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{{Infobox television
| show_name = Karadayı
| image = [[File:Karadayi tv series.jpg|250px]]
| caption =
| runtime = 130 minutes (average)
| director = [[Uluç Bayraktar]]
| producer = [[Kerem Çatay]]
| company  = Ay Yapım
| writer =  Eylem Canpolat<br />Sema Ergenekon
| starring = [[Kenan İmirzalıoğlu]]<br />[[Bergüzar Korel]]<br />[[Çetin Tekindor]]<br />[[Yurdaer Okur]]<br />[[Erkan Avcı]]<br />[[Melike Yalova]] <br />[[Rıza Kocaoğlu]]
| theme_music_composer = [[Toygar Işıklı]]
| country = [[Turkey]]
| language = [[Turkish language|Turkish]] |
| network = [[ATV (Turkey)|ATV]]
| released = 
| first_aired = 8 October 2012
| last_aired =  8 June 2015
| num_episodes = 103
| num_seasons = 3
| preceded_by =
| followed_by = 
| related = 
| cinematography = 
| narrated = 
}}

'''''Karadayı''''' is a [[Turkish television drama]] series produced by [[Ay Yapım]], broadcast on [[ATV (Turkey)|ATV]], and directed by [[Uluç Bayraktar]] (who also directed ''[[Ezel (TV series)|Ezel]]''). It originally aired on 8 October 2012 in [[Turkey]]. The title "Karadayı" is a combination play on the  Turkish word "Kabadayı" (a vigilante enforcer of justice) and Mahir Kara, the name of the series' protagonist. It stars [[Kenan İmirzalıoğlu]], [[Bergüzar Korel]], and [[Çetin Tekindor]]. Karadayi is a tale of love, drama and action, featuring Kenan İmirzalıoğlu the biggest star of Turkey as Mahir and the beautiful Bergüzar Korel as Feride.

==Synopsis==
Mahir wants to find justice and get his father Nazif out of jail. While he joins the court as a trainee lawyer to fight his father’s case, fate finds him taking its own course. He stands at a cross road where he must choose between Farideh and his father.

Karadayi, a series based on the story of the quest for justice and love, is one of the '''''biggest''''' shows in '''''Turkish drama history'''''.

This fascinating story unfold as it takes you back to the magical Istanbul of the 1970s with all its charm and mystical. The city of Istanbul beautifully portrayed to depict the historical splendor of the place and its enchanting people.

==Seasons==
Its first season finale (Episode 36) was aired on 17 June 2013. ''Karadayı'' returned with a second season in September 2013 on ATV. ''Karadayı'' is the highest rated series in Turkey, ever. ''Karadayı'' was renewed for its third season on 15 September 2014. The show is constantly topping the rating charts.

==Plot==
The story takes place during 1970s in [[Istanbul]]. Mahir (Kenan İmirzalıoğlu) is a young and handsome guy. He works as a shoe repairer and has a comfortable middle-class life. He lives happilly with his family, his
father Nazif Kara (Çetin Tekindor), mother, two sisters and one brother. On the day of his engagement with Ayten (Melike Yalova), his perfect life turns upside down. His father, Nazif Kara is blamed for a murder. His father is convicted of murdering the Chief Prosecuter and he is sentenced to death after the trial. 
The witnesses see Nazif Kara on crime scene with the murder weapon in his hands.The Kara family's life is then turned upside down because of a wrongful accusation that results in the imprisonment of Nazif Kara for a murder he didn't commit.
Mahir never believes that his father is guilty. He tries to prove the innocence of his father and wants to give him his freedom. However, finding any evidence to save his father would be too hard for him.Therefore, Mahir gives up his life. He makes a plan to work with the judge of his father’s trial. So that he could he investigate the case in more detail and to find the true murderer. He creates a new identity and acquaints himself as Salih, who is a law apprentice. He starts to work with Justice Feride (Bergüzar Körel) who is the Judge for Nazif Kara’s trial. Feride is a young and beautiful woman who comes from a rich family who is very successful at her work. Mahir (Salih) starts to give assistance to Feride while she is doing research and investigations about the murder. Mahir (Salih) tries to give another perspective to Feride. He always wants to protect his father and for this reason, most of the time he expresses his positive views about Nazif Kara. As time passes, Mahir/Salih and Feride fall completely into each other. However, Mahir/Salih knows that this is impossible love thus, he tries to hide his love. Mahir wants to achieve two goals. The first one is justice for his father and the second one is his love Feride.

==Other languages==
''Karadayı'' is very popular among middle eastern and eastern European countries. It has been dubbed in other languages, most notably in [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Kurdish languages|Kurdish]], [[Urdu]] and [[Arabic]].

==Cast==
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Actor !! Character
|-
| [[Kenan İmirzalıoğlu]] || Mahir Kara
|-
| [[Bergüzar Korel]] || Feride Şadoğlu
|-
| [[Çetin Tekindor]] || Nazif Kara
|- 
| [[Yurdaer Okur]] || Turgut "Yaver" Akın
|- 
| [[Funda Eryiğit]] || Belgin Türe
|-
| [[Fatih Al]] || Sosyete Yusuf
|-
| [[Hüseyin Soyaslan]] || Kütük Nail
|-
| [[Erkan Avcı]] || Necdet "Barut" Güney
|-
| [[Melike İpek Yalova]] || Ayten Alev
|-
| [[Rıza Kocaoğlu]] || Yasin "Kibrit" Ulutaş
|-
| [[Elif Sönmez]] || İlknur Tiryaki
|-
| [[Şebnem Dilligil]] || Safiye Kara 
|-
| [[Diren Polatoğulları]] || İbrahim "İbo" Durak
|-
| [[Çağdaş Tekelioğlu]] || Azmi
|-
| [[Atsız Karaduman]] || Dalyan Rıza
|-
| [[Leyla Lydia Tuğutlu]] || Songül Kara
|-
| [[Cenan Çamyurdu]] || Erdal Engin
|-
| [[Aslı Orcan]] || Serra Aşık
|-
| [[Civan Canova]] || Çetin "Cağaloğlu" Hünkaroğlu
|-
| [[Lila Gürmen]] || Kerime Şadoğlu
|-
| [[Yıldız Kültür]] || Kader/Nihan Altun
|-
| [[Kübra Balcan]] || Mahperi Altun
|-
| [[Ataberk Mutlu]] || Nazif Tiryaki, Jr.
|-
| [[Olgun Toker]] || Melih Şadoğlu
|-
| [[İlkin Tüfekçi]] || Bahar "Çitlembik" Dündar
|-
| [[Erhan Yazıcıoğlu]] || Mehmet Saim "Beyefendi" Şadoğlu
|-
| [[Ulaş Tuna Astepe]] || Orhan Kara
|-
| [[Deniz Şen Hamzaoğlu]] || Bülent Tiryaki
|-
| [[Emir Çubukçu]] || Osman Güney
|-
| [[Asu Ezgi Taşkıranoğlu]] || Nurten Alev
|-
| [[Mehmet Bozdoğan]] || Yılan Berdan
|-
| [[Ozan Ağaç]] ||  İsmet Ertekin
|-
| [[Serkan Altıntaş]] ||  Yalçın
|-
| [[Nihat Altınkaya]] || Sinan Koca
|-
| [[Başay Okay]] || Süreyya Hanım
|-
| [[Perihan Erener]] || Nilay
|- 
| [[Melih Çardak]] || Guardian Serdar
|- 
| [[Kadir Çermik]] || Ahmet Geveze
|- 
| [[Erol Erarslan]] || Şiş Kazım
|-
| [[Oktay Gülbay]] || Chief Prosecutor Süleyman Yılmaz
|}

== International broadcasts ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Country
! Network
! Premiere date
! Local title
|-
| {{TUR}}
| rowspan="2" | [[aTV (Turkey)|atv]] 
| rowspan="2" | 8 October 2012
| rowspan="2" | Karadayı
|-
| {{flagicon|Northern Cyprus}} [[Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Azerbaijan]]
|-
| {{QAT}} 
| rowspan="4" | [[Qatar TV]]
| rowspan="4" | 30 March 2013
| rowspan="4" | القبضاي
|-
| {{UAE}} 
|-
| {{KSA}}  
|-
| {{BHR}}  
|-
| {{GRE}}  
| [[ANT1]]
| 6 May 2013
| rowspan="6" |Karadayı
|-
| {{IRI}} 
| [[RIVER TV]]
| 2013
|-
| {{KOS}}  
| [[RTV21]]
| 7 August 2013
|-
| {{ALB}} 	
| 	
| 5 November 2013   
|-
| rowspan="2"| {{BIH}} 
| [[Hayat TV]]
| rowspan="2"| 19 Ağustos 2013
|-
| [[ATV (Bosna-Hersek)|ATV]]
|-
| {{BUL}} 
| [[TV7 (Bulgaria)|TV7]]
| 24 September 2013
| Справедливостта на Кара
|-
| {{SRB}} 
| [[Prva Srpska TV]] 
| 16 December 2013
| rowspan="2" | Karadaji
|-
|-
| {{ISR}} 
| [[Viva (channel)|Viva]] 
| 19 December 2013
| rowspan="2" | Karadaji
|-
| {{MNE}} 
| [[Prva TV]]
| Soon
|-
| {{flag|Pakistan}}
| [[Urdu 1]]
| 2 January 2014
| Karadayi
|-
| {{CRO}} 
| [[Nova TV (Croatia)|Nova TV]]
| 8 September 2014
| Časni ljudi
|}

== Awards ==
{| class="wikitable" style="float:left;"
|-
! Year
! Prize
! Category
! Recipient
! Status
|-
|2012
|BassAwards
|Best Opening Sequence - TV Series
|''Karadayı''
|{{won}}
|-
|2013 
|Oscars of Media
|Best Actress
|''[[Bergüzar Korel]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|2013 
|Oscars of Media
|Best Actor
|''[[Kenan İmirzalıoğlu]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|2013 
|Golden Butterfly Awards
|Best Series Actor
|''[[Kenan İmirzalıoğlu]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|2013 
|Golden Butterfly Awards
|Best Series Actress
|''[[Bergüzar Korel]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|2013 
|Golden Butterfly Awards
|Best Director
|''[[Uluç Bayraktar]]''<br />''[[Cem Karcı]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|2013 
|Golden Butterfly Awards
|Best New Series
|''Karadayı''
|{{won}}
|-
|2013
|Ayaklı Gazete TV Stars Awards
|Best Actress
|''[[Bergüzar Korel]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|2013
|Ayaklı Gazete TV Stars Awards
|Best Actor
|''[[Kenan İmirzalıoğlu]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|2013
|Ayaklı Gazete TV Stars Awards
|Best Drama Series
|''Karadayı''
|{{won}}
|-
|2013
|Ayaklı Gazete TV Stars Awards
|Best Drama Supporting Actor
|''[[Yurdaer Okur]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|2013
|Ayaklı Gazete TV Stars Awards
|Best Music
|''[[Toygar Işıklı]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|2013
|Ayaklı Gazete TV Stars Awards
|Best Director
|''[[Cem Karcı]]''<br />''[[Uluç Bayraktar]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|2013
|Ayaklı Gazete TV Stars Awards
|Best Art Director
|''Karadayı''
|{{won}}
|-
|2013
|[[Seoul International Drama Awards]]
|Best Drama Series
|''Karadayı''
|{{pending}}
|-
|2013
|Antalya Television Awards
|Best Drama Series
|''Karadayı''
|{{won}}
|-
|2013
|Antalya Television Awards
|Best Drama Actor
|''[[Kenan İmirzalıoğlu]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|2013
|Antalya Television Awards
|Best Drama Supporting Actor
|''[[Yurdaer Okur]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|2013
|Antalya Television Awards
|Best Drama Director
|''[[Uluç Bayraktar]]<br/>[[Cem Karcı]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|2013
|Antalya Television Awards
|Best Drama Original Screenplay
|''[[Sema Ergenekon]]<br/>[[Eylem Canpolat]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|2013
|Antalya Television Awards
|Best Drama Music
|''[[Toygar Işıklı]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|2013
|Antalya Television Awards
|Best Drama Director of Photography
|''[[Tolga Kutluay]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|2013
|Antalya Television Awards
|Best Drama Director of Art
|''[[Fırat Temel]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|2013 
|Golden Lion Awards
|Best Drama Series
|''Karadayı''
|{{won}}
|-
|2013 
|Golden Lion Awards
|Best Drama Series Actor
|''[[Kenan İmirzalıoğlu]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|2013 
|Golden Lion Awards
|Best Drama Series Actress
|''[[Bergüzar Korel]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|2013 
|Golden Lion Awards
|Best Drama Supporting Actor
|''[[Rıza Kocaoğlu]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|2013 
|Golden Lion Awards
|Best Production Company
|''Ay Yapım''
|{{won}}
|-
|}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Karadayi}}
[[Category:2012 Turkish television series debuts]]
[[Category:Turkish drama television series]]
[[Category:Turkish crime television series]]
[[Category:Television series by Ay Yapım]]
[[Category:2010s Turkish television series]]