Kizilcik Serbeti

I only started to watch this series because I am very bored. First few episodes were fine but by the 5th episode I cant stand to continue this series. First it looks like they aim to bring people together but soon we realise they try to convey a horrible picture about both the beliefs mentioned in the series and ignite strife between the two parties living in the same country.

The series seems more illogical the more episodes you watch and continuously derogates the beliefs of several people. It has been an ok 5 episodes but the more I watch the more illogical it becomes, watching is becoming too irritating. The 10/10 reviews are probably from world haters who can't live in a world of differences just like the writer of this series.

Overall, I like this show and certain characters are a joy to watch. Hats off especially to the actors who play Nursema and Omer (outstanding acting). However, the male lead Fatih has been a major problem from the start. Because of him, I don't enjoy the show as much as I want to. I also don't like the actor playing him -- he lacks charisma and has no chemistry with the female lead who plays Doga.

Fatih is a very unlikeable character who has no respect or empathy for his pregnant wife Doja. These two don't even seem to like each other so I am not sure why they are together. Fatih is mentally (and borderline physically) abusive. He keeps stressing Doga out and always puts his family over her. Now he's cheating (at the FIRST opportunity).

I don't care how much Fatih begs or what he does after this, he's irredeemable and cannot be trusted. I hope the writers give Doja back her self-respect by divorcing her from this poor excuse for a man. There should be no reconciliation -- but I won't be surprised if the writers reunite them (Turkish writers are notorious for doing this).

I was bored one day and thought of seeing the first episode of this series, more because of Sila being in it. Best decision ever, it blew my expectations and I've enjoyed each second of it. Great plot, excellent cast and good direction. Writing never gets boring, story progresses fast and characters don't act irrationally. It's the story of millions of women in the eastern world, a breath of fresh in the dizi world. 20 excellent episodes so far.

I had my doubts at first, thinking it would be a story washed with Muslim morale, never expected it to be one that would expose the hypocrisy, the wrong and the right, the lack of humanity and empathy of the conservative world too busy to put on a show for the world but very cold and ruthless inside.

Also it exposes many aspects of the so called modern society, lack of tolerance and blown bridges of communication.

I recommend this series if you want an insight in what the clash of two lifestyles is like.

This series has been able to show the difference between two styles of life, Islamic and secular, and has also been able to well portray the problems of religious life without having the necessary information, for example, Ms. Panbe's behavior in judging others without considering the problems of those around her and defining Islam in a small and wrong parenthesis.

The laws of Islam are much broader than wearing a headscarf and giving charity. They include paying attention to one's own behavior, not judging others, striving to be good, cooperating and helping, not harming others, and many other practices that we have been avoiding for many months. If everyone in a community followed those instructions, that community would come closer to utopia.

The first season was amusing and dealt with important topics regarding to families, different values and parts of societies; and I believe the series had the potential to become a great Turkisg series, but since the second season started, the story is not making any sense any more.

There is no logic in the story telling and I think this is a disrespect to the viewers' intelligence, so I'm going to stop watching Cranberry Sorbet from now on.

Many good characters were removed from the show in illogical ways and it's just getting unbearable and very hard to make any sense.

I give 3/10 only for the first seasons and A FEW members of the cast.