Kuma: The Other Wife is a 2025 Turkish drama set in the rugged landscapes of eastern Turkey. When Ceylan — a young woman dreaming of independence — is wrongfully framed for murder, she is forced into a devastating fate: becoming the second wife, or "kuma," of Karan, the brother of the man she is accused of killing, and the man she loves. Trapped in a hostile household and fighting to prove her innocence, the series weaves together love, betrayal, tribal tradition, and emotional survival. Starring Aybüke Yılmaz and Emre Özmen.
Episodes
Karan first meets Çeylan for the first time and starts falling in love with her as Salih has plans with Can.
Çeylan overhears the conversation going between Taÿÿar and her grandmother as Karan repriocates his feelings for Çeylan.
Çeylan escapes from her abusive father Taÿÿar and her brother Mustafa while Karan saves her life and brings her to his mansion.
Sema becomes furious about plans with Şalih and Karan while Kudret hires a plan to separate Karan and Çeylan together.
Karan chats with Yakup to meet Şalih in a secluded area to discuss the past of Hikmet and Zahide’s past.
Şalih and Yakup are attacked by Emir who was sent by Sema while Çeylan tries to save Şalih but Karan misunderstoods and believes Çeylan is a killer.
After Salih’s death. Karan takes Çeylan to court for believing she is a murder while her brother Yakup selflessly takes the act to believe he is a killer to protect Çeylan.
After the funeral of Şalih leaves them in sadness. Kudret and Karan treat Çeylan worse while calling her a killer breaks Çeylan’s heart.
Karan becomes a heartless figure and takes Çeylan to Şalih’s grave to apologize to him even though Çeylan is actually innocent.
Karan discusses with Emir about his memory with Şalih while Karan treats Çeylan while hurting her about his late brother Şalih.
Çeylan leaves the mansion to another house to be distant with Karan’s actions while Çan feels a weirdness with Sema.
Taÿÿar does a ruthless act by marrying his daughter to an old man named Bedo while Karan saves her life from Bedo.
Karan chats with Şalih’s daughter Aliye while he tells her a fairytale that her dad is in a good place while Meltem writes a note to expose Sema’s actions.
Çan talks to Karan about Meltem’s disappearance that night when it’s revealed Sema had took Meltem away to silence her from exposing the truth of her involvement in Şalih’s murder.
Çan begins to investigate about a suspicion he feels about Sema while Karan rescues her life from her abusive father Taÿÿar actions.
Karan visits Bedo and confronts him of his disgusting actions towards Çeylan while Aliye feels like her mother isn’t at home and feels strange.
Ferit discovers Gultem has started having feelings for him while a suspicious Leyla uncovers Uncle Halil’s involvement in gold.
Çeylan tries to prove her true innocence to Karan but he disowns her and calls her a killer while Aliye comes and goes to Çeylan.
Mustafa joins Ferit’s family as a new ally while he sheds his old self as Karan has a bit of a feeling of Çeylan that he can’t explain.
Çeylan decides to visit Aliye and take care of her while she faints as memories of Karan and her before the incident rush in.
Mustafa begins having feelings for Gonca while Karan deals with a lie believed by Sema.
Çan talks with Karan about how Şalih death affected Karan while Ferit discovers whether if Gultem or Leyla truly love him.
Çeylan has a dream in the hospital of the Karan that she remembers before the incident of Şalih’s death bringing her sobbing sadly.
Kudret talks with a secret plan with Sema of Çeylan being the reason why Şalih died while Karan remains distant with Çeylan and avoids her.
Mustafa expressed guilt over the way he used to treat Çeylan in the past as Karan decides to punish Çeylan and make her Kuma.
Karan decides and takes Çeylan to the store to get new clothes to become his second wife while Emir and Sema have plans to silence Karan.
Mustafa chats with Leyla about his regrets of how he used to follow Teÿÿar orders and treated Çeylan horribly while Leyla is stunned that Gonca catches feelings for Ferit.
A new manager from the Celikhan’s company arrives while telling Karan to work with Sema in a new project leaving him speechless.
Çeylan tells the manager about the story of the past when Karan was once in love with her before the incident of Şalih while Karan gets tearful but becomes distant.
Karan discovers that Çeylan went missing alongside with Aliye due to Emir and Sema’s plans with the child Aliye.
Ferit chats with Gultem after the death of Uncle Halil while mentioning about Halil’s gold of where he might have hid it while Karan gets furious with Sema after Çeylan is continued missing.
Karan demands answers from Sema about where did Çeylan and Aliye went as she lies about it and leaves Karan questioned about her thoughts.
Karan finds Çeylan and brings her home leaving Sema and Kudret furious while they both plot to avenge on an innocent Çeylan.
Ayse chats with Çeylan about the way Karan’s intentions knowing he had changed and he is hurt after his late brother Şalih died but misunderstoods.
Çeylan meets up with Aliye and tells her that her parents are in a happy place while Karan expresses confusion regarding who Meltem is.
Gonca talks with Mehmet about her relationship with Ferit which makes Leyla furious about Mehmet’s return.
Çeylan hallucinates a memory of Karan’s old self when he hugged Çeylan leaving Karan memories of when Şalih was once alive.
Karan takes Çeylan to the mansion she remembers before when Şalih was alive and when Karan was once in love with her.
Ferit chats with Gultem about their relationship while Emir orders the death of Yakup leading to his death in prison.
Çeylan falls in grief after Yakup’s death while she corners Karan of the reason why he never let her leave the house to visit Yakup.
Çeylan is in the hospital after she fell unconscious as the trauma of her brother Yakup’s death leads her hatred towards Çeylan.
Çeylan becomes furious at Karan at her brother Yakup’s death while Karan becomes furious back at her since his brother Şalih’s death.
Çeylan confronts Karan on why he hasn’t let her visit Yakup in prison and let Yakup actually expose who the real killer of Şalih was.
Çan tells Karan with some evidence that he discovered of Yakup’s death but hasn’t found who the real culprits were but discovered one culprit and it was Aykut.
Çeylan has a nightmare of Karan almost smirking but arguing with her of Yakup’s death while she awakens and discovers Karan is serious and confronts her of the reason why Şalih died.
Karan gets mistakenly arrested by Çeylan because she believed Karan is the reason why Yakup died.
Karan is stranded in prison as Çan promises to set Karan free while Sema and Kudret tend to avenge on Çeylan.
Kudret tries to torture Çeylan by making Karan go to prison while Çan tells Karan that he will set him free and discover what happened with Yakup.
Karan calls Çeylan in prison for her actions to let her know that he will be free soon by Çan evidence but Çeylan remains distant with him.
Karan returns home and meets Çeylan to chat with her but due to her grief she remains distant and believes Karan as the reason.
Çeylan accidentally shot Karan’s arm leading her return to her old self and apologized for her actions and behavior previously while he forgives her.
Leyla discovers that Gonca is still in love with Ferit and begs her to change into a new person while Karan wants Çeylan out of his life.
Çeylan discovers Karan has a fever after he fell sick due to his arm shot while Karan remains heartless away from her.
Çeylan begs for forgiveness for the way she treated Karan while he treats her differently from the Karan that used to blame her for her actions.
Ferit chats with Gultem and decides to cut ties with her with her manipulation since she was the reason why Leyla started hating Ferit.
Emir chats with Karan about the Celikhan’s company and plans to make a new project with Karan while Çeylan prays for the day Karan forgives her.
Çeylan writes a note to Karan to prove her actual innocence while Mehmet arrives and attacks Ferit for Leyla.
Karan discovers his late father Hikmet’s letter and it shocks him when he learns from Kudret that Hikmet betrayed her and that Hikmet was in a relationship with Zahide.
Karan feels something is up with Sema while he feels suspicious of her when Şalih was once alive but felt a sense that Sema was the reason.
Mustafa begins to worry about where Gonca went while Gonca plans Leyla’s arrest by planting Uncle Halil’s gold in her purse.
Karan awakens after he was drugged by a drink by Sema and questions why Sema did that while Çeylan leaves the mansion.
Leyla discovers a horrific truth when she realizes Gonca hidden Uncle Halil’s gold as Gonca gets arrested for her actions to change her as a better person.
Karan talks with Sema while he apologizes for the way he treated Sema while Gonca is in jail to change as a better person making Ferit Leyla and Mustafa laugh it at Gonca’s comedic actions.
Çan talks with Karan about his suspicion towards Sema and Emir while Gonca is given a timing when she would be out of prison.
Mustafa realized that Mehmet returned to attack Gonca while he accidentally attacked him leading Mehmet unconscious as Ferit planned to propose to Leyla.
Karan goes to see Sema and Kudret while Ferit encounters Mehmet’s unconscious body and decides to take him to the hospital.
Karan takes Çeylan to the hill to discuss his guilt for the way he used to treat Çeylan for thinking she killed his brother Şalih.
Gonca apologizes to Leyla and becomes a mature and better person while Leyla encounters Mehmet in the hospital.
Karan brings Çeylan to a house to cook food from Canada as he finally smiles with her as this makes Çeylan realize her wish came true and this is the old Karan that loved her.
Emir arrives while he sees in jealously that Çeylan is with Karan while Sema sees also in jealously that Karan is in love with Çeylan as Mehmet arrives home from the hospital with amnesia and childlike persona.
Ferit decides to chat with Gulsen while Karan decides to find the culprit that tried to burn the house down.
Kudret arrives at the home where Çeylan and Karan reside and Çeylan tries to comfort her while Kudret dismisses her and believes she is her son’s killer.
Sema hires a party to meet with the new guests of the Çelikhan’s party and Karan realizes Emir hired someone to make Karan jealous.
Emir and Sema make a plan about Çeylan while Çan discusses a suspicion of Hikmet’s death while chatting with Karan.
Mustafa and Gonca make a plan to the forest to discover rocks to see if Mehmet has regained his memories while Ferit cuts ties with Gultem and she leaves.
A planned marriage for Ferit and Leyla go wrong when disaster happens when Keriman and her daughter Selin arrives.
Karan has a discuss with Kudret on why they continued to have hatred for Çeylan that belonged all the way to the past since Kudret sees Çeylan as Zahide.
Mehmet is home while Gonca and Mustafa discover if Mehmet had regained his memories as Mehmet is in a childlike state.
The photographers arrive and takes pictures with Karan Sema and Kudret and Aliye while Çeylan arrives and it breaks her heart.
Çan meets with Karan and tells him that a third person is involved in the murder of Şalih and he decides to visit the place where Şalih was attacked and died in.
Karan arrives at the same place and finds evidence that Çeylan is actually innocent and decides to apologize for the way he misunderstood her in the past.
Karan chats with Çeylan for his forgiveness at the way he used to treat Çeylan calling her killer and calls her innocent and decides to start a new life with her.
Karan decides to take Çeylan to the picnic while a furious Sema demands to get rid of Çeylan while she is jealous seeing Karan and Çeylan together.
Ayse decides a plan to bring Çeylan and Karan together to eat on a dinner table while Mustafa hatches a plan to get Mehmet to his senses.
Karan talks with Çeylan about his regret for not believing that she was innocent and plans to talk to Çan to find the third suspect involved in Şalih’s death.
Mustafa and Gonca decide to make sure that Mehmet regains his memories while Karan decides to take Çeylan outside to express his love for her.
Ferit discovers that Selin wants to marry him but this causes a rift towards Leyla who actually started having feelings for him.
Karan wakes Çeylan up from sleep and kisses her while he confesses that he genuinely loved her even when he was in the past angry at her for Şalih’s death.
Sema hires a meeting with Karan at the Çelikhan company to talk about her desires but a furious Çeylan believes Karan is cheating.
Karan checks on Çeylan who feels hurt and tells her that Sema did that meeting purposely while he makes Çeylan happy by having breakfast outside while Mustafa finds that Mehmet has regained his memories.
Karan and Çeylan decide to hold Aliye’s hands together as a furious Sema wants Çeylan out of the mansion.
Çeylan has a beautiful dream of their future child with Karan but turns into an horrific nightmare while Mustafa lets Gonca know that Mehmet remembered.
Sema hatches a plan with Emir to get rid of Çeylan’s child and claim Karan as hers which fails as Karan chooses Çeylan who is innocent.
Mehmet regained his memories and his adult self completely shocking Gonca and Mustafa while Karan gets suspicious of how Emir acted.
Sema gets Çeylan abducted with Emir’s plan while Karan decides to save her life and gets suspicious of Emir actions.
Karan talks with Çeylan about who did this to their child while Karan and Çan work together to find out who could Emir and Sema work for.
Karan and Çan discover the true killer of Şalih is Emir and Kudret collapses in tears and curses the day she trusted Emir and that she discovers Çeylan is actually innocent.
Karan discovers that Emir had ran away but decides to track his location by Sema leading to a brawl between Karan and Emir and Emir gets arrested for his actions cementing justice for Çeylan.
Kudret finally apologizes to Çeylan for her actions and she decides to make Çeylan the woman of the mansion and discuss better plans until Çeylan discovers Meltem’s letter and gives it to Karan.
Karan reads Meltem’s letter and discovers Sema as the true culprit of Şalih’s death and restoring justice. While one year later Karan and Çeylan celebrate with their son called Şalih Yakup and Kudret gets call and discovers Meltem is alive and has Aliye happily with her making the Çelikhan’s have a happier ending ever and peaceful.
