Cennet'in Gozyaslari

About the series

Cennet’in Gözyaşları (Cennet’s Tears) is a Turkish romantic drama that aired on ATV from 24 September 2017 to 17 June 2018. It is based on the 2014 South Korean series Tears of Heaven and stars Almila Ada as Cennet Yılmaz and Berk Atan as Selim Arısoy.

Plot

Cennet was abandoned by her mother as a newborn and raised by her grandmother. Despite her humble upbringing and lack of money, she becomes a brilliant architect and lands her dream job at a prestigious architecture firm.

There she is unexpectedly reunited with Selim, her childhood friend who also works at the firm, and with her biological mother Arzu, who disappeared from her life and now returns to turn her world upside down. Arzu’s other daughter, Melisa, grows jealous of Cennet’s closeness to Selim, but eventually realises that Selim will never love her and steps aside.

Main cast

• Almila Ada as Cennet Yılmaz
• Berk Atan as Selim Arısoy
• Esra Ronabar as Arzu Soyer
• Zehra Yılmaz as Melisa Soyer
• Yusuf Akgün as Orhan Soyer

Why watch it

With its Cinderella-style story of a young woman who rises above abandonment, Cennet’in Gözyaşları found a big audience in Turkey and abroad, especially among fans of emotional family melodramas.

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