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Once Upon a Time in Cyprus

Once Upon a Time in Cyprus

20219.72 Seasons24 EpisodesEnded

Overview

The series takes place during the period of Bloody Christmas and depicts attacks carried out on Turkish Cypriots. It focuses on the activities of the Greek Cypriot nationalist group EOKA-B. The series is based on the island-wide violence that led to the civil war between Turkish and Greek Cypriots that ended in 1974.

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Top Cast

Ahmet Kural

Ahmet Kural

Kemal Dereli

Pelin Karahan

Pelin Karahan

İnci Dereli

Serkan Çayoğlu

Serkan Çayoğlu

Ali İhsan Cenkeri

Gülper Özdemir

Gülper Özdemir

Dr. Ayşe İnan/Cenkeri

Tayanç Ayaydın

Tayanç Ayaydın

Nikos Sampson

Hasan Küçükçetin

Hasan Küçükçetin

Derviş

Miray Akay

Miray Akay

Pembe Dereli

Deniz Baytaş

Deniz Baytaş

Sıtkiye Dereli

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Sadik Tevfik Kayrakçi

Lucky

Devrim Saltoğlu

Devrim Saltoğlu

Rauf Denktaş

About Once Upon a Time in Cyprus

Once Upon a Time in Cyprus is a family, drama, war & politics series that first aired in 2021. it stars Ahmet Kural, Pelin Karahan, Serkan Çayoğlu. The series takes place during the period of Bloody Christmas and depicts attacks carried out on Turkish Cypriots. It focuses on the activities of the Greek Cypriot nationalist group EOKA-B. The series is based on the island-wide violence that led to the civil war between Turkish and Greek Cypriots that ended in 1974.

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