to give context to the turkish version, it is inspired by '1001 nights' where from we get stories like ali baba, sindbad and aladdin.
in the literature, the story goes the king was heartbroken after he found out his queen cheated on him. so he has her killed and then goes on a spree where he will marry one woman and the next morning he has her killed -- this is to ensure another woman does not cheat on him. then a wise daughter of one of the minsters says she will marry the king. the minister is horrified but the daughter convinces him that she can put a stop to the king's madness. so she is married off to the king and in the bedchambers, she begins a story. it goes through the night but just as dawn breaks, she pauses the story. the king has to know how this story ends and keeps her alive for another day and night. then when she finishes one story, she starts another. so it goes on for 1001 nights. through all the stories, the king also changes and he also learns about the queen. that changes his negative mindset and they end up living happily ever after.
so that is the original literature that inspired the turkish version. so every few episodes, they would even quote stuff from there to frame the episode -- basically the dizi was like a modern riff off from the original literature.
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