being engin fan,started watching this show,but soon disappointing...the leads are so selfish...omer is little bit better than his beloved elif...god...she is just like doll with zero acting....unfortunately I couldn't find any unconditional love between them except a romantic obsession...omer kept doing whatever elif is asking him to do.throughout the whole series,,,all he does is adoring elif and praising and giving credit for every action he does ....so pathetic..he became puppet in her hands ....no true love between them....they keep praising each other and kissing and hugging...Fathi nd nilu Love is far far better than the leads....he himself didn't know what true Love is...he immediately starts loving those who propose him.don't want to comment on elif.for me she is just a manipulator ..nothing else. omer is neither a goid lover nor a good friend....pelin and Arda are best... he couldn't even feel sad for epiks death...like if he does so,his angle elif may feel bad.....he is totally under her control.as a police officer,all he does is protecting elif nd her family,nd their bad doings....uffff...good to see him leaving his job .they are made for each other....epik is a very good person with bad fate...she really deserves a lover who can love her unconditionally....side chars are far far better than leads especially Arda nd pelin great human beings nd friends as well.....let omer and elif live happily praising nd looking into each other's eyes .

If Beren Saat deserves 100/100 for her acting skills Tuba it seems doesn't deserve even 10/100.... Though am totally in love with her beauty but that's all..... A perfectly sculpted face. She could have been a super model but she is definitely not an actress. Every time she enters the screen its like she is doing 'catwalk', her stance & walk doesn't change anywhere from office to home or police station to hospital.... Wonder how can they cast her against such a talented actor like Engine... In fact the side lined cast plays their role better.. Though the plot is good but too much repeating of the similar events and too much concentration on sweet love between Tube & Engine starts killing after a point. Sply her cont. catwalk and concentration on her hair style even during the time of extreme distress....kills... Forever in love with Engin Akyürek... <3 <3

Kara Para Ask(roughly translated to English as Black Money Love) is easily one of the best Turkish TV series out there. I usually hate Turkish series(I only watched Ezel before this) because they are all the same,based on the same story but just with different characters/locations. Fortunately,I was actually forced to watch this because I was in a hospital and my TV remote didn't work,so i was stuck on just one channel for 8 days. At first I was very suspicious because I had some stereotypes about Turkish TV series,but on the third day I was actually enjoying watching it. So what makes Kara Para Ask stand out in infinite bland of weeping women,endless tea drinking(they even rival the British people :D),and more weeping?THE GOOD: -Outstanding acting,especially for one Turkish seriesExplanation:The two main actors,Omer and Elif,are excellent and believable characters,their role really suits their appearance/style. Even antagonists(Tajar,Metin,miss Nedret)are really good and you actually start to hate them,which is always a sign that they nailed their acting. The only mediocre actress was definitely Nilufer(she is truly annoying as somebody already wrote).-Gorgeous locationsExplanation:Turkey is really a beautiful country,and this series really make the best of it stand out,with its top-notch camera work.The best thing is that there are actually quite a few locations in the series,as opposed to your usual Turkish series where there is like 3 houses in the whole series :D-Beautiful soundtrackExplanation:I fell in love with the sounds and songs of this series.I actually went so far that I downloaded 2 songs from it because they were perfect to play while having,um,some fun with my girlfriend.They really make everything much more compelling and believable.And I left the best for the end: -Amazing storyExplanation:The story is just a whole new level for the Turkish series.However they didn't even went far from your usual "love wins all" story,they just upgraded it.Instead of some usual characters you really have unique ones,everyone has its own strengths and weaknesses,and when Omer and Elif try to break through some tough times you are really sympathizing with them.The story is not just centered on the love of the two protagonists,its also centered on their families,and even love stories of some minor characters(Metin- Nilufer). All this really makes it stand out.The best thing:they minimized weeping,although some characters just can't do without it(Yes I'm looking at you Nilufer,if your tea isn't sweet enough that's not a reason to cry :D).Without all the tears the series actually just gained on emotional side.THE BAD:-Unrealistic violenceExplanation:Although Turkish censorship is pretty strict(no sex scenes,violence,even swearing),they could at least make it more believable by putting more realistic muzzle flashes/gun smoke because its pretty visible that it's fake.Another drawback is that every character holds the gun somehow awkward,even those who should know how to hold it(Omer/Husejin/other police officers). Yet another drawback is totally unrealistic wounds,I mean when you get shot to the head there is really a lot of blood,not just small red blurred dot.I know this ain't Saw or something but that could definitely be better.-Some kiss scenes were awkward AFExplanation:Although I know not anybody can make out like me :D a.k.a Casanova style,it's still somewhat expected when 2 people are married that they French kiss instead of your 10 year old kisses.The funniest thing is when Metin and Nilufer are making out because you can clearly see that there is no passion involved and Nilufer acts like she is kissing a Chernobyl boar,and not a human being(I can actually understand that,'cause Metin/Faith is ugly AF :D) But still,could be way better.-A bit repetitive plotExplanation:I already told that the story was cool,but after watching it for a while you really get used to all the plot twists and you can easily predict what will happen next.I don't know,maybe it's just me but after episode 40 i almost knew everything in advance.Sometimes you should just make thing go as planned,without any problems.That's it,thanks for reading! :)

Good Turkish TV-drama-series which could've been the best ever - just could but fells short+ the good:interesting story none expected plot twists nice camera work, places awesome soundtrack good acting: Tuba Büyüküstün,Tuvana Türkay,Engin Akyürek,Erkan Canthe bad:series is too long, things repeat too much drama and crying women Turkish censorship (blurred out action scenes/violence/no sex) bad acting: Bestemsu Özdemir as Nilüfer...just annoying as hellResume:Worth watching, but you gotta have some stamina and patience to watch it till the end, its just too much and too long in some aspects.