The Fall of the King (2025)
The Fall of the King is a Turkish drama series broadcast on Star TV, first aired in 2025. Charismatic businessman Kenan Baran sees life as a game of pursuit until the young and mysterious Fadi enters his world. As the balance of power shifts, Kenan’s rise, betrayals and downfall transform the lives of everyone around him.
The Fall of the King cast: Halit Ergenç (Kenan Baran), Merve Dizdar (Fadi), Aslıhan Gürbüz (Handan Baran), Murat Garipağaoğlu (Semih), Cenan Çamyurdu (Memduh Çetin), Nalan Kuruçim (Kader Çetin).
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Plot
Kenan Baran is a wealthy and influential businessman who considers himself untouchable and treats life as a game of pursuit. His carefully controlled world begins to unravel when the young and mysterious Fadi enters his life. Kenan’s betrayals within his marriage force Handan to question her worth and confront her past, while Fadi is drawn into Kenan’s glittering world. Kenan’s desire to control love, power and the people around him gradually becomes an obsessive psychological struggle. As his private and professional crises deepen, his empire eventually collapses, leaving him to face poverty, loneliness and serious health problems while Handan and Fadi try to rebuild their lives.
Origins of the story
Adaptation status
The series is officially adapted from Gülseren Budayıcıoğlu’s novel Kral Kaybederse. The available official sources do not provide a systematic comparison of the novel and the television adaptation.
Connection to reality
No reliable direct source was found identifying the series or its characters with a specific real person or verified individual event. The source novel is presented by its publisher as a literary work written by a psychiatrist, but this alone does not establish that the series depicts a particular true story.
Trailer
Details
- Year
- 2025–2025
- Channel
- Star TV
- Genre
- drama
- Seasons
- 2
- Episodes
- 30
- Rating
- 6.0
Cast
Character Map
Hero
Anti-hero
- ↳ Handan Baran — spouse
- ↳ Fadi — partner
Supporting
What's in this series?
Novel adaptation
The series is officially described as an adaptation of Gülseren Budayıcıoğlu’s novel of the same title. However, the available official production, broadcaster and publisher sources do not provide a systematic account of changes to the plot, characters or chronology.
Psychiatric background and the limits of the true-story claim
The publisher presents the source novel as a literary work by Gülseren Budayıcıoğlu, whose professional background is in psychiatry and psychotherapy. Neither the series nor the publisher identifies Kenan Baran or the other characters as specific real people. The production should therefore not be classified as a verified biography.
Power, betrayal and psychological reckoning
Official descriptions frame the story around love turning into betrayal, power turning into weakness and the hunter becoming the hunted. Kenan’s need for control, Handan’s confrontation with betrayal and Fadi’s effort to redefine her boundaries create the central tension between power relations and personal change.
Production and international presentation
The series was produced by OGM Pictures and broadcast on Star TV. It was directed by Yağmur Taylan, Durul Taylan and Cem Toluay, with a screenplay by Ertan Kurtulan, Eylem Akın and Sedef Bayburtluoğlu Gürerk. OGM Pictures’ English catalogue gives the verified international title as “The Fall of the King”.
Frequently asked questions
How many episodes is The Fall of the King?
The Fall of the King has 30 episodes across 2 seasons.
When did The Fall of the King air?
The Fall of the King first aired in 2025 on Star TV.
Who is in the cast of The Fall of the King?
The main cast includes Halit Ergenç (Kenan Baran), Merve Dizdar (Fadi), Aslıhan Gürbüz (Handan Baran), Murat Garipağaoğlu (Semih), Cenan Çamyurdu (Memduh Çetin), Nalan Kuruçim (Kader Çetin).
Sources
- Kral Kaybederse Dizisinin Oyuncuları ve Konusu — Star TV
- Kral Kaybederse — Star TV
- Kral Kaybederse’den İzleyiciyi Ekrana Kilitleyecek 2. Tanıtım — Star TV
- Kral Kaybederse - Dr. Gülseren Budayıcıoğlu — Doğan Yayınları
- Kral Kaybederse’de Handan’ı Yıkan İhanet — Star TV
- Kral Kaybederse 25. Bölüm — Star TV
- Kral Kaybederse 23. Bölüm — Star TV
- Kral Kaybederse — OGM Pictures
- The Fall of the King — OGM Pictures
