Menekşe ile Halil

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Menekşe ile Halil is a Turkish melodrama produced by Ay Yapım and originally aired on Kanal D from 2007 to 2008. It has 1 season with 30 episodes and stars Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ, marking his return to TV after the hit Gümüş.

Plot:
- Menekşe is a 20-year-old girl from Urfa who lives with her family in Germany. She falls in love with Halil, a Bosnian coworker at the pastry shop where she works.
- Her conservative father arranges her marriage to Mustafa for a bride price of 25,000 euros, and Menekşe is forced to go through with it.
- At the wedding, Halil discovers that Menekşe is the bride. Mustafa shows his brutal side and assaults Menekşe; she narrowly escapes.
- Menekşe’s grandmother tells her to run away to Istanbul with Halil. They return to Turkey separately but eventually reunite.
- Menekşe’s father orders Mustafa and Menekşe’s brother Kadir to go to Istanbul to kill them as an honor act. After several close calls, the couple escapes and tries to start a life in Istanbul.
- The whole family later relocates to Turkey. Halil is revealed to be the son of a wealthy man but faces betrayals and is engaged to another woman; Mustafa becomes a serial killer seeking revenge.
- Kadir changes his mind about killing his sister and refuses to go through with it. The feud with Menekşe’s father continues, and he becomes an outcast.
- In the end, the families reconcile and Menekşe and Halil marry. However, Mustafa kills Halil, and Menekşe is left pregnant with Halil’s child.