Istanbul-based Inter Medya and Dubai-based Rise Studios have launched their new drama series, Caged Love (Tutsak Sevda), ahead of its official international debut at MIPCOM 2026.
Caged Love, starring Eslem Akar, Mert Altınışık and child star Maya Kara, is directed by Canan Çelik and penned by Zeynep Küçükerciyes.
The drama tells the story of Deniz Yılmazlar, an orphaned girl who works as a street musician and amateur perfumer. After a fateful altercation in which she is falsely accused of a crime she did not commit, Deniz’s life takes a dramatic turn. To protect a young child named Maya and evade the police, she assumes the identity of “Sevda Kara” and enters the powerful, traditional Demircihan family mansion. There, she finds herself trapped in a marriage of convenience with Baran Demircihan—a brilliant businessman, chemist, and perfumer who is the brother of Maya’s late father.
What begins as an impossible deception and a forced arrangement gradually blossoms into an intense, profound, and deeply forbidden love, tested by family secrets, hidden pasts, and ruthless adversaries.
Production on the series is currently underway and multiple territory sales have already been secured.
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