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Waiting for the Sun

Waiting for the Sun

20138.01 Season54 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Zeynep is a beautiful high school student who has a moderate and ordinary life with her mother Demet in a small city. Zeynep has been raised without knowing her father but she always think about him when she stays alone. She was told that her father was a seaman and was lost in the sea when he was on duty.

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Top Cast

Emre Kınay

Emre Kınay

Cihan Güzel

Hande Doğandemir

Hande Doğandemir

Zeynep Yılmaz Güzel

Kerem Bürsin

Kerem Bürsin

Kerem Sayer

İsmail Ege Şaşmaz

İsmail Ege Şaşmaz

Barış Erdoğan

Yağmur Tanrısevsin

Yağmur Tanrısevsin

Melis Güzel

Gökçe Yanardağ

Gökçe Yanardağ

Tülin

Ebru Aykaç

Ebru Aykaç

Demet Yılmaz

Simay Küçük

Simay Küçük

Sevim Sayer

Hasan Şahintürk

Hasan Şahintürk

Ahmet Sayer

Ece Dizdar

Ece Dizdar

About Waiting for the Sun

Waiting for the Sun is a drama, family series that first aired in 2013. it stars Emre Kınay, Hande Doğandemir, Kerem Bürsin. Zeynep is a beautiful high school student who has a moderate and ordinary life with her mother Demet in a small city. Zeynep has been raised without knowing her father but she always think about him when she stays alone. She was told that her father was a seaman and was lost in the sea when he was on duty.

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