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Ayla
After turning away from her Turkish family, young Ayla works as a kindergarten teacher and enjoys the liberties of being single. When she meet photographer Ayhan, she ignores all qualms and falls head over heels in love with him. Then Hatice, the mother of one of the kindergarten kids, is desperately seeking Ayla′s help: Hatice is living in fear since she has decided to divorce her husband, thereby enraging her strict Muslim family. Ayla takes her and the kid in, only later realizing that Ayhan is one of Hatice′s brothers.
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After turning away from her Turkish family, young Ayla works as a kindergarten teacher and enjoys the liberties of being single. When she meet photographer Ayhan, she ignores all qualms and falls head over heels in love with him. Then Hatice, the mother of one of the kindergarten kids, is desperately seeking Ayla′s help: Hatice is living in fear since she has decided to divorce her husband, thereby enraging her strict Muslim family. Ayla takes her and the kid in, only later realizing that Ayhan is one of Hatice′s brothers.
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Genre:Family, Drama, Romance
Written By:Su Turhan, Beatrice Dossi
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Runtime:88 minutes
Studio:TV-60, ARD
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