TV SERIES · 2005–2007 · TURKEY
Gümüş
- Created by
- Eylem Canpolat, Sema Ergenekon
- Network
- Kanal D
- Seasons
- 3
- Episodes
- 100
16 archived facts 3 topics 3 sources Last reviewed Sep 2026
After the apparent death of his girlfriend, Mehmet Sadoglu is encouraged by his parents to marry Gümüs, a simple girl...
16 Interesting Facts About Gümüş
Interesting Facts (11)
- #001
Saudi mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh denounced Noor, and Turkish series in general, as wicked and decadent, declaring that watching them was forbidden.
- #002
Gümüş was Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ's very first project, and it made him hugely famous across the Arab world.
- #003
Known as "Noor" in the Arab world, the series drew 85 million viewers for its final episode.
- #004
In Saudi Arabia, three to four million people were reportedly watching it on MBC every day.
- #005
MBC teamed up with Showtime Arabia to launch a pay channel devoted entirely to Gümüş.
- #006
In Bulgaria, every episode drew at least two million viewers, and Songül Öden later visited the country as a guest on "Dancing Stars 2" and "Slavi Show."
- #007
Part of the show's success in the Arab world is credited to its dub in Syrian dialect, rather than the formal Arabic that had been used for Mexican series.
- #008
Thanks to the show, more newborns were named Noor and Mohannad, the characters' names in the Arabic dub.
- #009
Shops across the Middle East reported a rush on blouses and dresses seen in the series.
- #010
The final episode jumps 14 years ahead; as Gümüş writes about the last 13 years in her diary, we see how the characters have changed, as well as her own pregnancy.
- #011
The plot follows Gümüş, who is asked to marry Mehmet, her uncle's son, only to find herself with a man who is still in love with another woman.
Production Story (3)
- #012
Its success on MBC kicked off a boom in dubbed Turkish dramas on many of the major Arab satellite channels.
- #013
The series was dubbed into Arabic in 2009 and shown daily on MBC 4, becoming the third Turkish series to reach the Arab world, after "Lost Years" and "Rose Crown".
- #014
For the dub, the characters' Turkish names were swapped for Arabic ones that sounded similar, since Arab viewers found the Turkish names odd and hard to say.
Characters & Cast (2)
Sources & editorial notes
Reference databases
- Wikipedia
- IMDb
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