Love Once Again (2015)
Love Once Again is a Turkish comedy, drama series broadcast on FOX, first aired in 2015. Zeynep returns to Türkiye from the United States with her baby after a painful breakup, while Fatih also returns home after becoming disillusioned with life abroad. When they meet on the flight, they decide to pretend to be married to escape family pressure, but their arrangement gradually turns into real love.
Love Once Again cast: Özge Özpirinçci (Zeynep Taşkın), Buğra Gülsoy (Fatih Şekercizade), Tamer Levent (Şevket Taşkın (Reis)), Lale Başar (Mukaddes Şekercizade), Orhan Alkaya (Fehmi Şekercizade), Nazlı Tosunoğlu (Yadigar Taşkın Günay).
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Plot
Zeynep leaves her family and Türkiye to follow Ertan to the United States. After their relationship ends, she returns home with her baby. At the same time, Fatih, the son of the wealthy Şekercizade family, comes back after studying in the United States and growing dissatisfied with his life there. The two meet on a flight to Istanbul and agree to pretend to be married: Fatih wants to avoid his family’s pressure to marry, while Zeynep wants to return without asking her family for help. What begins as an arrangement brings together the Taşkın and Şekercizade families and gradually develops into a real love story amid family conflicts and unresolved relationships.
Origins of the story
Adaptation status
No reliable source was found identifying the series as an adaptation of a novel, short story, book, film, series, play, memoir, or historical work.
Connection to reality
No reliable source found connecting the series to specific real events, real people, or a true story.
Trailer
Details
- Year
- 2015–2016
- Channel
- FOX
- Genre
- comedy, drama
- Seasons
- 2
- Episodes
- 59
- Rating
- 8.3
Cast
Character Map
Hero
- ↳ Fatih Şekercizade — spouse
- ↳ Ertan — spouse
- ↳ Şevket Taşkın — parent
- ↳ Meryem Özer — parent
- ↳ Mukaddes Şekercizade — parent
- ↳ Fehmi Şekercizade — parent
- ↳ Selin Şekercizade — sibling
Antagonist
- ↳ Fehmi Şekercizade — spouse
Supporting
- ↳ Fatih Şekercizade — relative
- ↳ Orhan Günay — partner
- ↳ Şevket Taşkın — relative
- ↳ Gülsüm Şekercizade — parent
What's in this series?
Production context
The series was produced by Süreç Film, directed by Ersoy Güler, and written by Ersoy Güler, Ramazan Demirli, Gülbike Sonay Üte Ayık, and Eda Tezcan. The international distribution catalogue lists it under the title “In Love Again” as a 2015–2016 production in a 170 x 45-minute format.
Family pressure and class encounter
The story explores the desire of two young people returning from the United States to escape family pressure, using the encounter between the Taşkın and Şekercizade families as its central social and comic framework. An academic study describes Fatih as the son of a wealthy family and Zeynep as the daughter of a middle-income family, identifying the transformation of their marriage game into genuine love as one of the series’ central conflicts.
Black Sea family representation and Yeşilçam references
In a review of the series, Nergiz Karadaş argues that the production presents the warm and exuberant side of Black Sea communities through Zeynep’s family, while also using references to Yeşilçam conventions and comic details about class differences. This is the critic’s interpretation, not an official statement of creative intent.
Early reception
A 2015 Cinedergi review described the series’ ratings as strong and linked audience interest to the flow of its story. An Istanbul University thesis states that the series ranked first across all ratings categories during its first 36 weeks. These are period-specific observations reported by the cited sources, not current audience measurements.
Frequently asked questions
How many episodes is Love Once Again?
Love Once Again has 59 episodes across 2 seasons.
When did Love Once Again air?
Love Once Again first aired in 2015 on FOX.
Who is in the cast of Love Once Again?
The main cast includes Özge Özpirinçci (Zeynep Taşkın), Buğra Gülsoy (Fatih Şekercizade), Tamer Levent (Şevket Taşkın (Reis)), Lale Başar (Mukaddes Şekercizade), Orhan Alkaya (Fehmi Şekercizade), Nazlı Tosunoğlu (Yadigar Taşkın Günay).
Sources
- Aşk Yeniden Dizisi - Hakkında — NOW
- In Love Again — Calinos Entertainment
- Aşk Yeniden: Küllerin Arasından Doğan Bir Aşk Hikâyesi — Cinedergi
- İstanbul Üniversitesi sosyal bilimler tezi: Aşk Yeniden Dizisi ve Karakterleri — İstanbul Üniversitesi
