Vatanım Sensin (, alternatively known as Wounded Love in English) is a Turkish television drama set during the last years of Ottoman Empire and the Turkish War of Independence. The main character "Cevdet" is based on the life of Mustafa Mümin Aksoy, whose nickname was "Gavur Mümin". The first episode aired on October 26, 2016, on Kanal D. It stars Halit Ergenç and Bergüzar Korel.
The series begins with the Balkan Wars, after World War One and the death of Hasan Tahsin, who was the first to open fire on the Greek soldiers that landed at Izmir on May 15, 1919. The first season finished with the foundation of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey on April 23, 1920.
The second season begins with the Treaty of Sèvres on August 10, 1920. The series finished with Liberation of İzmir by Turkish army on September 9, 1922.
Plot
Mira lay Cevdet, a major who served in Thessaloniki of the Ottoman Army towards the end of the Balkan War is a patriotic soldier. He is a passionate lover to his wife Azize, and a compassionate father to his children Ali Kemal, Yıldız and Hilal, and a good son to his mother, Hasibe Hanım. While in the army, he and his close friend Miralay Tevfik were resisting with all his might to not lose his homeland at the front, an event that happened to him will open a new page in his life, he will be forced to break away from the Cevdet family, and he will be forced to break away from the Thessaloniki Province. Tevfik will help Azize, who had to immigrate from Thessaloniki to Izmir. He is with them at the expense of revealing his hidden feelings towards Azize. However, Tevfik also has a big secret.
Azize, on the other hand, will find herself in a difficult struggle with her husband, three children and mother-in-law. After the incident that happened to his wife, whom he loved dearly, the Ankara Government will raise his children by struggling with the absence of Cevdet, who went to the Greek side as an agent in favour of Mustafa Kemal and his friends, and the difficulties of the war years. Yıldız is a beautiful girl with high eyes and Hilal is a patriotic and combative young girl.
Cast
Halit Ergenç as Cevdet
He killed İlyas Sergeant in order to get among the Greeks in the prisoner camp. His task is to find weapons to resist. After Tevfik's betrayal, Ivan was killed. The heavy traumas he has experienced have always been and will be trouble for him. When Yakup found him, he started working for Mustafa Kemal. He has been betrayed by his best friend and many others. When he started working with Mustafa Kemal, he divorced his wife. Now everything will be more complicated than anything in the past. In Chapter 15, he was dismissed and told to be sent to a prison camp. In the 16th episode, he escaped from the prison with the help of Yakup and brought Eşref to the Greeks. He kidnapped Azize to get Yakup treated. He has to execute Eşref Pasha in order to be reinstated. However, with a clever plan, he manages to save Eşref Pasha's life.
Bergüzar Korel as Azize
She is quite patriotic. She is upset about Cevdet's duty in the Greek army. The biggest pain she has suffered is divorce. Her daughter Hilal was saved at the last moment when she was about to be hanged by the Greeks. She has married Tevfik, whom she believes will protect her and her children.
Miray Daner as Hilal
She tries to awaken the public with her writings under the pseudonym Halit Iqbal. She even took the risk of being hanged for the country. She lowered a big flag while the Greeks were saluting and disgraced them. She is in love with Leon, but treats him harshly because he is an enemy soldier. She shot Leon to save Ali Kemal in episode 19, and apologized to him in episode 20.
Boran Kuzum as Leon
He takes pity on the Turks and is in love with Hilal. He was kidnapped by Eşref with Cevdet's plan. Hilal brought him food while he was in prison. He danced with Hilal at the ball. In the 17th episode, he confessed his love to Hilal and Hilal responded by slapping him even though she loved him. He was shot by Hilal in the 19th episode, but he didn't die. His mother thought that a love letter he wrote for Hilal was for Yıldız, and wanted him to marry Yıldız. "There will be no marriage like this," Leon said during the engagement reception. He refused to marry Yıldız. He writes under the pen name Andreas Akis.