Kanal D’s hit drama “Price of Passion” (“Siyah Beyaz Aşk”) has found a strong audience in Russia, where it is available on IVI and Okko and continues to attract viewers drawn to high-stakes, emotion-driven Turkish storytelling.
The series pairs two characters from opposite worlds. Ferhat (İbrahim Çelikkol) is a cold-blooded hitman shaped by a traumatic past and tied to the criminal operations of his uncle, Namık (Muhammet Uzuner). Aslı (Birce Akalay) is an idealistic young surgeon committed to saving lives. Their lives collide after Aslı treats a man Ferhat has shot—an encounter that pulls her into a dangerous power game she never intended to enter.
What begins as a crisis quickly becomes a forced bond: to stay alive, Aslı is pushed into marrying Ferhat. From there, the drama builds on the tension suggested by its Turkish title—“black and white love”—as two people who should never belong together are compelled to coexist. The relationship is marked by mistrust, control, and escalating moral conflict, with Aslı trying to hold onto her principles while Ferhat’s world remains defined by violence and coercion.
The show’s core hook is its central contradiction: what happens when the woman who saves lives is trapped by the man who takes them? “Price of Passion” leans into that dilemma, using the forced-marriage premise as a pressure cooker for transformation, obsession, and an intense romance that develops under constant threat.
For Russian platforms, the series fits steady demand for Turkish drama built around charismatic leads, clear emotional stakes, and long-form storytelling designed for sustained viewing—qualities that keep the genre performing strongly in local streaming libraries.