Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman ki (English: As Time Goes By) is a Turkish drama television series directed by Zeynep Günay Tan that broadcast on Kanal D for three seasons from 2010 to 2013.
[2][3] As Time Goes By was one of the most popular television series in Turkey during its run[2] and has been dubbed in over 30 languages and broadcast worldwide.
When Ali goes on one of his many trips, he begins an affair with a Dutch woman named Caroline and that leads to the disintegration of the Akarsu family.
However Ali's mother, Hasefe, gives her total support to Cemile and helps her on daily basis.
Ali demands the youngest son, Osman, to live with him and Caroline, in order to drop the charges against Mete and set him free.
She also signs a prenuptial agreement, where the term is that she will become rich only after Murat's death, who is ill with an incurable disease.
In the meantime Berrin, the oldest daughter, falls in love with Ahmet, a member of student Marxist movement.
Mete falls in love with his music teacher Inci, who helped him many times, she encourages him to play guitar.
Caroline's old partner, a thief named Ekber, appears in Turkey and together they set up fraud to strip Ali's bank account.
His name is Hikmet Karci and he is a rich manufacturer, who left his wealthy lifestyle due to a family tragedy.
Cemile also discovers that his ex-wife is in fragile state of mind, and she doesn't want to harm this woman, named Selma, by marrying Fisherman.
The youngest son of Captain Ali and Cemile, Osman, has started primary school and has fallen in love with a girl named Gülden.
However, getting out of jail means almost nothing to him, considering his new lifestyle, poor and miserable, partly due to him raping Cemile, his ex-wife, and arguing and fighting with his children and also being robbed and tricked by Caroline.
When her partner in ownership of Harcı Triko A.Ş marries an untrustworthy and cunning man, she decides to involve herself in the management of the company.
After a rather short time, the husband, named Kenan, demonstrates his true personality causing drastic changes for the company's future.
Although his fame increases daily, Mete cannot forget his deceased first lover: Professor Inci, his music teacher in high school.
Though he appears to be happy at first glance, Mete soon admits to himself that he's been fooling himself and lying to his heart all the time.
Unfortunately, Mete keeps suffering from the loss of Inci, until he meets another girl, Nihal, which slightly reduces his pain over his first lover's death.
However, Soner is severely traumatized by his despaired brother's suicide and lets down Aylin without an explanation, leaving her distraught.
Berrin Akarsu, the oldest child of Captain Ali and Cemile, is now married to Hakan and together they have a baby named Zehra.
Because of "The General Clemency", Ahmet, the man who has the strongest love for Berrin has permission to enter Turkey.
The key of the season is the main event, the "Military Coup" that changed the destiny of Turkey.
His best friend Süleyman, and Cemile insist on him staying in Istanbul, so Soner can take care after his daughter, Deniz Yıldız Talaşoğlu.
The doctor tells to her family that she needs dialysis every single day until the kidney transplant is performed.
So Hakan decides to go live with his father and Caroline, the wife of Ekram and Captain Ali's ex-mistress.
After finally getting plans to get married, Hakan tells Caroline to come to a hotel in İzmir, but also inviting someone else: his father, Ekram.
[5] One of the main soundtracks in the series is Cockeye's Song which was composed for the 1984 epic Once Upon a Time in America, with Kanal D studios paying royalties in order to use it in Öyle Bir Geçer Zamanki.
Erkin Koray's song "Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman ki" is also included in the series.
[10] It was also dubbed in Spanish as Tormenta de Pasiones: Cuando el Amor se Convierte en un Infierno and broadcast in Chile, Puerto Rico and in the United States.