INTERSECTION
Story takes place in Istanbul, a city where wealth and power is considered the only representation of success, full of ruthless competition and the human condition has no place in the race.
Here, time flies faster than it runs for the common people, parallel to the world’s biggest and most powerful metropolis. Concepts such as love, sacrifice, compassion and conscience are unnecessary burdens, almost a weakness. Family is just a cover for the world outside, and in reality it’s nothing more than a well-calculated business deal. In this cruel world where feelings drag you down love is seen as a short-term adventure. Not only winning is the ultimate goal, weakness comes with a big price tag.
Our story is about two men and a woman who are all greatly affected by destiny as well as their choices.
Ali Nejat Karasu is a powerful, wealthy and heartless young businessman. He studies in foreign border schools from early childhood, so doesn’t get any love or compassion from his family. He doesn’t care for children, nor does he take women seriously. The only thing he truly cares about is success, but with time his business projects seem meaningless. He starts chasing an adrenalin rush from different adventures, finding himself happiest when he’s on the edge of death.
Umut Ozer is the son of a not so wealthy, but loving family. He is talented and smart. His dad dies when he was still young, who was a legendary auto repairer. The bright designer goes through multiple challenges in his life, regardless of his humble beginnings. However, his greed for more money and power gets the best of him in time, spiraling him out of control. Umut finds himself playing a game he doesn’t know the rules of, but instead of getting discouraged by the hits and failures, he gets up feeling even more ambitious and ready to fight back. Gradually getting poisoned by power, he becomes a cold man who doesn’t mind stepping on his loved ones.
Umut’s wife Naz Ozer is a young pediatrician fresh off the medical school. She is an idealist, and moral values weigh way more than financial ones for her. Even though they’re in love, her marriage was sudden, and not so welcomed by both families. She chooses to shut these down, since they were expecting their first baby together and that was all that mattered to her. Unfortunately, Naz’s unborn child dies in her, along with all the hopes and love she had inside. Their marriage starts falling into pieces when Umut wants to try for another baby, but she refuses. At the same time, while Naz was understanding of her husband’s blind ambition and thought it was a necessary driving force to his success, she quickly realizes Umut is changing for the worse, and it’s time for her to start fresh.
Unable to control Umut’s rage, she turns to Nejat, whom she found to be arrogant and distant at first. But her compassion and warmth will eventually soften him, as well as changing Naz. Nejat also gets greatly affected by the birth of his son with Didem, a one-night stand who later fell in love with him.
Two men’s paths cross over when Umut starts working for Nejat. While becoming very different people from where they’ve started, the only thing they can’t let go is their love for Naz.
ABOUT ENDEMOL SHINE TURKEY
One of the main reasons behind Endemol Shine Group’s success is that it operates with its own local production companies all around the world thus the Group satisfies the needs of the local markets; and follows the world trends closely and implements the programs created within the group When a program is successful in a territory it can easily travel to another and the success can be transferred among the group.
Established in 2008, Istanbul based Endemol Shine Turkey is behind a diverse range of scripted and non-scripted hits for major broadcasters.
The company is behind hit drama Broken Pieces, which has sold worldwide. Other scripted shows include My Destiny (Star TV) and Overturn (ATV).
Other recent and forthcoming non-scripted credits include The People’s Choice, Deal or No Deal, Still Standing, Your Face Sounds Familiar, “Divided”, “Love is Blind”, “Male and Female”, “Ready, Steady, Cook”, “XXS”, “101”, “All You Need is Love & Forgive Me”. The company will also produce the first ever-Turkish version of reality juggernaut Big Brother, which will premiere on Star TV later this year.
