In this last part of Road to Emmy's, we shall discuss the project of Engin which brought us to travel here.
When Fatmagulun sucu ne? was nearing its end, in June 2012, Engin was offered another Ay yapim project by Kerem Catay. It was a police story to be written by Sema Ergenekon and Eylem Canpolat - writers of Turkish hits; Gumus and Sila. Engin signed then, a project which script wasn't written yet. The series was to be Ahmet Katiksiz's first directorial venture as well. And it was to be Engin and Toygar Isikli's third project together! Engin was lured to the story due to its police-detective nature and because his character was to be different from his previous ones. It would be the first time since 'Yabanci damat' where the girl would chase the hero's love than the other way around.
Engin Akyurek is said to be not so ambitious about his career. He takes a project, works whole-hardheartedly in it, earns his salary and then enjoys his life without caring about the competition in the showbiz industry. Thus, having now established himself as one of the famous Turkish actor, Engin after FGSN, just vanished from the screen. He took rest and vacationed in England and Greece and came back to screen after 2 years.
Fans were hungry for Engin's performance and comeback on television and not just in the domestic market. The career break he took turned in favor of Engin as his series FGSN was aired dubbed in over 50 countries and he suddenly during this time became a global hearthrob and global sensation. The fans in Turkey missed him and the global fans were eager to see his new project.
In early February 2014, the trailers of Engin's new drama Kara Para Ask (KPA) - 'Black Money Love' got on-aired. Renowned Turkish actress Tuba Buyukustun was sharing the lead with him. The series also had veteran actors Erkan Can and Nebahat Cemre in its cast. At BKEM's premiere on February 14, 2015, it was announced that KPA was to start from Wednesday March 12, 2015 on ATV Channel. Before being on-aired, Kara Para Ask was already sold to 20 countries due to Engin's name being attached to it. In Pakistan fans heavily requested its airing to the channel urdu1 from the day its 1st promo in Turkey was aired! The series became a huge success in both domestic and international market and was garnering highest ratings in its time slot in Pak wheras Omer-ELif became the most well liked couple of the year. KPA was the biggest hit in Turkey drawing in highest ratings.
Omer Demir was yet again a very different character of Engin. He portrayed a soldier - an aggressive one who always beat first and talked later. He was a responsible family man and above all - an intense lover. Engin enjoyed doing this role a lot.
Till now, although, Engin's every character is different from the previous one, there has been one similarity in all of them: they were all Great Lovers, who carried infinite love for their beloveds. Omer Demir was no different in this context!
Engin, got what he deserved when he won the Best Actor category in the Seoul Drama Awards (South Korea) beating his Oscar Winning competitors such as Adam Brody - and becoming the first Turkish actor to achieve this!
Then Engin also became the first Turkish Male Actor to be nominated for the 43rd Emmy Awards to be held in New York. Although he did not win the emmy, the nomination brought Turkey's actor on the map, he is the only male actor from his country to earn this honor. The award ceremony was flocked by Engin's Global fans from indonesia to peru, greece to nigeria and one spectator reports, everyone else was invisible only Engin and his screaming fans were everywhere.
With his international award nominations, hit series FGSN airing in Spanish, English and Latin speaking world simultaneously along with his Hit Series KPA airing simultaneously in the Arab, Muslim, and eastern european world he was earning legions of fans and became the most influencial Turkish figure across the globe in the year 2015 till 2016. Infact the year 2015 is known as the year of 'Engin-Fever' in the southern hemisphere of the globe who was catching up on FGSN and KPA. He has now earned the number 1 Actor from Turkey position in the world, being the most recognized and well liked Turkish face globally, and only through his talent without any reliance on social media tools.
Apart from the above mentioned awards, Engin won the following as Omer Demir:
- TV Series Awards 2014 Best Actor Engin Akyrek
- RaniniTv of 2014 Best Actor Engin Akyrek
- Turkey Electrical Electronics and Service Exporters Association Cultural Service Awards Stars of the Export Engin Akyrek
- " festival Marconi Odlleri ", organized by Bursa University " radio and television branch " in Turkey Best Actor Of The Year 2015 Engin Akyrek
- TV Series Awards 2015 Best Actor Engin Akyrek
- Kristal Mouse Award 2015 Best Actor Engin Akyurek
The 43rd Emmy Awards Ceremony was held at Hilton Park Hotel - NYC, Engin Akyurek was wished the Best of Luck to win by fans and very proudly attended the ceremony and represented his country. He has already won millions of hearts of his fans all over the world and is referred to as 'KING AKYUREK', 'KING OF HEARTS', 'KING OF VERSATILITY' and 'KING OF EXPRESSIONS' to name a few.
Hope this was informative and helped you connect better with your favorite actor. Thank you for being with us in this journey!
KPA STORY:
The story started with Police Officer -mer Demir (Engin Akyrek) - a devoted and honest officer of the homicide bureau, posted at Van. Omer's elder brother Husseyn (Burak Tamdogan) is also a police officer posted in Istanbul's homicide bureau. Both brothers have joined the police force because of a childhood scar: their father was murdered and the case was closed as an unsolved murder-case. Omer has decided not to let any killer walk freely, like that of his father. After putting another criminal gang in jail, he happily heads off to Istanbul to get engaged to the girl he loves - Sibel. Little does he know that his life is about to change for ever.
Then there is one Elif Denizer (Tuba) a rich, upper class jewelry designer based in Rome. To celebrate her birthday, she heads to her family in Istanbul where her world turns up side down.
On this very night, a tragedy occurs that brings Omer and Elif to a single point. Omer's fiance and Elif's father are found murdered in the same car at a cliff!!
After the death of his fiance he suffers great pain. With the shock of her sudden death and the accusations of his love cheating on him, Omar realizes that there is more behind her suspicious murder. He decides that he will do anything in order to find his fiance's murderer and to prove to everyone that she was not cheating on him. On the other side, Elif, the middle child of three girls of Ahmet and Zerrin Denizer (Nebahat Cemre), loses her father to a murder where his body was found in the same car as Omar's fiance.
While still grieving after her father's death, Elif is threatened by dangerous men who kidnap her younger sister and ask her to find millions of dollars worth of diamonds that her father had stolen from them. Elif does not know that the man behind all these doings is her father's close friend - Tayyar Dundar (Erkan Can). Thus, while searching for the diamonds, Elif discovers that her father was involved in the 'black money' market industry, and unwillingly gets herself involved in it under the threats from the bad guys. Omer suspecting Elif of hiding something, follows her and also helps her sister to be freed from the culprits. During this companionship, Elif falls in love with Omer!
Though, there is a huge difference between their class, educational background and lifestyles -but as both are of pure and honest nature, Elif is pulled towards Omer's sincerity. On the other hand Omer, who treasures Elif a lot, cannot realize his liking for her as he is still emotionally committed to his dead fiance.
The second season of KPA started from September 03, 2014. It focused the strong love of Omer and Elif surviving during the turmoils and shocks in their lives while getting the criminals caught. In the end, Omer's love for Elif wins against any other priorities in his life!! Kara Para Ask was shot at Istanbul, Van and Rome and ended on a happy note with an open ending suggesting a possible season 3. It ended on July 15, 2015 at its 54th episode. Due to the open ending fans are still requesting for season 3 even after a year its stopped airing and leads moving onto new projects.Perhaps in the future we may get a movie on the adventures of 'Omer -Elif'. 😉
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