Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!

Organnall Too much about the plot just didn't add up, the writing was bad, some of the scenes were cringey and awkward,

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

koriander-08409 Based on a true story about the Turkish War for Independence (1919-1923), after which Turkey (Türkiye) became a nation. Vatanim Sensin tell us about a fascinating time in Turkish history, during the partition of the Ottoman Empire and the abolition of the Sultanate. The series focuses on western Turkey, the territory surrounding Izmir and the invasion of Greek military forces that were supported and funded by the european political power brokers of the day. There are true to life characters such as General Cevdet (played by Halit Ergenc) who represents the life of Mümin Aksoy, a Turkish soldier and spy working for Turkish intelligence. Aksoy infiltrated the Greek military and became a trusted advisor who was welcomed in many Greek homes and parties. Kara Fatma (Black Fatma) was a highly respected female Officer who successfully organized community militas comprised of women, men, and soldiers on the western front to fight the Greeks. In Turkish Kara means black but for warriors Kara means Courageous. Hence, Courageous / Kara Fatma. I found a small news clip from the NY TImes, dated April 23, 1922, that discusses Kara Fatma achieving the rank of Lieutenant in the Turkish army. Vatanim Sensin is not amazing for it's grandeur and expensive movie showmanship. Instead, this is an intimate portrait of a beautiful Turkish family affected in various ways by war and their commitment to stand against the invaders of their land and home, even at a very high cost that threatens to destroy the family and the deep and abiding love they have for one another. They fight to survive, to stay together, to stay apart, to understand the whirlwind of their circumstances. There is war, the the backyard deals made by traitors and greedy self-serving profiteers, love and romance, ever-changing scenarios. There are no grand battle scenes. It's intimate and beautiful, it's sad and painful, it's exquisite and admirable. As it is in life, we see The series is well written. The pace of the storyline is tight and consistent. The characters are interesting and wonderfully portrayed - Halit as the Greek General Cevdet and his Turkish wife, the long suffering and beautiful Azize. Each episode ends in a cliff hanger and I am usually pretty good at figuring things out ahead of time but throughout the entire series, there was only one connection I was able to determine accurately. This series needs to be translated into english and offered to all english speaking countries. I highly encourage anyone watching to read about the history of the Ottoman Empire in its latter days and the Turkish War for Independence; how Europe tried and failed to divide their land and the spoils for themselves. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk won that war for Independence and initiated numerous economic, social, and political reforms that transformed Turkey into a secular and prosperous nation. Turkey is divided by two continents and the Bosphorus River runs down the middle. On one side is Asia and the other side is Europe. Fascinating place and history.

adsoyadisoyasosu I watched 15 episodes. Every actors are amazing. But this was only amazing fictional series for me. I thought Cevdet is fictional character. Yes Series has true characters. Hasan Tahsin, Halide Edip, Mustafa Kemal. But Someone like him cant be in True Life for me. I learned "Cevdet" main character based on life of Mumin Aksoy who his nickname "Gavur Mumin ". OMG.. Zafirious/Vasili trust Cevdet/Mumin Aksoy. This man is a hero. Who can be quisling for country? Cevdet has a partner. I falling love this series. I sure Hilal Leon can fictional characters. But We love them. Actors are very very good. Their Greek accents are perfect.

dertsizis I feel same chemistry when they played Sabiha Gokcen who first female pilot, foster child of Ataturk and Mustafa Kemal who founder of the Republic of Turkey. After the years they are playing as Cevdet & Hilal together again. Their chemistry never change. This is awesome. I think Halit want to tell I played Mustafa Kemal when Cevdet looks pictures of Mustafa Kemal. This is special, emotional for a actor. We wait to come Mustafa Kemal in series for long time. Why do Halit played Mustafa Kemal again? He already did it before. He completely change with plastic makeup. He can 2 role in series. I loved all female characters in series. Hollywood needs female character like them. Hollywood cant write female character. They wrote a female hero for a teenager girl. Hilal is incredible character. She is brave, poet, patriotic. She'll a woman of republic. All female characters are brave in series. Due to last wars for 20-25 years , Male population is very low. So we can see young, adult, old female characters in a family. They are like pices of a body and brave. Actors is awesome. Series has emotional story with characters of Turk in Greece, Greek in Ottoman Empire and Greek-Turk in New Turkey Republic. Series has nice details. They song same music. Leon songs with Greek lyrics. Hilal songs with Turkish lyrics. I loved details. They use same words, foods, dance of Greek-Turkish. Flashback is childhood memory in Greece. Life of Cevdet's family and people change with migration. Ali Kemal is the most similarity of Turk-Greek character. Series show figures of Republic as Hasan Tahsin, Halide Edip. I hope They show Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Mustafa Kemal. Also We want to see British, French, Italian in other fronts. We can only see Greek. If there isn't in story, Story will be missing. I hope Series is until 1926 and All actresses wear hat with hat revolution. Costumes are awesome.

eternal_incantation i have not watched any other TV series with such beautiful scenes, reminds me of Akira Kurosawa's style... some scenes even remind me of the french movie Amelie... and although i do not like Turkish cinema, this TV series, together with the great actors just brings me back to the 1920s.Halit Ergenç and Bergüzar Korel are both great actors and their performance is on the top. The series brings you back to historic moments, shows you both sides of being a foreigner in your own land and being in your foreign land that becomes your new home... as a Turkish born in Bulgaria I know how it feels to not feel accepted neither in Turkey nor Bulgaria, so this TV series also provides a few lessons to learn about being human first.