Director: Feride Kaytan
A single business trip to Uludağ becomes the hinge point of an entire marriage in Senden Once, a 2024 Turkish drama about the fallout from one impulsive decision.
What is Senden Once about?
Hakan is a businessman worn down by years of distance from his wife, the kind of quiet estrangement that neither partner quite names out loud. Away on a work trip in the mountains, he meets a woman who unsettles the careful routine he's built his life around, and a moment of weakness sets off consequences neither he nor his wife can undo. What follows isn't a simple tale of betrayal and punishment; the show tracks how a single choice reshapes two lives that were already drifting before it happened, forcing Hakan to reckon with what he actually wants versus what he's spent years pretending to want. Alp Navruz plays Hakan opposite Sinem Ünsal and Nilperi Şahinkaya, and the triangle at the story's center is less about scandal for its own sake than about the slow unraveling of a marriage that had already gone quiet.
Cast & crew
Alp Navruz stars as Hakan, with Sinem Ünsal and Nilperi Şahinkaya rounding out the central trio; Tansel Öngel, Uğur Biçer, Altan Erkekli, Uğur Uzunel, and Işıl Dayıoğlu fill out the supporting circle of family and colleagues affected by the fallout.
Context & significance
Feride Kaytan directs Senden Once, which premiered in 2024 and runs close to two hours per episode, giving the marital drama room to sit with its characters rather than rush through plot points. The series belongs to a familiar strand of Turkish television that favors slow-burn emotional fallout over overt melodrama, tracking a relationship's quiet collapse rather than a single dramatic rupture.
Where & how to watch
Senden Once is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, letting the marital drama play out entirely in Farsi for viewers who prefer it that way. Built with a Farsi-first interface for the Iranian diaspora, K-Time only requires a free account login to start watching once you're ready.