Ada and Selim’s relationship is long over, but Selim struggles to accept that. In Another Self, Serkan Altunorak plays Selim.
Selim has been friends with Ada, Sevgi, and Leyla for a long time. He has always had feelings for Ada, even when she dated Toprak.
Ada broke up with Toprak when he cheated on her, and it was Selim who supported her through her heartbreak and an abortion.
Selim likes to believe that he saved Ada back then. They eventually started dating and got married, but it was not their happily ever after.
Selim’s marriage falls apart
Although Ada is married to Selim, she still has feelings for Toprak. Selim patiently waits for her to get over Toprak and love him as much as he loves her.
Additionally, Selim, who lost his mother in an earthquake, regrets not being able to save her. To compensate, he keeps trying to save the other women in his life, but Ada never needs saving.
Further problems arise in their relationship when Ada, an accomplished surgeon, is nominated for a position on a cancer research committee in Brussels, which means she will be away for two years.
Ada’s decision to go hurts Selim, making him feel that he is not important to her anymore. This leads to Selim getting drunk and cheating on Ada with a woman named Yeşim.
Selim later regrets his actions and confesses the truth to Ada, who refuses to forgive him. Ada decides to divorce Selim.
Selim does not want a divorce, so he keeps apologizing and asking Ada for a second chance. However, Ada believes that it is too late.
She had run into Toprak in Ayvalık and slept with him. Ada sleeping with the man she has always loved breaks Selim’s heart, which leads to him getting into a fight with Toprak.
Selim’s struggle to close the past chapter
After hurting each other, Selim and Ada spend some time together in Ayvalık, which leads to them reconciling.
Ada then decides to return to Istanbul with Selim to work on their marriage. When Ada loses her mother, Selim stays by her side.
Just when it seems like Selim can mend his relationship with Ada, he finds out that Yeşim has feelings for him and is now pregnant with his child.
When Selim tells Ada about it, she advises him to be with Yeşim to raise his child, knowing that he always dreamed of being a father.
Selim and Ada finally get divorced. All of Selim’s doubts about having a child with Yeşim disappear when his daughter is born.
However, Selim continues to struggle to get over Ada and love Yeşim, who never fights with Selim like Ada did, nor does she challenge him.
Selim, along with his family, then comes to Ayvalık to help with Leyla’s restaurant. He meets Ada again and confesses that he still regrets losing her.
He wants to be with Ada and nearly cheats on Yeşim with Ada, but Ada pushes him away, asking him not to repeat his mistakes.
Similarly, Sevgi advises him to love and care for Yeşim, as she is the one who will make him happy. Selim eventually decides to take Sevgi’s advice and starts a new chapter with Yeşim.
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