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Haysiyet Preview Dance Goes Viral Ahead of Kanal D Premiere

From Hürriyet · () Turkish

Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • A dance scene from the preview of Kanal D’s new series Haysiyet quickly went viral.
  • Doğukan Güngör and Merih Öztürk perform to the Turkish folk song “Edalı da Modalı Yar” in a neighborhood wedding scene filmed in Balat.
  • Haysiyet, centered on the impossible love between Mehmet and Simay, is scheduled to premiere on Kanal D on Sept. 8.

A dance from Haysiyet has become a social-media trend before the new Kanal D series has even aired its first episode. Doğukan Güngör, who plays Mehmet, and Merih Öztürk, who plays Simay, dance to the Turkish folk song “Edalı da Modalı Yar” in a preview scene.

Love makes you dance, life makes you cry.

· Haysiyet previewThe phrase opens the viral wedding-dance scene.

The sequence opens with the phrase “Love makes you dance, life makes you cry” and takes place at a neighborhood wedding in Balat. Viewers praised the pair’s performance and on-screen chemistry, while Öztürk’s Ankara-style dance moves drew a flood of comments and jokes.

The clip reportedly set viewing records as soon as it was released and quickly went viral. Social-media users declared that the “Edalı da Modalı Yar” trend had begun, while others joked about how difficult it was to remain seated when Ankara music played. Several comments said the preview had raised their expectations for Haysiyet.

Merih Öztürk has added a twerk style to Ankara music.

· Social-media userA humorous comment about Öztürk’s dance performance.

The series follows Mehmet and Simay, two young people from entirely different worlds who live in the same city and become caught between love and honor. It was filmed in Istanbul’s historic Balat district, directed by Eda Teksöz and produced by Ali Gündoğdu and İnci Gündoğdu for Süreç Film. Haysiyet is set to premiere on Kanal D on Tuesday evening, Sept. 8.

I loved the couple’s energy.

· Social-media userOne of the comments praising the actors’ chemistry.
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Originally published by Hürriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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