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However, the more I read the script, the more I got to know Fatma and became her, I understood this metaphor. When I first read the script I was also very taken by that dilemma. Like I said earlier, we tried to look at this as a metaphor. Of course it did! Those who watch the show could immediately think: ‘So, every woman could go out and kill in this same situation?’… But this is definitely not the way we handled this show. Did Fatma as a character who kills people pose a moral dilemma for you?

This was a unique method and process of working for me. Working with a psychologist made me come a long way…The more we talked, the more we got closer to finding the core of Fatma. We talked a lot about what the impact of the traumas she experienced in childhood would be on her present life. We worked with a psychologist who is an expert on this matter. Thanks to this pre-shoot work, even during the roughly four-month shoot, I managed to search for Fatma and look out for new discoveries. I am sincerely happy that I found the opportunity to analyze, dig deeper into the psychology of Fatma and work on it with the trial-and-error method at great length. The thing that made me happy and feel fortunate about this project was being able to work on “Fatma” for almost two months before shooting. My directors, Ozgur and Ozer helped me a lot along the way. Professionally it was a challenging project for me, but very rewarding at the same time. So I had to work hard on all my reactions carefully, analyze well, and make sure the scene blocking was right.

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“Fatma” is a very short and compact story, and different from the series we are used to seeing in Turkey. Our producer Basak Abacıgil Sozeri was always with us during the creative process and she brought her own unique contribution to the story that elevated the end-product as well. Step-by-step we walked through the story together with Ozgur (Onurme) and co-director Ozer (Feyzioglu) and they gave me the freedom to play Fatma my own way. It was very obvious that he filmed “Fatma” in his mind several times while creating the story.

Besides being the creator of the story, he also directed three episodes. His script was very intricately detailed and there was so much detail I could discover about Fatma. What did Ozgur tell you about Fatma? Talk to me about working with him as a writer-director?Īs soon as I read the script, I noticed that Ozgur can impress the audience right from the start with his strong storytelling the characters he builds, and the dialogues he chooses for them. I think this is what gives the show its strong female theme. On one hand she is struggling with the system, and on the other hand, she is fighting for her existence with a son who has autism spectrum disorder and dealing with her missing husband. a woman who is forced to become invisible, ignored who has no right to speak.

Plus, she no longer needs the men in her story to exist. Unlike all the invisible women in these male-dominated stories, Fatma discovers her invisibility and creates a new self. We’ve been exposed to many male-dominated stories in the past. I believe it serves for something much deeper, and the story is much more than that. I don’t want this show to be put in a single box as just purely a strong female empowerment story. There is clearly a strong female empowerment theme, but depicted in an innovative way? I also see the story of Fatma as a metaphorical way to explain our inner struggles as women. I saw this story as a woman striving for her existence and to survive in a male dominated world. Because in a world ruled by male hegemony, I believe many women will see a part of themselves in Fatma’s story. Fatma’s story could be about any woman around the world. I fully agree with that! After you watch the show, it’s impossible to disagree. During a recent conversation with Pelin she told me your character is basically an allegory for dealing with life as a woman in Turkey. Biricik spoke exclusively to Variety about the challenges of playing this complex role which depicts the “inner struggles” of ordinary women and the moral quandaries it posed.

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