Top Cast
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Türkan Şoray
Meryem
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Mehmet Keskinoğlu
Hasan
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Mümtaz Ener
Apdo
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Birtane Güngör
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Hüseyin Kutman
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Benan Öz
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Senar Seven
Overview
The situation of the hard-to-earn couple worsens with the onset of the drought. With Hasan going to Istanbul to work, Meryem has to struggle with hunger alone.
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