TV SERIES · 2009–2011 · TURKEY

Ezel

Created by

Pınar Bulut, Kerem Deren

Network

atv, Show TV

Seasons

2

Episodes

71

Studio

Ay Yapım

16 archived facts · 4 topics · 2 sources · Last reviewed Sep 2026

Ömer, a young man returning from military service, is set up by his friends and fiancé and ends up in prison for ten years. He fakes his own death and manages to escape. He re-creates himself as ‘Ezel’, a high-end gambler who is outwardly a successful man, but inwardly driven by one thing - his determination to understand why the people he loved betrayed him, and take his revenge.

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11 Interesting Facts About Ezel

1. #001

   The series was written by Kerem Deren and Pınar Bulut, and directed by Uluç Bayraktar.

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2. #002

   Ezel was adapted from Alexandre Dumas's 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo.

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3. #003

   The series' prison scenes were shot at Ulucanlar Prison in Ankara.

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4. #004

   Most of the filming took place in Istanbul, while some scenes were shot in the TRNC, Croatia and the United Kingdom.

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5. #007

   In Romania, Pro TV adapted the series under the title Vlad.

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6. #010

   The series' main character, Ömer Uçar, hides his identity after a series of plastic surgeries and becomes Ezel.

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7. #011

   The series was written by Kerem Deren and Pınar Bulut and directed by Uluç Bayraktar. Produced by Ay Yapım, it was adapted from Alexandre Dumas's 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo.

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8. #012

   The story begins with Ömer Uçar being betrayed by his closest friends Ali and Cengiz and the woman he loves, Eyşan, and sent to prison for a crime he did not commit. Years later he changes his identity through plastic surgeries and returns as Ezel to seek revenge. In the events leading to Ömer's imprisonment, Cengiz pointed a gun at Ömer while drunk; when Ömer took the gun back, his fingerprints got on it. Another piece of evidence in the crime is the jacket he threw away at the scene.

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9. #013

   The series' prison scenes were shot at Ulucanlar Prison in Ankara. Although most of the episodes are set in Istanbul, filming also took place in the TRNC, Croatia and the United Kingdom.

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10. #014

    In the second season, Ramiz Karaeski faces a figure more powerful than himself, Kenan Birkan. It emerges that the two were closest friends 30 years earlier and were driven apart by their shared love, Selma Hünel. Besides loving Ezel like a son, one reason Ramiz Dayı raised him was to create a trusted right-hand man who would help him in his struggle against Kenan.

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11. #016

    The series premiered on Show TV on 28 September 2009, moved to atv in 2010 and ended with its 71st episode, broadcast on 20 June 2011. It consists of two seasons in total.

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