The Lady's Farm (1989)
The Lady's Farm is a Turkish family, drama series broadcast on TRT 1, first aired in 1989. Güllü, a worker at a cotton-ginning factory in Adana, wants to marry Kemal, the machinist she loves. Family pressure, Ramazan’s marriage proposal and the interest of landowner Muzaffer Bey draw her into conflicts over class, power and forced marriage.
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Plot
Adapted from Orhan Kemal’s novels set in Çukurova, the series follows Güllü, a worker at a cotton-ginning factory. She loves Kemal, a machinist at the same factory, and wants to marry him. Her father Cemşir, however, tries to direct her toward a marriage that would bring the family financial benefit. Ramazan, Muzaffer Bey’s nephew, also wants to marry Güllü. When Güllü rejects the arrangement, family pressure and violence intensify. After her attempt to escape with Kemal fails, Güllü goes to Muzaffer Bey’s farm. Muzaffer Bey’s interest and the farm’s power structure transform her life. As Güllü moves from factory worker to farm mistress, she becomes involved in new conflicts with the people around her and with the villagers.
Origins of the story
Adaptation status
The 1990 TRT adaptation brings together the connected novels Vukuat Var and Hanımın Çiftliği.
Connection to reality
The series is not presented as an adaptation of a specific true event or biography. It belongs to Orhan Kemal’s fictional Çukurova world and reflects social conditions associated with the 1950s and 1960s.
Trailer
Details
- Year
- 1989–1989
- Channel
- TRT 1
- Genre
- family, drama
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 8
- Rating
- 7.0
Cast
Character Map
Hero
- ↳ Kemal — partner
- ↳ Zaloğlu Ramazan — enemy
- ↳ Muzaffer Bey — partner
- ↳ Fatma — relative
Anti-hero
- ↳ Zaloğlu Ramazan — relative
- ↳ Gülizar — partner
- ↳ Yasin Ağa — enemy
Villain
- ↳ Güllü / Serap — parent
Antagonist
- ↳ Berber Reşit — ally
Supporting
- ↳ Şerif — partner
What's in this series?
Adapting two connected novels together
The 1990 TRT series is one of the adaptations that brings together Orhan Kemal’s novels Vukuat Var and Hanımın Çiftliği. Academic research notes that the two novels were considered together in adaptations because their settings, time frame and characters continue across both works.
Land, labour and class relations in Çukurova
The novel world underlying the series focuses on relations among villagers, agricultural and factory workers, and wealthy landowners in Çukurova. Güllü’s movement from factory work to farm ownership foregrounds class mobility, while family pressure, bride price and feudal power relations evoke the social order of the period.
The controversy around Kabak Hafız
The character Kabak Hafız prompted public discussion after the first episodes. Director Ünal Küpeli stated that the character was not meant to represent an actual religious official, but was a fictional television figure developed from the novel’s fraudulent religious type.
Filming in Adana and its surroundings
Filming took place in Adana, Osmaniye, Antakya and Istanbul between May and September 1989. A contemporary report stated that approximately 30 well-known actors took part and that İlknur Bozkurt, who came from modelling, played Güllü.
Frequently asked questions
How many episodes is The Lady's Farm?
The Lady's Farm has 8 episodes across 1 seasons.
When did The Lady's Farm air?
The Lady's Farm first aired in 1989 on TRT 1.
Sources
- Hanımın Çiftliği — tabii — tabii
- ‘Hanımın Çiftliği’nde vukuat var — Orhan Kemal Resmî Web Sitesi
- Hanımın Çiftliği’nin yönetmeni Ünal Küpeli… — Cumhuriyet
- Edebiyat Uyarlaması Diziler I — Episode Dergi
- Orhan Kemal Romanlarında Yapı ve İzlek — Maltepe Üniversitesi / Funda Masdar
- Hanımın Çiftliği — SinemaTürk
- Hanımın Çiftliği — TV’de 7 Gün, 25 Şubat 1990 — Gaste Arşivi
- Hanımın Çiftliği — TV’de 7 Gün, 25 Mart 1990 — Gaste Arşivi
