# Adını Feriha Koydum
**Adını Feriha Koydum** (English: *The Girl Named Feriha*) is a Turkish romantic drama television series produced by MedYapım that follows Feriha Yılmaz, the daughter of a janitor who wins a scholarship to an elite university and hides her poor background behind a false wealthy identity. It starred [Hazal Kaya](https://www.edgepedia.org/hazal-kaya) as Feriha and [Çağatay Ulusoy](https://www.edgepedia.org/cagatay-ulusoy) as Emir Sarrafoğlu, aired on Show TV from January 2011 to June 29, 2012, and ran 67 episodes over two seasons, with a 13-episode third season titled *Adını Feriha Koydum: Emir'in Yolu*.[1](https://www.turkishdrama.com/i-named-her-feriha-adini-feriha-koydum.html) • [2](https://calinosentertainment.com/content/the-girl-named-feriha/) • [3](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/18954/adini-feriha-koydum)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Original title | Adını Feriha Koydum; international titles include *The Girl Named Feriha*, *El Secreto de Feriha*, and أسميتها فريحة[1](https://www.turkishdrama.com/i-named-her-feriha-adini-feriha-koydum.html) • [3](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/18954/adini-feriha-koydum) |
| Broadcast | Show TV, January 2011 to June 29, 2012; 67 episodes in 2 seasons[1](https://www.turkishdrama.com/i-named-her-feriha-adini-feriha-koydum.html) |
| Third season | *Adını Feriha Koydum: Emir'in Yolu*, 13 episodes, final episode 80 aired December 14, 2012[3](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/18954/adini-feriha-koydum) |
| Production | MedYapım; producer Fatih Aksoy; directors Barış Yöş and Merve Girgin; writers Melis Civelek and Sırma Yanık[4](https://www.showtv.com.tr/dizi/tanitim/adini-feriha-koydum_4/966) • [2](https://calinosentertainment.com/content/the-girl-named-feriha/) |
| Main cast | Hazal Kaya (Feriha), Çağatay Ulusoy (Emir), Vahide Gördüm (Zehra), Metin Çekmez (Rıza)[4](https://www.showtv.com.tr/dizi/tanitim/adini-feriha-koydum_4/966) |
| Format for export | 174 episodes of 45 minutes, available as readymade and as a format[2](https://calinosentertainment.com/content/the-girl-named-feriha/) |
| Reach | Shown in close to 30 countries, beginning with the Arab states[5](https://www.aydin.edu.tr/tr-tr/arastirma/universite-yayinlari/Documents/T%C3%BCrkiye%E2%80%99de%20Dizi%20Sekt%C3%B6r%C3%BC%20ve%20D%C4%B1%C5%9F%20Sat%C4%B1m%20Olanaklar%C4%B1%20MEDYAPIM%20%C3%96RNE%C4%9E%C4%B0.pdf) |
## Premise
Feriha grows up in a luxury neighborhood of Istanbul where her father Rıza works as a janitor and the family lives in a small basement apartment of the building. Her mother Zehra pins the family's hopes on her daughter, and Feriha wins a full scholarship to a prestigious private university.[4](https://www.showtv.com.tr/dizi/tanitim/adini-feriha-koydum_4/966) • [2](https://calinosentertainment.com/content/the-girl-named-feriha/)
On her first day at school she meets by chance Emir Sarrafoğlu, son of a family entrenched in nightlife and nicknamed "the heir of the nights" (Gecelerin Veliahtı). Pleased by his attention, Feriha introduces herself as the daughter of a rich family and cannot back out of the lie.[4](https://www.showtv.com.tr/dizi/tanitim/adini-feriha-koydum_4/966) Hiding her true identity and wearing her rich neighbor's clothes, she becomes part of a world she does not belong to, and as the pretense continues her lies begin to consume both her and her family.[2](https://calinosentertainment.com/content/the-girl-named-feriha/) The Show TV synopsis frames the mother and daughter's struggle with life as turning into a war with no return.[4](https://www.showtv.com.tr/dizi/tanitim/adini-feriha-koydum_4/966)
The story centers on the difficult love of two young people from different social classes, Feriha and Emir.[6](https://www.rtuk.gov.tr/Media/FM/Birimler/buro/2012_kararlar.pdf) Within the family, Feriha's twin brother Mehmet, who left school after primary school, secretly envies her education while recognizing her longing for the glittering life "above".[7](https://medyapim.com/tv-programlari/adini-feriha-koydum/)
## Broadcast and seasons
The series aired on Show TV in the Friday 20:00 slot.[6](https://www.rtuk.gov.tr/Media/FM/Birimler/buro/2012_kararlar.pdf) Sources differ slightly on the premiere date: January 7, 2011 according to one series database, January 14, 2011 according to IMDb and an academic article on the series.[1](https://www.turkishdrama.com/i-named-her-feriha-adini-feriha-koydum.html) • [8](https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/issue-full-file/30714) The two original seasons comprised 67 episodes and ended on June 29, 2012.[1](https://www.turkishdrama.com/i-named-her-feriha-adini-feriha-koydum.html)
**Season 3 as Emir'in Yolu.** The story continued as *Adını Feriha Koydum: Emir'in Yolu* ("Emir's Way"), a 13-episode season whose last episode, numbered 80 in the combined count, aired on December 14, 2012.[3](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/18954/adini-feriha-koydum)
## Censorship ruling
Turkey's broadcast regulator RTÜK examined the series in early 2012. Its expert report recorded that episode 43, broadcast on January 13, 2012, contained a high level of violence, after which a violence-based threshold crossing occurred and later episodes carried "Seven years and older" and "Violence-Fear" ratings instead of the original "General Audience" mark. The report also found that episode 45, broadcast on Friday January 27, 2012, included a beating scene in which characters were injured to the point of bleeding from the mouth and nose.[6](https://www.rtuk.gov.tr/Media/FM/Birimler/buro/2012_kararlar.pdf)
## International reach
The series was distributed internationally under the title *The Girl Named Feriha*, listed by distributor Calinos Entertainment as 174 episodes of 45 minutes, available as readymade and as a format.[2](https://calinosentertainment.com/content/the-girl-named-feriha/) According to a MedYapım case study, it was shown in close to 30 countries beginning with the Arab states, including Spain, Bulgaria, Pakistan, Romania, Croatia, Bosnia and [Herzegovina](https://www.edgepedia.org/herzegovina), Afghanistan, Slovakia, Iran, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Serbia, Montenegro, India, Peru, Uruguay, Colombia, Lithuania, Argentina, the Czech Republic, Chile, Panama, Puerto Rico, and Hungary.[5](https://www.aydin.edu.tr/tr-tr/arastirma/universite-yayinlari/Documents/T%C3%BCrkiye%E2%80%99de%20Dizi%20Sekt%C3%B6r%C3%BC%20ve%20D%C4%B1%C5%9F%20Sat%C4%B1m%20Olanaklar%C4%B1%20MEDYAPIM%20%C3%96RNE%C4%9E%C4%B0.pdf) A Balkans policy study cites the series, alongside *Muhteşem Yüzyıl* and *Iffet*, as part of the television industry's role in increasing Turkey's popularity in the region.[9](https://www.populari.org/files/docs/411.pdf)
The Hindi-dubbed version, broadcast as *Feriha* on India's Zindagi channel from September 2015, is credited with opening Indian audiences to Turkish television series; the channel went on to broadcast several other dubbed Turkish dramas.[10](https://nek.istanbul.edu.tr/ekos/KITAP/ekt0000042.pdf) In Egypt the three seasons stream on Amazon Prime Video under the Arabic title فريحة.[11](https://www.justwatch.com/eg/tv-show/fryh)
## Academic reception
The series has been the subject of Turkish media studies. A 2013 thesis by Esrar Demirer Sancar examined how audiences received the representation of motherhood in the series.[12](https://avesis.istanbul.edu.tr/tezler/3f07a306-d641-4b00-92fa-61ea21a21524/televizyon-dramalarinda-annelik-temsilinin-izleyici-tarafindan-alimlanmasi-adini-feriha-koydum) A 2025 content analysis of *Adını Feriha Koydum*, *Fazilet Hanım ve Kızları*, and *Şahane Hayatım* found that the series emphasizes class difference with references to a Marxist cultural structure and reflects conspicuous consumption through the female body, which is commodified.[13](https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/ufb/article/1671478) A 2024 semiotic study by Serenay Şahin used the series as a case for analyzing the representation of women on Turkish television.[14](https://acikerisim.omu.edu.tr/entities/publication/cc78091e-c600-48cd-a14e-95bce7ea952c) A critical discourse analysis of the series examined how the linguistic code constructs the categories of "rich" and "poor".[8](https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/issue-full-file/30714)
## References
1. [The Girl Named Feriha (Adini Feriha Koydum) Tv Series, TurkishDrama](https://www.turkishdrama.com/i-named-her-feriha-adini-feriha-koydum.html)
2. [The Girl Named Feriha, Calinos Entertainment](https://calinosentertainment.com/content/the-girl-named-feriha/)
3. [Adını Feriha Koydum, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/18954/adini-feriha-koydum)
4. [Adını Feriha Koydum, Show TV](https://www.showtv.com.tr/dizi/tanitim/adini-feriha-koydum_4/966)
5. [Türkiye'de Dizi Sektörü ve Dış Satım Olanakları: MedYapım Örneği, İstanbul Aydın Üniversitesi Yayınları](https://www.aydin.edu.tr/tr-tr/arastirma/universite-yayinlari/Documents/T%C3%BCrkiye%E2%80%99de%20Dizi%20Sekt%C3%B6r%C3%BC%20ve%20D%C4%B1%C5%9F%20Sat%C4%B1m%20Olanaklar%C4%B1%20MEDYAPIM%20%C3%96RNE%C4%9E%C4%B0.pdf)
6. [RTÜK 2012 kararları: Show TV'de 27/01/2012 tarihinde yayınlanan Adını Feriha Koydum](https://www.rtuk.gov.tr/Media/FM/Birimler/buro/2012_kararlar.pdf)
7. [Adını Feriha Koydum, Med Yapım](https://medyapim.com/tv-programlari/adini-feriha-koydum/)
8. [Dilsel Kod ve Gösterge Arayüzünde Zengin ve Fakir İnşası, Emel Kökpınar Kaya, DergiPark](https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/issue-full-file/30714)
9. [Think tank Populari 2014](https://www.populari.org/files/docs/411.pdf)
10. [Transnationalization of Turkish Television Series, Istanbul University Press](https://nek.istanbul.edu.tr/ekos/KITAP/ekt0000042.pdf)
11. [فريحة (Adını Feriha Koydum), JustWatch Egypt](https://www.justwatch.com/eg/tv-show/fryh)
12. [Televizyon dramalarında annelik temsilinin izleyici tarafından alımlanması: Adını Feriha Koydum, İstanbul Üniversitesi AVESİS](https://avesis.istanbul.edu.tr/tezler/3f07a306-d641-4b00-92fa-61ea21a21524/televizyon-dramalarinda-annelik-temsilinin-izleyici-tarafindan-alimlanmasi-adini-feriha-koydum)
13. [Popüler Kültür ve Meta Fetişizmi Bağlamında Televizyon Dizilerinin İncelenmesi, Uluslararası Filoloji Bengü (2025)](https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/ufb/article/1671478)
14. ["Kadın" Temsilinin Göstergebilimsel Açıdan İncelenmesi: Adını Feriha Koydum Dizisi, Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi](https://acikerisim.omu.edu.tr/entities/publication/cc78091e-c600-48cd-a14e-95bce7ea952c)
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