ATV and OGM Pictures are preparing to launch one of the season’s most anticipated dramas, Abi. The story for Abi was written by a team familiar to Turkish drama fans — Eylem Canpolat, Deniz Gürlek, Melih Özyılmaz and Melek Seven. Each of them has penned some of the country’s most talked-about series in recent years. Behind the camera are directors Yağmur Taylan and Murat Aksu. If all goes according to plan, the show will premiere toward the end of November.
At the center of the plot is Doğan Hancıoğlu (Kenan İmirzalıoğlu), a gifted surgeon who once walked away from the wealth and influence of his powerful family. Years ago he left Istanbul — and everything that came with it — to start over in a quiet town on Turkey’s Aegean coast. There he built a simple life, working at a public hospital and helping patients rather than chasing success.
Time eventually pulls him back. He returns home for his sister’s wedding, unaware that the reunion will stir up a storm of old emotions. Resentment, secrets, and long-hidden betrayals come to light, forcing Doğan to face questions of loyalty, love, and conscience.
Afra Saraçoğlu co-stars as Çağla Öncü, a successful lawyer whose path crosses with Doğan’s just as both are facing the weight of their personal histories. Their meeting sets off a relationship that’s complex, vulnerable, and central to the emotional weight of the series.
Cast and Characters
Kenan İmirzalıoğlu — Doğan Hancıoğlu
A surgeon who walked away from his family years ago. He returns for his sister’s wedding and finds himself at the center of old conflicts.
Afra Saraçoğlu — Çağla Öncü
A lawyer whose life intersects with Doğan’s at a crucial moment. Their relationship becomes an emotional core of the series.
Diren Polatoğulları — Behram
A dangerous and charismatic enemy of the Hancıoğlu family whose arrival triggers a series of confrontations.
Sinan Tuzcu — Sinan Hancıoğlu
Doğan’s older brother. He stayed with the family and lives under the heavy weight of expectations.
Tarık Pabuçcuoğlu — Tahir Hancıoğlu
The patriarch. A powerful man whose influence has shaped — and sometimes damaged — the lives of his children.
Nihal Koldaş — Saadet Hancıoğlu
The mother and the emotional anchor of the family. She hides painful secrets from the past and struggles to keep the family from falling apart.
Asude Kalebek — Melek Hancıoğlu
Doğan’s sister, gentle on the outside but strong within. Her wedding brings him home and becomes a turning point for the whole story.
Tuğçe Açıkgöz — Gülüşan
Another of Doğan’s sisters, whose fate is closely tied to the family’s long-standing conflicts.
Yaren Yapıcı — Gülsüm
A relative whose presence reveals the unspoken dynamics among the women in the family.
Serkay Tütüncü — Yılmaz
The family’s lawyer. He is the first to sense the coming storm — a man who knows far more than he lets on.
Esra Şengünalp — Mahinur
Çağla’s older sister, a woman shaped by deep emotional trauma who holds the key to understanding Çağla’s past.
