Erkenci Kuş
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| Also known as | Daydreamer; Early Bird; Pehla Panchi (Urdu/Hindi); Erkenci Kus: Pájaro soñador (Spanish); エルケンジ・クシュ (Japanese); DayDreamer – Le ali del sogno (Italy); Ранняя пташка (Russia); العنوان الإنجليزي (Arabic) |
| Country | Turkey |
| Language | Turkish |
| Genres | Romantic, Comedy |
| Seasons | 1 |
| Episodes | 51 |
| Release date | June 26, 2018 – August 6, 2019 |
| Status | Ended |
| Aired on | Tuesday 20.00 / Saturday 20.00 |
| Running time | 120 mins |
| Age rating | TV-PG |
| Starring | Demet Özdemir, Can Yaman, Özlem Tokaslan, Cihan Ercan, Öznur Serçeler, Birand Tunca, Berat Yenilmez |
| Directed by | Cagri Bayrak, Aytac Cicek |
| Written by | Meriç Acemi, Yesim Citak, Ayse Kutlu, Banu Zengin Tak, Asli Zengin, Ilker Baris, Yasar Arak, Erdem Açikgöz, Dilek Iyigün, Saygin Delibas, Fethi Kantarci, Barkin Senüren, Barkin Senüren |
| Produced by | Faruk Turgut |
| Cinematography by | Tarik Erkan |
| Edited by | Umut Ozan Bolukoglu |
| Music by | Alper Ketenci, Cem Öget |
| Casting by | Tuncay Altinoglu |
| Art Direction by | Saadet Gizem Sahin, Erdem Özçelik |
| Filming locations | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Production Company | Gold Film |
| Original Network | Star TV |
Cast & Characters
- Demet Özdemir as Sanem Aydin
- Can Yaman as Can Divit
- Öznur Serçeler as Leyla Aydin
- Berat Yenilmez as Nihat
- Özlem Tokaslan as Mevkibe
- Birand Tunca as Emre Divit
- Cihan Ercan as Zebercet
- Tugçe Kumral as Deren
- Anil Çelik as Cey Cey
- Feri Baycu Güler as Melahat
- Sibel Sisman as Güliz
- Ceren Tasci as Ayhan
- Ali Yagci as Osman
- Sevcan Yasar as Aylin
- Asuman Çakir as Aysun
- Ipek Tenolcay as Hüma
- Tugca Beker as Çakal Ihsan
- Tolga Bayrakli as Akif
- Utku Ates as Yigit
- Kimya Gökçe Aytaç as Polen
- Sevinç Erbulak as Mihriban Tayfuni
- Oguz Okul as Rifat
- Ahmet Somers as Aziz Divit
- Tuan Tunali as Metin
- Özgür Özberk as Fabri
- Basak Gümülcinelioglu Çitanak as Deniz Keskin
- Ahmet Olgun Sünear as Bulut Cevher
- Gamze Topuz as Ceyda
- Macit Tastan as Volkan
- Aysen Gürler
- Asli Melisa Uzun as Gamze
- Cengiz Bektas
- Ibrahim Coskun
- Basak Güroz
- Sevilay Çiftçi as Melis
- Taylan Erler as Mithat
- Aliye Uzunatagan as Remide
- Ayse Akin as Arzu Tas
- Nigar Sen
- Özcan Özlük as Hilmi
- Mertcan Tekin
- Duygu Benli as Sevil
- Tayfun Yilmaz
- Dilek Kaya as Sport Girl
- Dilek Serbest as Ayça
- Nuray Serefoglu as Musteri
- Kerim Kalan as Police
- Baki Çiftçi as Levent
- Alkan Demirlek as Agency Boss
- Hafize Basak
Storyline
Sanem is a young woman who aspires to be a writer and wants to live on the Galápagos Islands. Despite working at her father’s grocery store, she is forced by her parents to choose between an arranged marriage with her neighbor Muzaffer and finding a suitable job. Sanem lands a job at Fikri Harika, one of Turkey’s leading advertising agencies, where Leyla, her sister, is an executive assistant.
The owner of the advertising agency, Aziz Divit, has two sons, Emre and Can. Emre wants to take over the company, but his father believes Can is a better fit for the job and he appointed Can as the manager temporarily. Can has what his father wants for the company, but Can prefers to take photos in remote locations. Upon learning of his father’s health problems, Can eventually agrees to run the company until his father returns for his trip. Aziz also tells Can to find the spy in the company who is helping their rival, Aylin. Emre doesn’t like the idea of his brother being the manager, and believes that he should have the position. Emre’s plan is to make him fail, to run the company himself. Sanem bumps into Can on a dark balcony at an opera party celebrating the company’s 40th anniversary. Can thinks she is his girlfriend Polen, so he kisses her.
Sanem realizes that she is fascinated by the stranger who kissed her on the balcony, and she gives him the codename Albatross. Sanem meets Can but doesn’t care for him Emre makes her believe that Can only wants to increase the value of the company so that it can be sold. Can soon finds out the person he kissed was Sanem, he is interested to know her and falls in love with Sanem. There is a moment where he finds out she has a fiance and cannot reveal himself fully. So starts the young lovers finding their way through jealousy, family drama, corporate money issues. The show has lots of highs and lows. Erkenci Kus is drama, comedy all roll into one.
About Erkenci Kuş TV Series
Erkenci Kuş (English: Daydreamer) is a Turkish romantic comedy television series produced by Gold Film, with its first episode airing on June 26, 2018. Written by Aslı Zengin and Banu Zengin, the series stars Can Yaman and Demet Özdemir. It won the Best Romantic Comedy Series award at the 45th Golden Butterfly Awards.
The series gained international popularity and has been broadcast in multiple countries, including Spain, Croatia, Albania, Israel, Lithuania, Iraq, Ukraine, and Kosovo. In Spain, it aired on Divinity TV.
The show concluded with its 51st episode on August 6, 2019. In Italy, where it was known as The Early Bird, the series became a phenomenon, setting a record with three million viewers and a 20.4% audience share for its final episode on Canale 5, making it the highest-rated series in the country.
International Boardcast
| Country | Channel | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Cyprus | Star TV | Erkenci Kuş | June 26, 2018 |
| Italy | Canale 5 | DayDreamer – Le ali del sogno | June 10, 2020 |
| France | Novelas TV | Une vie rêvée | March 4, 2024 |
| Spain | Atresmedia | Pájaro soñador | April 8, 2019 |
| Czechia | Prima Love | Zasněná láska | – |
| Romania | Happy | vis de iubire (Love Dream) | – |
| Croatia | – | – | – |
| Albania | – | – | – |
| Israel | – | – | – |
| Lithuania | – | – | – |
| Iraq | – | – | – |
| Ukraine | – | – | – |
| Kosovo | – | – | – |
| India | – | – | – |
| Chile | – | Suèño Contigo (Dream With You) | – |
| Argentina | – | – | – |
