Kuzgun (2019 TV series)

Kuzgun (transl. "Raven") is a Turkish thriller television series that started to be broadcast on Star TV on 13 February 2019, written by Burcu Görgün Toptaş and Özlem Yılmaz, directed by Bahadır İnce and starring Barış Arduç and Burcu Biricik.^[1][2] It ended with the 21st episode released on 16 October 2019, by making a final.^[3]

Kuzgun
TV series poster
Genre	Thriller
Written by	Burcu Görgün Özlem Yılmaz
Directed by	Bahadır İnce
Starring	Barış Arduç Burcu Biricik
Theme music composer	Toygar Işıklı
Composer	Toygar Işıklı
Country of origin	Turkey
Original language	Turkish
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	21
Production
Producers	Kerem Çatay Pelin Diştaş
Production location	Istanbul
Running time	130 minutes
Production company	Ay Yapım
Original release
Network	Star TV
Release	13 February (2019-02-13) – 16 October 2019 (2019-10-16)

Plot

Yusuf an honest policeman lives happily with his wife Meryem and three children, Kuzgun, Kartal and Kumru. One night Yusuf and his colleague Rifat are on a mission to capture Sheref, a drug lord, Sheref offers a bribe to Yusuf which he refuses, however Rifat accepts it as he needs money for treatment of his wife Sultan and betrays Yusuf which leads to Yusuf getting arrested. However, Yusuf has recorded everything in a tape. In order to get that tape Sheref's man take Kuzgun after being chosen by Meryem to be taken away but the latter manages to escape from them. He can not find his family at home and has to survive on the streets. Rifat becomes Sheref's partner.

20 years later, Kuzgun is ready for revenge. Kuzgun makes a plan to join the Rifat gang for which he goes after his daughter Dila, a lawyer who recently came back from London. To meet Dila, Kuzgun becomes her bodyguard without revealing his identity and saves her life. After that, he returns to Istanbul and reveals his identity to Dila and with her help, he starts working in Rifat's gang.

Dila and Kuzgun are childhood sweethearts. He tries to harden his heart, but the old spark just won’t die. Soon their love catches fire, and the bond between them becomes Kuzgun’s greatest obstacle. Can this unbreakable love conquer his thirst for revenge?

This improbable love story puts Kuzgun and Dila on a dangerous path, as the forces of love and revenge transform them both.

Cast and characters

Main characters

Actor	Character	Description	Episodes
Barış Arduç (Metehan Parıltı)	Kuzgun Cebeci/Adivar (Child Kuzgun)	Yusuf and Meryem's eldest son, Kartal and Kumru's elder brother, Dila's childhood lover turned husband	1-21
Burcu Biricik (Nisa Sofiya Aksongur)	Dila Bilgin/Cebeci/Adivar (Child Dila)	Rifat and Sultan's daughter, Ali's younger sister, Naz's stepsister, Kuzgun's childhood lover turned wife	1–21

Supporting characters

Actor	Character	Description	Episode
Baran Akbulut	Yusuf Cebeci/Adivar	Behram's son, Meryem's husband, Ferman, Kuzgun, Kartal and Kumru's father (dead)	1–21
Hatice Aslan (Emel Dede)	Meryem Cebeci/Adivar(Young Meryem)	Yusuf's wife, Kuzgun, Kartal and Kumru's mother	1–21
Caner Şahin (Mert İnce)	Kartal Cebeci/Adivar (Child Kartal)	Yusuf and Meryem's second son, Kuzgun's younger brother, Kumru's elder brother	1–21
Ahsen Eroğlu (Damla Cankurt)	Kumru Cebeci/Adivar (Child Kumru)	Yusuf and Meryem's daughter, Kuzgun and Kartal's younger sister	1–21
Levent Ülgen (Emre Kentmenoğlu)	Rıfat Bilgin (Young Rifat)	Sultan and Şermin's husband, Ali, Dila and Naz's father, Defne Bilgin grandfather (dead)	1–15
Bahar Kerimoğlu	Sultan Bilgin	Rifat's first wife, Ali and Dila's mother (dead)	1–2, 7
İpek Erdem	Şermin Dağistanli/Bilgin	Seref's younger sister, Rifat's second wife, Naz's mother	1–21
Aytek Şayan (Arda Şahin)	Ali Bilgin (Child Ali)	Rifat and Sultan's son, Dila's elder brother, Naz's stepbrother, Seda's husband, Defne's father	1–21
Derya Beşerler	Seda Bilgin	Ali's wife, Defne's mother	1–21
Almina Kahraman	Defne Bilgin	Ali and Seda's daughter	1–21
Su Burcu Yazgı Coşkun	Naz Bilgin	Rifat and Şermin's daughter, Ali and Dila's younger half sister	1–16
Settar Tanrıöğen	Derviş Cevheri/Behram Adıvar	Yusuf's father, Ferman, Kuzgun, Kartal and Kumru's grandfather, Head of criminal organisation (dead)	1–16
Erdal Küçükkömürcü (Raci Durak)	Şeref Dağistanli (Young Şeref)	Şermin's elder brother, Bora's father, Atlas's grandfather Kuzgun's enemy(dead)	1–5
Aykut Yilmaz	Selçuk	Dila's assistant, Kuzgun's enemy, Undercover police officer, Ferman'spy	2-18
Ahmet Varlı	Bora Dağistanli	Kuzgun's enemy Şeref's son, Atlas's father (dead)	3–12
Ferit Kaya	Cihan	Kuzgun's right hand man	7–21
Senan Kara	Kudret Șezinoğlu	Head of Department for combating organised crimes, Firat's mother (dead)	8-16
Onur Saylak (Batuhan Kumbasar)	Ferman Koruoğlu/Adivar (Child Ferman)	Yusuf and Gülşen's son	17–21
Nilperi Şahinkaya	Güneş	Neşe's daughter	17–21
Tülay Günal	Neşe	Gülşen's younger sister, Güneş's mother	17–21

Broadcast calendar

Season	Screening day and time	Season start	Season final	Number of episodes shot	Partition range	TV season	TV channel
Season 1	Wednesday 20:00	13 February 2019	29 May 2019	16	1–16	2019	Star TV
Season 2	Wednesday 20:00	18 September 2019	16 October 2019 (Final)	5	17–21	2019