


Watching Cesur interact with the many characters he comes in contact with shortly upon his arrival in the area, including Tahsin’s beautiful and haughty daughter Sühan, his troubled son Korhan, and Sühan’s fiancé Bülent Aydinbas I kept thinking what a smooth operator he is.Īccording to Wiktionary that expression refers to “a person who accomplishes tasks with efficiency and grace, especially one with verbal skills who is persuasive in interpersonal relationships and negotiation”. Supremely self-confident, and a natural born leader Cesur quickly establishes himself as a local resident willing to defend not only his own rights but those of other locals who have been living under the tyranny of Tahsin. For his own sake, as well as for the peace of mind of his beloved mother Fügen who is suffering from early Alzheimer’s, Cesur goes about methodically implementing a plan to recover what he believes has been stolen from them: their family’s identity and heritage, including valuable works of art painted by Cesur’s late father Hasan.Ĭourage is indeed a key characteristic of Cesur’s personality as we watch him pursue his plan and refuse to bend to the overt and more subtle threats of Tahsin and his surrogates, who correctly see the mysterious newcomer as a challenge to the established order they have created in Korludag, with the help of corrupt local authorities.


Highly intelligent, worldly, and educated Cesur has spent most of his adult life abroad, in Europe and the US, after the death of his father.Ĭesur wants revenge from Tahsin who owns multiple properties and businesses throughout the area, and swears to take “everything he owns” from him. A man in his early to mid-30s (his exact age is not revealed), Cesur has come to the small Turkish town of Korludag ostensibly to buy property, but in reality to seek justice for the tragic deaths of his grandparents and his father whom he believes have been killed by Tahsin Korludag, the town’s namesake and most powerful resident. A very apt description of the character we get to discover as the episodes progress. As with many Turkish first names, Cesur has a specific meaning of its own – the Brave.
