The kiss that sparked a thousand Facebook comments has spilled over into another 'Fatima' drama. When husband and wife kiss, Fatima fans want to know why her real boyfriend has not got more to say.
Since the 74th episode of "Fatmagul" - known to viewers at home in the Middle East as 'Fatima' - was aired in the original Turkish, a steamy kiss between leading romantic couple Fatima and Karim on their wedding night, has caused quite a social media stir.
It seems that everything related to this most watched Turkish TV series in Turkey and the Arab world this season has caused a sensatonal buzz. Followers of the Facebook pages of Beren Saat, the actress who plays Fatima, Kenan Dogulu, her real life boyfriend, and her on-screen husband Karim's page, the actor Engin Akyurek , have plied the boyfriend with intrusive questions: they demand to know how he felt about the hot on-screen kiss on the episode between his sultry hit-screen star lady and her co-star 'husband'. In response, he has remained silent, denying the gossip hounds any FB comment, ingoring the social media paparazzi.
However 'fans' pressed on with their question frenzy, pursuing vicariously the real-life romantic interest of their Turkish drama-queen Fatima, probing persistently for any clues about how he personally felt about the kiss. According to the viewers' hype about the special kiss, it more than warranted the boyfriend's attention. They advised or recommended that 'Fatima's' boyfriend feel jealous of his soap rival Karim.
In a recent statement to a journalist, actress Beren Saat said of her relationship to singer Kenan Dogulu that, "My relationship with Kenan is wonderful: we understand each other, everything between us is good. We are not planning on getting married any time soon, as was stated, we are not in a hurry."
As for the recent pictures published in Turkish tabloids of Kenan and a number of his ex-girlfriends, as well as the made up rumors about Beren, she assured that she was not upset about the matter nor felt jealous about the made up stories.
Beren announced that she will not be taking part in any new series for a while, as it takes up a lot of her time. She will be taking a long break to spend time with her boyfriend in America.
