Bride of Istanbul (Seasons 1–3)

Bride of Istanbul (İstanbullu Gelin, 2017) is a Turkish drama series you can watch online on iFILM. Süreyya is a violinist living independently in Istanbul; Faruk runs a major transport company in Bursa and carries the full weight of his family's expectations. They fall for each other fast. The complications take considerably longer to resolve.

Faruk's mother has no intention of accepting a self-made Istanbul girl into the family, and she has both the money and the resolve to make that clear. Aslı Enver and Özcan Deniz keep the central relationship credible throughout — two people genuinely drawn to each other while being pulled in opposite directions by class, geography and family loyalty. The series takes its time building this out across multiple seasons.

Stream all episodes of Bride of Istanbul online on iFILM.