Kiralık Aşk arrived in 2015 as a Turkish take on the fake-relationship trope, pairing Elçin Sangu and Barış Arduç in a series that turned into one of the country's most-watched romantic comedies of its decade.
What is Kiralik Ask about?
The setup starts with a debt: Defne's brother owes money he cannot repay, and the only way out is an arrangement that puts her inside the company of Ömer, a wealthy shoe designer. She takes the job on false terms, expected to make him fall for her so the debt is settled from the other side. What plays out across the season is less a straight romance than a slow unraveling of pretense, as two people who agreed to fake something find the line between performance and feeling harder to hold. The show leans on its comic supporting cast, coworkers, family, and rivals circling the company, to keep the tone light even as the central arrangement grows more complicated for both leads.
About the cast
Elçin Sangu and Barış Arduç carry the lead roles, with Salih Bademci, Müjde Uzman, Seçkin Özdemir, Onur Büyüktopçu, Nergis Kumbasar, and Levent Ülgen filling out the office and family circles around them. Directors Şenol Sönmez and Metin Balekoğlu shaped a cast dynamic built as much around the workplace ensemble as the central pair.
Context & significance
Kiralık Aşk belongs to a wave of Turkish romantic comedies that found audiences well past their home market during the 2010s, part of the broader export of Turkish television across the Middle East and Iranian households in particular. Its comedy-and-romance genre mix, workplace setting, and season-length arc are typical of the format, built for viewers who want a slow-burn couple story stretched over many episodes rather than resolved in two hours.
Watching Kiralik Ask on Ktime
Kiralık Aşk streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, both available for viewers who prefer to watch in Farsi or follow the original Turkish with translated text on screen. The page is free to read without an account; watching the series itself only requires logging in, with no separate purchase step involved. K-Time's Farsi-first interface makes it straightforward for Persian-speaking households to browse into Turkish romance series like this one.