Sefirin Kızı

Sefirin Kızı (transl. "Daughter of the Ambassador") is a Turkish drama television series directed by Emre Kabakuşak and written by Ayşe Ferda Eryılmaz and Sedef Nehir Erdem. It consists of two seasons, the first of which aired on 16 December 2019, and concluded on 22 June 2020. The second season premiered on 7 September 2020, and concluded on 11 May 2021. The series originally starred Engin Akyürek and Neslihan Atagül in the lead roles, but Atagül announced on 18 January 2021 that she would depart from the series due to leaky gut syndrome and was replaced by Tuba Büyüküstün.^[1][2][3]

Sefirin Kızı
Genre	Drama
Written by	Ayşe Ferda Eryılmaz Sedef Nehir Erdem
Directed by	Emre Kaşabuk
Starring	Engin Akyürek Neslihan Atagül Tuba Büyüküstün Uraz Kaygılaroğlu
Composer	Gokhan Kirdar
Country of origin	Türkiye
Original language	Turkish
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	52
Production
Production locations	Muğla, Turkey; Montenegro
Running time	125–165 minutes
Production companies	NGM O3 Media
Original release
Network	Star TV
Release	16 December 2019 (2019-12-16) – 11 May 2021 (2021-05-11)

Cast

• Engin Akyürek as Sancar Efeoğlu
• Neslihan Atagül as Nare Çelebi Efeoğlu Işıklı
• Tuba Büyüküstün as Mavi Çınar Efeoğlu
• Beren Gençalp as Melek Efeoğlu
• Uraz Kaygılaroğlu as Gediz Işıklı
• Doğukan Polat as Yahya Efeoğlu
• Hivda Zizan Alp as Elvan Efeoğlu
• Cemre Öktem as Zehra Efeoğlu
• Zerrin Sümer as Feride Efeoğlu
• Edip Tepeli as Kavruk Ömer
• Gonca Cilasun as Halise Efeoğlu
• Özlem Çakar Yalçınkaya as Refika Şahin Işıklı
• Esra Kızıldoğan as Müge Işıklı
• Sami Aksu as Necdet Yılmaz
• Tülin Yazkan as Menekşe Yılmaz
• Nilüfer Kılıçarslan as Atike Yılmaz
• Yagmur Baskurt as Gülsiye
• İlayda Ildır as Dudu
• Duygu Karaca as Eşe
• Erdal Küçükkömürcü as Güven Çelebi
• Bülent Şakrak as Kahraman Boz
• Gözde Çığacı as Ceylan
• Erhan Alpay as Akın Baydar
• Deniz Işın s Sahra Yalçın
• Furkan Aksoy as Loki
• Ferit Aktuğ as Bora
• Şafak Başkaya as Sedat

Production

The series was shot in Muğla and Montenegro.^[4][5]

The series was originally starring Neslihan Atagül and Engin Akyürek in the lead roles, But Atagül announced on 18 January 2021 that she would depart from the series due to leaky gut syndrome.^[1] Later, it was announced that Tuba Büyüküstün had replaced her.^[6][7][8][9] It was also reported that Uraz Kaygılaroğlu would depart from the series after a few episodes.^[10][11] His role later ended in Episode 37.^[12]

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	17		16 December 2019 (2019-12-16)	22 June 2020 (2020-06-22)
2	35		7 September 2020 (2020-09-07)	11 May 2021 (2021-05-11)

Awards and nominations

Year	Organization	Category	Nominee(s)	Result
2020	3. International Izmir Film Festival Golden Artemis Awards	The Best Actor	Engin Akyürek	Winner
		The Best Actress	Neslihan Atagül
		The Best Supporting Actor	Uraz Kaygılaroğlu
		The Best Supporting Actress	Tülin Yazkan
		The Best Child Actress	Beren Gençalp
	1. Cinemaport Awards	The Best Series Actress	Neslihan Atagül