Merhamet (English: Compassion) is a 2013 Turkish drama television series, adapted from Hande Altaylı's novel Kahperengi.

Set in 1996, it tells the story of Narin, who is a lawyer in Istanbul.

[1] [2] Narin is a girl from a poor family with an abusive alcoholic father.

Struggling against family pressure to quit school, she escapes to the big city.

She makes friends with a rich girl, Deniz, but faces difficulties when Firat, her first love, reappears in her life, engaged to Deniz's sister.