Merhamet

A successful lawyer meets her lost childhood love after 13 years of deserting her poor hometown and abusive family. That encounter forces her to reconcile with her traumatic past and search for her lost family and their tragic fate.

Merhamet is a Turkish television melodrama that aired on Kanal D from 2013 to 2014 across two seasons. Narin, a successful Istanbul lawyer, has spent years building a polished life far from her poor hometown and the abusive family she left behind. Her carefully ordered world fractures when she reunites with Fırat, her lost childhood love, and the encounter drags her back toward the past she fled. As she searches for her missing relatives and uncovers the tragic fate that befell them, old wounds surface in the present and long-buried loyalties resurface. Rivalries, hidden histories and class tensions between the glossy city and the hardship of the provincial past shape each episode. Told as one continuing serialized story, the series builds a melancholic, emotionally heavy atmosphere in which ambition and loyalty, longing and betrayal pull against each other. Viewers who enjoy romance, family secrets and social divides in the style of Kara Para Aşk or Fatmagül'ün Suçu Ne? will find the same melodramatic pull.

• Kara Para Aşkturkish melodrama, family secrets, class divide, serialized romance
• Fatmagül'ün Suçu Ne?serialized drama, buried family trauma, romance across social class
• Ezellawyer protagonist, past trauma resurfacing, emotional serialized drama

Created by

Hande Altaylı

Release Date

2013-02-13

Episode runtime

95 min

Rating

7.5 / 10 (42)

What is Merhamet about?

A successful Istanbul lawyer who abandoned her poor hometown and abusive family is pulled back into her past when she reunites with her lost childhood love.

What is Merhamet like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Merhamet as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.

Is Merhamet violent?

Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Merhamet as moderate.

Which shows are like Merhamet?

Shows with a similar feel include Kara Para Aşk, Fatmagül'ün Suçu Ne?, and Ezel.

How long is Merhamet?

Merhamet: 2 seasons, 44 episodes.

Is Merhamet still running?

No, Merhamet has ended.