THE CASE FOR WORTHY HEROES: Yagiz Egemen Decrypted

PART I — // Story Is as Story Does //

It’s been told, that good writing essentially is not just about what is being SAID, but what is being SHOWN. That lazy
writing only TELLS a story, instead of DISPLAYING it.

The KEY to Storytelling isn’t just in “telling" your story—it is in SHOWING it... ESPECIALLY in Filmmaking. It’s more than
just the visual portrayal of a story’s characters coming alive in film, but the crucial demonstration of an Author's
narrative to earn our faith in his story and its keystone characters.

For even in life, you trust a man’s actions, not just his words. At times, you can ONLY trust his actions, NOT at all his
words despite how profound and persuasive they may be.

Words are POWERFUL. Remember that old nursery rhyme "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never
break me”? Yeah. That’s not really true, is it? Don’t get me wrong, I understand why the rhyme was composed—to
advise kids to ignore the vicious words that bullies may attack us with. But it’s undeniable, though try as we may to insist
otherwise, that words could, and HAVE affected us, even so systemically profound to the very deep of our souls, with
either LIFE... or with DESTRUCTION. We understand the ugly end of the spectrum, what that looks like—we have more
suicides and shootings now in the US at our high schools, and though many have been for different reasons, but just as
many can be ascribed to lonely and unstable kids who've been bullied with ugly beatings both physical AND verbal. And
so they returned fire with much more cruelty. And the price was much more deadly.

I believe writers and filmmakers overall have been given a significant gift to saturate culture either with life or
destruction through their craft. With LOVE, or with its dark ABSENCE. What’s more, with what is actually TRUE about
LOVE, instead of what is erroneous and false. You and I know, down to our deepest instincts, what we need more in this
world.

Now ask yourself, what is it about the story of Yagiz Egemen that compels you so? Why does this character and his
resiliency resonate with us in no less than remarkable measure? Even more than Hazan at times for many different
occasions, if I may say, though Hazan is a compelling character herself. But why are we so enthused to root for Yagiz in
this tumultuous, and at times questionable—even ludicrous—dramatical narrative? And for his fascinatingly indefinable
relationship with Hazan?—

Why are we still watching?

For the most part, we are able to give a comprehensive reasoning WHY something affects us so. But just like how
INTUITION has been showcased in the Writers’ story as I had said last review, many of you have been INTUITIVELY
assessing THEIR story, hence in how you have expressed it to each other about a certain scene or just overall plotline—
“'I don’t know what it is…' 'I just can’t put it into words…' 'I can’t really describe it…' 'Hazan and Sinan together just
doesn’t feel right…’ ‘You’ve put into words what I’ve been feeling about Yagiz and Hazan all along...'” And so on.

Though many have been able to translate into words, yet just as many of you, if not all, have basically responded with
how you’ve FELT about the story. You've INTUITIVELY evaluated that there’s just something quite special about Yagiz
Egemen... ESPECIALLY Yagiz together with Hazan.

It is in the synergy of how and what the Writers, Directors, and Cast have SHOWN—not just said and spoken—about
Yagiz’ story alone, and Yagiz and Hazan’s together.

But what exactly have they SHOWN?

If you don’t mind another lengthy summation, well, let’s get crackin’, shall we? 😁
PART II — // EPISODE 14: A New Beginning? //

I’ve spent the past two reviews on the singular bond that Yagiz and Hazan share together and how it had developed
through intuition for truth and series of instinctual behaviors. The thing is, it wasn’t so much of what they've SAID to
each other, for we know that even after discovering it was Sinan who had been the perpetrator of the lies, Hazan still
directed some pretty colorful choice of words at Yagiz about her keen mistrust of him. But funny thing is, what is being
SHOWN with their actions concerning each other, contradict what they’ve said to, and or about each other. And ladies
and gents (there ARE gents, right? We’re not all just crazy cupcakes here? 😆), like I’ve prefaced above, that’s what you
can actually TRUST in these unpredictable happenings; As the old adage goes, actions DO speak louder than words. And
what we can learn from E14... Pfft.. 🤣🤘😏

I definitely got the message, LOUD and CLEAR.

E14’s pivotal opening scene picked up from the ending of its preceding episode—Hazan FINALLY discovered who had
betrayed her. It wasn't who she had thought it was. Her beloved... was NOT who she had thought he was. So what kind
of man was Sinan Egemen? But then—

Just what kind of man—WHO WAS this Yagiz Egemen?

Well, missy, as we have covered last review, but let me expound a bit further on it: he’s quite the guy who’s been
instinctually PROTECTIVE of you—so strung up was he to the point that he couldn’t even open a stinkin' car door
properly when he was trying to get ya in his car, away from the fresh reminder and place of that crazy stunt ya pulled
trying to put yourself in front of an insolent fool and his deadly gun. He also was the guy who had defended YOUR sister
at the expense of HIS OWN sister’s good faith and adoration for him. The one who had sent the company lawyer to get
ya outta jail, jeopardizing his good standing with his dad whom he had always and diligently aimed to please. Oh, he also
sought to protect YOUR HEART from being broken from finding out how your mom had bargained you (AND your sister
too, btw, by insinuating that HE had stolen Ece’s virtue and so he must pay)—all at the cost of HIS OWN PERSON by
letting you to continue thinking that HE was a vile and disgusting son of a gun, even after finding out that it was his
brother instead… All because he didn’t want you to end up on the streets and become fresh pickings for some unsavory
characters, without the sustenance and protection that his family’s home could offer. Cause if you’d ever found out his
brother's ugly betrayal towards you, he KNEW without a doubt that you would shun such security. And btw, he also had
to return back to the company that he had resigned from, which he left under some very serious and still unresolved
issues, in order to keep up the scheme that he’d thought would save you, but also work to provide a steady income that
could give you the comforts and security you need should you try to leave the Egemen mansion in the future.

ALL without you even knowing just WHO has been truly looking out for you all along... And I have only covered his
protective behavior up to E13 so far. Then again, I don’t think Yagiz would even recognize himself at this point. This
certainly didn’t fit his M.O.—

Only a man in LOVE would display these types of actions and he certainly was NOT a man who LOVES a woman.

Right..?

ShuuUURE. 😏

Bro.
YOU’RE A GONER. A TOTAL GONER, I TELL YA! Michael Bolton is STILL pipin'—WHEN A MAAAAAAAAAAANNNN LOVES A
WOOOMAN!—with his epic L’OREAL hair, and we’re ALLL singin' along. Can’t ya see my twirlin' tambourines, bells, and
maraca shakers! 💃🕺😂

(Disclaimer: I am not an official hairstylist for Michael Bolton nor have I been paid to endorse any L’OREAL hair products
and represent its brand. Any attempt to recreate Mr. Bolton’s hairstyle or test his hair products, please do so at your
own discretion) 😝

And I haven’t even BEGUN to really touch on E14 yet!

Shall we, then? 😃

PART III — // EPISODE 14: An Unexpected Discovery? //

In a sense, E14 IS a new beginning—Hazan discovered the TRUTH.

She and Yagiz were put on a path of discovery and it led them to each other with the corrupting lies finally removed. And
so begun a new chapter, and its beginning is already filled with breathtaking development. I know some of y’all’s lungs
seized to function properly at the sight of an unconscious Hazan at the strong arms of Yagiz Egemen, as the stunning
view of the sparkling sea splayed behind them. That beautiful sight of that vast sea that could harbor unknown wonders
isn’t the only one beautiful to behold. Nor the sea the only one with some hidden wonders.

WHEN A MAAAAAAAAAAANNN LOVES A WOOAAHH—

Okay, Bolton. We get it. LOVE is pretty darn beautiful. And oh-so wonderful to behold... JUST like this episode. 🤣

I mean, so ya witnessed the girl just passed out right in front of ya onto that hard pavement, and the perceptive and
levelheaded Yagiz Egemen who was notorious for his striking intelligence and ruthlessly logical but successful solutions,
would probably react just like any normal person who’d attempt to bring anybody to health, but do so JUST a tad more
brilliantly.

He kidnapped the girl.

Pfft 😂

The man’s instincts were kicked up to HIGH GEAR. He didn’t trust ANYONE to take care of Hazan and keep her safe, at
that point, but himself. Not even professional doctors, for the hospital was NOT his initial solution. He took her to his
home. And check this—he didn’t put her in the other two bedrooms that his apartment accommodated.

He carried her to his room.

His bed.

HIS.
🙈🙈🙈

If Yagiz Egemen were a LION, what we’ve just witnessed is a magnificent beast MARKING his territory. With his scent
that was all over those bed sheets and his keen, vigilant gaze, all imprinting on Hazan. And sure, this was still not a man
in love, right. 😏

Then Hazan woke up. And for someone who DESPISED Yagiz Egemen, it took her some time to actually start yelling at
him and take offense for taking her to his home and laying her on his bed. Her initial thought wasn’t even to have lit
outta there if she couldn’t so much stand his presence... but to ask for her phone. Which in the midst of the shock and
pain her discovery yielded, she had left at the studio, but somehow discovered that Yagiz had kept it after she came to,
which tells me the two even had a prior interaction, all in Yagiz room, before her anger actually emerged. So Hazan was
angrily anxious to get out. And Yagiz became increasingly anxious about her being anxious, her trembling, her ability to
process things properly, and safely, aaand the darn stairs she was heading to!

Then Sinan showed up—

And Hazan would rather face the man who she had just taken offense for holding her in his arms than faced his younger
brother.

Last review I said that it’s never a good idea to lie to cover a lie (heck, it’s never a good idea to lie at all), even if that lie
was to save somebody—which was simply oxymoronic. I also said I understood why Yagiz did what he did with that fib—
it was a quick solution he could come up with in that moment. And so, as Hazan turned back to face Yagiz in his hallway
after shouting at his brother to leave, we now could see that Yagiz’ quickie solution was actually backfiring on him.
Though Hazan finally discovered Sinan’s full treachery, she had a hard time believing that Yagiz’ scheme of making her
the face of his cosmetic company was no cruel trap but Yagiz’ attempt—ill-advised though it was—in trying to save her.
So Yagiz pled for her to trust him, he wasn’t trying to hurt her nor was this some cruel game he was playing, as Hazan
accused him for humiliating her and for being just as disgusting as his vile lying brother—until that same lying brother
breached the front door.

And Hazan instinctively RAN to take refuge in the very room of the very man she had said she did not trust. 😂

And Yagiz’ swift instincts was to prevent his brother from getting to her with that awesome block action. 🤣

I told ya 😎. The man was marking his TERRITORY. 🤘

So sitting on top of those stairs he had moments ago feared, Yagiz continued to wait patiently, and calmly, as his foolish
younger brother wax philosophical to get his girlfriend back… Till he started beating on Yagiz’ bedroom door to breach
it—the girlfriend he had betrayed refused to buy his monologue. A clashing of shoving brothers ensued. Then Sinan had
the audacity to holler at Yagiz “not to interfere” and Yagiz harshly barked back to remind the senseless twit that it was
him who had pushed his unsuspecting older brother straight deep into the muck. And with Yagiz' sharp words, this is
where a key fact is revealed:

Yagiz takes ownership of this whole thing. He acknowledges that he is now deep in the thick of it. By his “interfering”,
shows that he was no longer trying to bail off the path that he had not chosen for himself (of which attempts to do so, I
had expounded on last review), one that was costing too much of him. Yet finally discovering the truth for himself, he
feels responsible for his part (even for his brother’s actions, if I may say—he IS the same man who had apologized to Ece
for his sister’s action on her behalf), and therefore responsible to care for the girl that they’ve wronged, who was now
choosing to take refuge in his room. Yagiz knew it wasn’t going to be easy for Sinan to win her trust, let alone her
affection. So he advised his brother to give her some space. Give himself time. And “Give her time."

Ha. With those words, Sinan was DOOMED. Ya leave those two alone, and your big brother will STEAL her heart. 😏

And so the adventure continued. Sinan left. And Hazan was back on that darn bed 🤣, but this time at her very own
discretion. Then something metaphorically intriguing happened... (those Writers are good! 😆)

What Sinan failed to do with trying to force himself in, Yagiz succeeded to accomplish with a different way...

He opened the door with a key.

Here's the thing.

Hearts aren’t meant to be invaded. They are meant to be unlocked. With that seemingly trivial action, they are showing
who actually possessed the keys to Hazan’s heart.

But that’s for later 😉.

So then I guess we can’t really call Yagiz a thief of hearts..? But he is a kidnapper with a really good lawyer 😂. Hazan
dear, if you’ve actually chosen to take sanctuary in his home—his bedroom, in fact 🙈—there was no way he was going
to let ya go without a fight. Like, LITERALLY—y’all saw those glass pieces everywhere, right. Remember what he’d said to
her earlier concerning Sinan? That “If he found the strength to go after you, he wasn't going to leave easily"? Yeah—that
line was a twofold literary device meant to actually describe Yagiz, not his brother. In fact, “wasn’t going to leave easily”
is an understatement—abduction is a straight up crime 🤣. But I guess Yagiz’ defense argument would hold up in court.
He DID say that that day, his home was HERS 😆, and if it was actually Hazan’s house, then it wouldn’t be called
kidnapping, right? 🤣 Oh, shucks. I was really excited to add Professional Kidnapper to his titles. But at least we can still
call him Huggable, for drunk and brokenhearted girls—with the penchant for passing out on sidewalks in pretty dresses
and bare feet—in need of compassionate consolation. And, err, Hazan, for a kickboxing coach with an athletic degree,
you do have a history of zonking out (not sure if it looks good on that resume, gurl)—By day you pass out on random
sidewalks and by night on Yagiz’ arms. 😆 But at least it wasn’t as cold and hard as that dirty pavement—ugh, who
knows who last spit on it—so good choice this time. And I guess falling asleep on the arms of Yagiz Egemen does spice
up your resume and one does require a healthy balance of spice, sugar, and salt in one's life. 😂

Well, what else was Yagiz Egemen besides being huggable... Whelps, he was a definite sucker for tears for sure. It’s what
made him huggable in the first place. And perhaps it’s what had turned him into Hazan’s personal face-washing
assistant, too 😂. But he definitely was her partner in crime. She did say she wanted Sinan to feel just as hurt, and so
Yagiz made it official—and with her signature, he too became her boss who lets her sleep on his bed at night and makes
her breakfast in the morning...

Bruh. Bosses don’t do that... HUSBANDS do that. They worry about protecting their wives and keeping them fed. And
make sure their wives sleep on their bed.

Wonder then what your instincts were really trying to tell ya. 😁

PART IV — // The Villainous and The Heroic //

Every story boils down to one thing—

CONFLICT and RESOLVE.

PROBLEM and SOLUTION.

Hence you have a Villain as an agent of Conflict, and a Hero with a Solution to resolve it.

There are many, many stories out there, with their even more many, many, many Heroes. Many of them are worthy.
Many are not.

I believe Yagiz Egemen is a worthy one. And I hope I’ve SHOWN, not just TOLD (get it? 😝), why he is, with what you’ve
read above and even in prior reviews. But perhaps, to really appreciate even further how worthy of a Hero he is, is to
see the contrast with one who had really been more villainous than he is heroic in this story… Sinan Egemen.

If you’s a Sinan stan, do accept my apologies for there will be some roasting happening in the next few minutes. He had
it coming. Dude needs to be called out.
Since we were on E14, let’s pick up on what was happening at the end of the next episode. True to Yagiz’ anticipation,
Hazan did leave the Egemen mansion after finding out her beloved had betrayed her and had then found shelter at
Kerime’s place. But Sinan showed up late one night, unannounced, and certainly unwelcome, trying to get her back.
Then Yagiz showed up.

“What are you doing here?” Sinan asked, confounded. To which Yagiz replied, “I will not explain to you.” 😎🤘😏 I told
ya, the man had also marked his territory. And he does not have to answer to Sinan for it. Still, Sinan challenged with,
“You came to talk to Hazan at this time at night?”

Oh, please. This kid tryna front. Get outta here.

This little immature snot just don’t get it. Kid tryna be all territorial but what a bloated blimp full of gas you are at the
end. Literally, a minute later (yes, I know, it’s the next episode for us but ya get my point), where did all that protective
manhood go when Kerime showed up? Let me explain.

I’ve observed in the Eastern world, and me being of mixed blood myself, how honor and respect is a serious thing—VERY
serious thing, in fact. I won't really get all into it, but the bottom line is, if you live in your father’s house, he looks after
you. You answer to him. Before it’s your house, it’s first HIS. You respect his authority and his duty to look out for you.
Now Hazan was staying at Kerime’s house. In the beginning of E16 when all four of them, that is, Yagiz, Hazan, Kerime,
and Sinan, were outside, just look at their body language, and by “their”, I mean Hazan and Kerime. Hazan was standing
behind Kerime waiting respectfully. This was Kerime’s house, and technically, Hazan was then under her care, though at
that point in time Kerime didn’t know who Hazan was and that Fazilet was scheming again. The point is, Yagiz, Hazan,
and Sinan were under Fazilet’s conniving that Kerime was Hazan's kin, and the one sheltering her by allowing her to stay
at her house.

So, this little weasel dared to front at his big brother, “questioning" the wisdom of his nightly visit (yeah, and there he
was, this foolish mess of hypocrisy and arrogance, INVADING on Hazan's space when she clearly had told him to get the
snuff out)—but who in the world was actually answering to the person who was sheltering Hazan, wishing her to get
well, trying to be respectful, and in doing so might perhaps excuse their late night excursion to see her young kin… Well,
FOR SURE it wasn’t Sinan. It was his “questionable" brother instead that he was trying to drill. The nerve. So please
excuse my harshness for calling you a little immature snot at this point in time but you clearly need a whoopin’. Grow
up, man. Please. Don’t try to front if ya can’t own up. You trying to defend Hazan’s honor really rings empty and hollow
when you left it to your brother to really be the one responsible for BOTH of your presence there. If you really felt
responsible for Hazan, if would’ve been YOU facing Kerime. The reason your brother was there in the first place was
because he was busy trying to take care of everyone else; His—and btw, is YOURS, too, if you recall—sister in particular,
who had been in his home earlier and at the very brink of losing it (sorry bruh, she did lose it actually, strangling Ece, all
drunk and crazed, but you just didn’t know that that was going on YET) because his hero father had married a teenager
who was younger than his own teenage daughter... But there you were trying to score some lip action. *SMH*. You’ve
been so caught up in your own selfishness and pain, you didn’t even realize THE REST of your family were suffering too.
But it was Yagiz here trying to make sure all y’all’s blasted tails were alright (which includes you too, Gokhan, but you
flippin' ignored his call, so you can't really accuse him for not reaching out like you will when y'all finally get your siblings
night later on). Yagiz went to Hazan to tell her to try to reel her sister in because Ece’s taunting Selin was creating more
pain and anger instead. He certainly wasn't there to seduce her, like Sinan had been doing.

Now here’s the thing about LOVE; before it receives anything, it seeks to GIVE instead, because LOVE does not seek its
own. In other words, it is NOT self-seeking. It’s time to really just call it for what it is—Even in this early stage of
whatever was happening between Hazan and Sinan, at the end of the day, can you really call that LOVE? The heart of
the matter is, Sinan wanted to get back with Hazan because of the comfort that she can offer him in this heartbreaking,
confusing, and distressful time (did he not say that himself, though with a different preface?). Because if he really was
looking out for Hazan’s best interests, he would’ve listened to what his brother had said back at Yagiz' home when
Hazan was hiding in his room—Give her some time.

“Did you really expect that it was going to be that easy? Yok ya!” Yagiz had wisely but, vehemently, said to Sinan. In
other words, prove, and show her, that you can be a trustworthy man. Then WIN her heart again. But instead, there he
was trying to emotionally FORCE himself upon her. The girl had told you to get out but still you invaded on her space,
trying to seduce her. Oh man. This is a huge RED FLAG. There's a word for someone who forces intimacy upon an
unwilling participant. Any sane Dad woulda whooped the salt out of this guy. That is somebody’s priceless daughter right
there!

Sinan can SAY that he loves Hazan but at the end of the day, he was still seeking after his own first, instead of putting her
needs before him. How long did that “I will save Hazan from myself” from E14 really last? What? Two days? Three days
tops? Pfft. Even your way of trying to free her from you was breaking her heart by way of expensive booze and cheap
women, instead of just go man up like your brother’s been asking you to. And it was Yagiz having to clean up after your
hammered and sorry tail. Again.

One must stand as a man and be accountable for who he is and his actions before he’d even thought to be responsible
for another human being, especially a woman he desires to win. If not, how could he be called worthy of her?

PART V — // A Story’s Crown of Glory //

Of a grand and worthy Story, what then would be its CROWN of GLORY?...

LOVE.

I believe that the glory of ANY story is when it tells and shows the timeless story of LOVE... even if a story is a superhero
ACTION flick.

Yet, even for a Superhero—super powers or not—whether he knows what he’s doing trying to rescue his beloved girl
and humanity or not; he’s still a Superhero worth his salt. Why? Because, again, LOVE, is his motivation. A Superhero out
to save his own skin is one you can't really respect. Can you actually even call him a HERO? Just look at any war movies
out there. It’s the same repeated theme that resonates with our hearts over and over again—

A Hero who rescues and lays down his life for others.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what we identify LOVE to be.

In by no means is Fazilet Hanim ve Kizlar a perfect story. In fact, it is seriously flawed. I’ve said it above that it is at times
ludicrous. You literally have THE MAIN leading character in which the show is partly named after, and from the get go
she was no inspiring Hero but destructive Villain instead. A broken mother who breaks her children, because broken
people break people. And so far, though we had witnessed some redeeming qualities in Fazilet Camikran, she had
remained steadily villainous, and again, ludicrous. Sirma and her writing team’s got to work some serious muscle to
redeem their main leading character if they'd any aspirations to finish strong, which I’m sure they do.

Caglar had mentioned that FHVK is a story about the complexities of the human soul. Within the soul of mankind, there
are shades of dark so black that all have been both the victim and perpetrator of an unrighteous deed and deeds at
various points of our life. BUT... Mankind is also capable of great compassion. Great sacrifice. And of the always much-
needed GRACE.

You and I know, down to our deepest instincts, what we need more in this world.

There’s a reason why Caglar’s character have risen to prominence more than all the characters written in FVHK. Yagiz
Egemen is NO perfect hero. But he IS a Hero who had displayed closer to its TRUE essence what this world really needs
most—

LOVE.

And perhaps that is why we are all still watching.

With this, I bid you adieu.

Cheers 😁