Yabanci damat

Before people start ranting at me and accusing me off every "ism" I have nothing against Greeks nor am I a nationalist despite a couple of Greek Cypriots being rude to me I just think the very idea and execution of this programme is unthinkably stupid and unscrupulous and lets start by having reality check list :-

• Yes Greeks and Turks have some similarities though this is often exaggerated, I can say generally and at a glance that Americans and Mexicans, the British and the French have many similarities and yet they each make clear that they are very different from one another and have their moments off conflict

• In the real world both Niko and Nazli will either be hurt with a tragic end or to have to pay a price that will hurt either one of their families ...remember the model Tugce Kazaz till she returned back to her Turkish roots. But to avoid controversy the executors and directors avoided this scenario going in to romantic fantasy in harsh reality there would be no happily ever after.

• All this series does is expose the ignorance and naivety of both the Greek and Turkish fans of this series. I would say part of this is that they both want to be Western European when in reality they are not because it is not in their nature, Greece belongs to the Balkans and Turkey to the Middle East.

• For a good comedy drama that will work without changing the series much instead of foreign son in law how about Bosnali damat ... as Niko at first pretends to be Bosnian to Nazli's family ..now that would off worked well that one change for the series were it could of taken its course.

My checklist is complete please think about the points made before judging or dismissing this review and then rate it please.

It's one of the best TV series of 2005 in Turkey.Nazli;a Turkish girl from Gaziantep doesn't want to marry Kadir(her childhood friend)and run away from home and goes to Bodrum where she will meet Niko who she will fall in love.But there's a huge problem because Niko's Greek.Greeks and Turks do not get along well generally but their big love won't be ruin by this problem and they decide to get marry.Niko comes to Gaziantep and meet with Nazli's family and the comedy starts.The cast of the series are all experienced Turkish actors and actresses except Özgür Çevik(Niko)but he acts like he's an actor for years.They are all very talented.Sumru Yavrucuk(Nazli's mother) Erdal Özyagcilar(Nazli's father) Arif Ekin(Nazli's grandfather) and Binnur Kaya(Nazli's elder sister)are the most funny characters.Probably Anna and Kadir will fall in love and maybe Memik and Niko's grandmother too!!!And also Yabanci Damat will be played at Greek TV channel Mega TV in july.Anyway let's keep watching this beautiful and funny TV show...(I really don't understand why greeks like Nehir so much, she is hundred times uglier than Natalia Doussopoulos!!!)

Wonderful story line, great actors, priceless characters. It clearly shows to all the similarities between Greeks and Turks who'd mostly like to think they are different. The ugly side of prejudice, family love, day to day lives of a couple of families with socially different backgrounds that were forced to be joined by marriage and a common grandson are all shown on this sitcom beautifully. The acting is superb, there is not a person that appears on this show that I could claim does not belong. My husband and I anxiously await Friday nights each week to watch it. My husband's father was among the Turks sent out of the Island of Crete many years ago, so he can identify with the Greek family that were forced to leave Istanbu. He enjoys the show from 2 different angles. It is nice to see a situation of this sort under a funnier light as opposed to heavy dramatic flavouring!

The series is very funny. The poor young people encounter so much interference from their family! It was fun seeing some young actors early in their career. I enjoyed watching this.

I am Turkish and I watch the show every week and have every single episode recorded,great show,i recommend every 1 to watch it,it is really amazing that we are so close to Greek friends,we must be brothers and sisters same culture living in different countries,I love grandfather of nazli and grandmother of Niko,every Buddy fits in to their role and the show is acted perfectly,i would say it is the only show i watch actually,I can give copy of all the episodes to any one if requested(in Canada,Toronto area only) I salute all of Greek friends.I love you people all except Turkish and Greek politicians,they are leading us to wrong way.Take care all.