Please recommend dramas — any country but especially East Asian & Turkish — that instill in you life lessons, love and hope. 

I can only recommend you asian dramas. Its a bit difficult to find dramas with life lessons that are still inspiring, uplifting and soulful and reduced on the angst part. Most have a lot of angst and sad scenes with the life lessons connected.

These are some with near 0 angst and just a general good-feeling uplifting vibe;
Little Forest
Wood Job! The Easy Life in Kamusari 
Little House In The Forest 

Now also some really tranquil and good-feel dramas but with slight angst; 
Present Perfect 
Bunny Drop 
Our little sister

Yea, most have "angst", or are sad to watch even if they have a beautiful and lovable ending:

Hotel del Luna    

Hi Bye, Mama!   


There are dramas that are fun to watch, they have some angst, but mostly and overall they are great, funny, lovable:

Strong Woman Do Bong Soon    

Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo    

Sweet 18    


Also worth mentioning,:

The Beauty Inside   

Something in the Rain   


There are also some movies like Miss Granny that I enjoyed.

  • 1 liter of tears
  • Rookies
  • Tumbling
  • Dragon Zakura