Caray, Caray!

lejos

Thanks for the kind words, Maggie and Babachita. Yes, this is quite the puzzler.

I actually don't think Sadakat is crazy. Whether she married into a powerful family or was part of one and chosen by the Albora clan for that reason, she definitely seems to me to consider herself way above all other people she knows. She has an iron will and wants her children to be the way SHE wants them to be. It seems she wants them to marry according to her dictates and to never defy her in any way. That's why she said out loud why she tried to kill Alya. It was because she had the temerity to defy her.

People who've been on the blog a long time are probably familiar with "crockpot theories" No, not crackpot...crockpot. It's always been OK here to put forth wild speculation, as long as it's not a spoiler. Here's a doozy. Could the reason Sadakat is so violently opposed to Sahin and Zerrin as spouses for her children be about incest? Was Cihan's deceased father the father of those two? Did Sadakat sleep with Ecmel and produce one or both of the siblings she deems impossible for her offspring to marry?

Of course, it's more likely she hates them because she hates Ecmel, even though we saw a flashback where they were in love. Did he dump her for Fidan?
 

lejos

I’m still catching up, mostly on the cultural aspects because Sadakat is terrible even by terrible telenovela mothers. Her own kids don’t seem to like her much, even if they’re still trying to keep her out of prison for some reason. But what really gets me is her ring tone. It’s just so very basic for such an aggressive authoritarian. She could do better.

So someone (Deniz?) mentioned Alya being adopted. I hope her birth family is another, stronger, mob family. It wouldn’t be great if the long run but would provide a satisfying short term solution to Sadakat.

K

 

lejos

Belated thanks for the Wednesday recap, novelera. Everything we needed to know.

I don’t know who to believe, Ecmel or Sadakat. Maybe they don’t even know the whole truth. Misunderstandings make for good and frustrating storylines. Someone could have manipulated things so they would break up, blaming each other. We know very little about Sadakat’s husband, Azem Albora.

Maybe one of the “kids” is an Ecmel - Sadakat production, so your crockpot theory could be right, novelera.

Sadakat is a contender for most villainous, but I think Azize from Hercai is still the worst.

I’ll have a Friday recap up after I finish my Saturday KPA.

 

lejos

Ooooh Novelera, what a delicious crockpot theory! You should write for telenovelas!

I’m trying to figure out what the story is. Okay, so Sadakat was a servant. She had a love affair with Ecmel. Did he then dump her to marry a woman with social standing and Sadakat wants revenge? Or did she dump him to marry his brother? When she visited him in prison she showed him the photograph and he seemed scared about it. Why?

It’s Sadakat’s fault that Sahin is now thirsting for revenge. He was treated like a brother and now his heart is broken. It was so sad to see. Cihan was throwing hands because you can’t talk that way about my mother? Cihan, really? You have about the worst mother on the planet and yes, we’re all gossiping about her.

As for Ecmel, what is he actually up to? Is he a traitor?


 

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Dondi356: That nosy reporter is getting on my damn nerves, I hope she dies a violent painful death.

 

lejos

IIRC, the flashback that was triggered by the picture sent to Ecmel showed the couple walking together, but Ecmel was the only one making declarations of love. Sadakat was flirty, but I don’t recall her making any declarations of love. So, it left me very suspicious of Sadakat’s intentions way back then.

Babachita
 

lejos

Wow, what a tangled web! Maggie, I agree that it's Sadakat's fault that Sahin is now alienated from the guys he was so close to: Cihan and Kaya.

As dondi mentioned, we get two sides of the back story and it's hard to tell who's right. Ecmel shows Sahin the photo of him alongside young Sada and says she seduced him and has been vengeful all these years because he didn't raise her status by marrying her. But later on, Sadakat accused Ecmel of being a vile seducer himself, taking advantage of a 17-year-old and then abandoning her.

Alya finally gets to see Deniz. Deniz then shows Cihan some family pictures on his tablet.

Sahin is now extremely resentful. He takes Zerrin's phone from her hand, saying "No más". He says she'll never see Kaya again.

Cihan calls a big meeting of all the mucky mucks in the area. He says they've been sabotaging him. A deal is reached whereby Cihan allows merch through his land for a 25% cut. But no drugs, no bombs, and no weapons for terrorists.

Sada tells Alya to her face that she shot her, to Cihan's horror. She pours out all her vitriol for quite a while. There's a flashback where Seyda is about to cut Cihan's throat and Sada, conveniently entering her married son's bedroom in the middle of the night, stops her. Sada is convinced that Alya plans to be just like Seyda, a Demir puppet.

Sahin has gone to the police, saying that Sadakat shot Alya. When the cops show up, Alya says it was a suicide attempt. She tells Sada no one will separate her from her son. This makes no sense to me. If Sada were in the slammer, she might be able to leave Turkey.

And, yes, it's frustrating to watch Cihan beating up on Sahin for telling the truth. This blind loyalty thing bugs me.
 

lejos

So Sahim and Zerrin are siblings. And each is in love (-ish) with an Alboran (Nave-or however that’s spelled- and Kaya) but aren’t their father brothers so they are first cousins? Or didn’t miss something?

K
 

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Kat in SC: Missed last night's episode. Anything crazy happened ?