrama that follows a passionate, doomed love story set among the wealthy and the working class of contemporary Istanbul. Its emotional core is an intense bond between two people divided by money, family pride, and social expectation, a connection that refuses to fade even as circumstances push them toward other partners. The story unfolds in heightened, emotionally open scenes built around longing, jealousy, and sacrifice, with melodramatic reversals that keep viewers invested in whether devotion can survive betrayal. Family households, boardrooms, and tense confrontations give the series a sweeping, soap-opera scale, while quieter moments of tenderness ground its excesses. Its tone is earnest and sentimental, leaning into tears and grand gestures rather than irony. Viewers drawn to romantic suffering, forbidden attraction, and the pull of a first love will find its emotional appeal immediate, though its pacing is stretched across many episodes. The result is a cathartic, heartfelt drama about devotion, pride, and the cost of choosing love over security.

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