Crown Prince
Zülfükar Karslı, who is beginning to lose his former power at the bus station and is searching for an heir to succeed him instead of his son, crosses paths with Timur, a travelling repairman struggling with debts left by his father. This encounter will fundamentally change everyone's lives, especially Zülfükar Karslı's son Zafer, and his daughters Kudret, Derya, and Cennet. Timur, who steps into the bus station as Zafer Karslı, must also play the role of husband and wife with Zafer's wife Reyhan. However, the act will gradually turn into reality, and the two captives in the Karslı Mansion, Timur and Reyhan, will have to fight for their love in this world woven with lies.
Episodes
Zülfikar Karslı, the spiritual father of the bus terminal, is struggling with health problems. For some time, he has managed to brush off the community’s pressure for his son Zafer to return and take charge. But with Yahya—who has moved to Esenler to avenge his murdered father—now in the picture, Zülfikar has no choice but to find an heir other than his ailing son Zafer. The lives of everyone will be turned upside down when the path of Timur, a street repairman struggling to care for his mother and sister alone, crosses with that of the Karslı family.
Brought to the mansion as the heir, Timur struggles to make sense of what has happened to him. The family members, however, react strongly to the arrival of this man they do not know and to his being chosen as the heir. Reyhan, for her part, is uneasy about having to play the role of husband and wife with a stranger in public. Unaware of all that is unfolding, Zafer’s inevitable encounter with the stranger in the house threatens to unleash chaos within the Karslı family.
The news of Timur’s arrival hits Esenler Bus Terminal like a bomb. Everyone is curious about Zafer Karslı, the heir who has resurfaced after many years. Yahya returns to the Karslı mansion after years away, unsettling the family with his unique demeanor and testing Zülfikar over the money he once stole. When he finally finds himself alone with Derya, the door to their past is slightly opened again. Meanwhile, a new friendship begins to blossom between Cennet and Gülşah. Reyhan and Timur are forced to play the roles of husband and wife in public. At the wedding the Karslı family and Timur must attend, surprises await them all. But Timur’s past will not let him go so easily.
Timur goes after the stolen money and makes a plan to recover it. Learning of her father’s illness, Derya tries to gather general power of attorney from her siblings in order to take control. The sudden arrival of Yahya’s unruly brother Selim comes as a major surprise to the entire Karslı family. The anniversary of their mother Gönül’s death deeply affects everyone in the Karslı mansion. But when Zülfikar learns that Derya is trying to overthrow him, turmoil erupts in the household.
After Zülfikar suffers a heart attack and is rushed to the hospital, the whole family is filled with worry. Timur confronts Arnavut Saim and is shaken to the core by the shocking truths he uncovers. The shadows of the past now loom not only over the Karslı family but also over Timur himself. Although Timur and Reyhan both know that being together is impossible, they find themselves drawn to each other more with each passing day. When Zülfikar and Timur return to Esenler Bus Terminal as though they were father and son, they are met with a grave danger awaiting them.
Timur and Zülfikar Karslı's relationship takes on a new dimension after Timur's shooting. This situation also impacts Timur's life at the Karslı mansion. Reyhan, having found Timur so late, faces the possibility of losing him. While the Esenler family is held accountable for Timur's shooting, Yahya tries to clean up after Selim's schemes, which he had undertaken without his knowledge. Timur eats his mother's food, hears her voice, and inhales her scent. He realizes that past secrets could be not only his salvation, but also Reyhan's. Now he's ready to fight to end their captivity.
Yahya goes after his father’s prayer beads and, together with Selim, visits Arnavut Saim. Meanwhile, torn between his two identities, Timur and Zafer, Timur begins to grow closer to Reyhan at the bus terminal. The partnership between Doğu Kapı and Yahya is made official, and contracts are signed. To celebrate, Yahya suggests a gathering and even has a surprise planned for Derya. When Cennet spots a photo of Timur at Gülşah’s house, the veil of secrets begins to lift. At the same time, Yahya and Hemşinli Davut start conducting secret business behind everyone’s backs, but things don’t unfold as they planned. In the end, Yahya and Timur are forced into a journey together, one where they come face-to-face and quietly test each other’s intentions.
After witnessing Yahya’s feverish ramblings, Timur begins to question the past more deeply than ever. The tension between them escalates as both men make strategic moves over the bus hijacking incident. Arnavut Saim finally comes face to face with Zülfikar,the man he holds responsible for the death of the woman he loved years ago, and looks him straight in the eye. Meanwhile, Vezir is forced to confront the possibility that the secrets he has long kept hidden may soon come to light. As Yahya grows closer to Büşra to advance his plans, Derya witnesses their intimacy and is left shaken. At the same time, Timur and Reyhan’s inability to resist their feelings for each other leads them straight into trouble.
Timur faces a major confrontation with the Vizier and tries to protect both himself and Reyhan. Gülşah, having learned that her brother is alive, is torn between truth and lies, and it's only a matter of time before Timur's identity is revealed. Yahya and Hemşinli Davut devise a plan to launch an operation to prevent Zülfikar from securing his own safe haven. While Gönül's birthday is celebrated among the siblings, Derya is confronted with her mother's deepest secret, a secret she's never known. Reyhan faces grave danger during her transfer to Doğa's open prison, while a huge surprise awaits Timur in Esenler.
Timur has a major confrontation with his sister Gülşah. When Reyhan is kidnapped, Timur makes a plan to save her, but things do not go as he hopes. For the sake of his love, Timur is forced to make a difficult decision. Büşra manipulating her father and taking his place at the negotiating table creates a rupture in Derya and Yahya’s relationship. Meanwhile, Hemşinli Davut pushes forward his candidacy by exploiting the diesel crisis. Timur’s solution to the fuel shortage shifts the balance of the bus terminal elections, while Yahya and Zülfikar come face to face for the first time in twenty years, leading to a monumental confrontation.
Timur and Reyhan, while on an emotional journey into Timur’s childhood, suddenly find themselves caught in the middle of a dangerous confrontation. Reyhan’s desire to escape this life with Timur creates growing tension between them. On the other side, Zülfikar is forced to ask Hüseyin Hoca for his daughter Büşra’s hand on Yahya’s behalf. With Derya also present at the ceremony, old wounds reopen, leading Yahya to finally uncover the real reason behind their past separation. Meanwhile, the conflict between Timur and Hemşinli Davut intensifies. As the elections draw closer, their escalating dispute pushes events toward irreversible consequences.
The election excitement at Esenler Bus Terminal continues at full speed. While Derya’s betrayal of her father shifts the balance, Timur, upon learning of this betrayal, tells Zülfikar Karslı the painful truth. Reyhan asks Timur for help to hide her brother Doğa, who has escaped from prison, at Esenler Bus Terminal, but things do not go as planned. Reyhan’s last resort is to seek help from Yahya. Ballot boxes are set up, and in this election where everyone is scheming behind each other’s backs, tensions continue to rise.
With Yahya winning the election, a new era begins in Esenler. Timur’s cleverly executed plan exposes the true faces of those who betrayed Zülfikar, leading to a major confrontation with the past at the Karslı Mansion. With Zülfikar relinquishing power, Timur now faces two choices: return home and to his mother as “Timur the Mechanic,” or remain as Zafer Karslı and continue the battle for dominance at the Esenler Bus Terminal
Timur’s return home brings not only Ayşe’s joy but also a deep reckoning. Zafer’s killing of his biological father, Arnavut Saim, shocks the entire Kudret family. In an attempt to reclaim the identity taken from him, Zafer erases all traces of his past, causing moments of terror for Reyhan. Yahya, shaken by what he hears from Beyazıt, loses control, while the letters hidden beneath the long-concealed bandages slowly begin to surface. Timur, who takes Zülfikar’s seat as the “heir,” faces a great danger, and the whistle of the darkness approaching Esenler can now be heard.
Timur’s disappearance plunges Reyhan into deep worry and helplessness. Timur’s plan to discover who shot him becomes a crucial step on his path to reclaiming his kingdom. Derya and Yahya experience a major confrontation; when the mystery on Yahya’s fingers is revealed, Derya goes through the worst day of her life. Korkut, consumed by the fire of revenge, does not hesitate to spill blood in Esenler. This fury even reaches Yahya’s wedding, turning it into a nightmare. Meanwhile, Timur faces the most difficult decision of his life in order to save his loved ones.
After the recent disaster, Timur brings Ayşe and Gülşah to the mansion, escalating the tension between Kudret and Ayşe. Their experiences fan the flames between Timur and Reyhan, while Ayşe, gripped by the fear of losing her child, tries to extinguish this fire. Gülendam’s pregnancy drops like a bomb on the Karslı mansion. To prevent Zafer from exposing his identity in Esenler, Timur collaborates with a surprising ally. Meanwhile, Yahya, moving against Korkut alongside Timur for revenge, is just moments away from learning Timur’s greatest secret from Korkut.
Despite Ayşe’s warnings, Reyhan cannot stay away from Timur, and they are caught by Zafer the morning after spending a night together. When the truth comes out, Timur and Reyhan, boldly claiming their love, face a major confrontation with Zülfikar. After Yahya burns the money, complaints arise at the table, and it is decided to hold a confidence vote. As a result of the vote and Timur’s move to reopen secure routes, Yahya’s power is threatened. Selim has no choice but to attempt to shoot Timur. Meanwhile, Zafer, striving to reclaim his identity, crosses a critical threshold and comes face-to-face with his childhood friend, Yahya.
Zafer makes a deal with Yahya, one that will have irreversible consequences, in order to seize the Eastern Gate and reclaim his name. Upon learning Timur’s true identity, Yahya remains calm and devises a clever plan. Reyhan takes a significant step with Timur for the sake of their love, only to come face to face with Zülfikar’s threat. As Derya enters a new phase in her marriage, she receives news that will turn her life upside down. Timur sets out on a dangerous journey alongside Zafer, whose obsession with Reyhan has spiraled out of control. Shattered by what he learns from Zülfikar, Zafer joins forces with his equally wounded childhood friend Yahya to play a highly dangerous game against the Karslı family.
After Zafer’s betrayal, the entire Esenler community turns their back on the Karslı family. Although Zafer reclaims his name, he is expelled from the mansion he hadn’t been able to leave for years. Timur, fighting for Zülfikar in Esenler, faces the imminent threat of losing Reyhan. Yahya, with his cunning move, takes control of Esenler and lights the fuse that will burn down the East Gate, unaware that this fire will also reach the woman he loves. Timur is forced to make a deal that will irreversibly affect the lives of both Reyhan and his family in order to save them.
While the Karslı family tries to build a new life in Kars, they resort to smuggling across the border to make ends meet. However, with each step they take, they face obstacles created by Zahide. Reyhan takes over the management of the Karslı family's cheese shop. To survive, the family is forced, for the first time, to cooperate with each other. Derya, who is hiding her pregnancy from everyone, experiences a devastating confrontation with Yahya. For the Karslı family, Kars becomes less a new beginning and more a harsh test, in which they will have to confront the past and fight to stay afloat.
To save Selim, who stands on the brink of tragedy in a minefield, Timur makes a great sacrifice. The actions Reyhan takes in secret to protect Timur end up shaking the relationship between the two. After Kudret touches on a sensitive point, Derya tells her father about the love between Vezir and Kudret. Zülfikar’s move to prevent this romance falls like a bomb on the Karslı household. As the past between Zahide and Zülfikar begins to reveal itself a little more, the truths about Dokuzparmak come to light.
Timur and Reyhan manage to snatch Zafer from Yahya’s hands, but the real war begins now. The children of the Karslı and Kaptan families begin investigating Zülfikar and Zahide’s past. At Reyhan’s side, Timur uncovers critical information about Faroz’s shipments and devises a bold plan capable of shifting all the balances. As Yahya and Zülfikar openly confront each other years after their father’s death, Timur takes a risky step to keep Zafer alive. The sins of the past bind Vezir and Zahide with an invisible tie, and in Kars no secret will remain buried beneath the snow.
With the revelation of Zafer's secret, Zülfikar and Vezir, realizing that he unjustly killed Muharrem, engage in a harsh confrontation where they settle the scores of years past. Faroz's pressure corners Timur and Yahya, but Timur, with the cleverly devised plan he sets up, delivers an unexpected blow to both Faroz and Yahya, and cracks open the door extending to Esenler. Derya's decision to divorce Beyazıt and the pregnancy news that follows drop like a bomb into the Karslıs' home, while Zafer, grappling with the heavy weight of facing the truth that he is not Zülfikar's son, reaches the threshold of an irreversible decision.
The news of Zafer's death crashes into the Karslıs' home like a fire. Derya, who filed for divorce after the baby news, divorces Beyazıt and is now free. Faroz is now in Kars and offers Timur a job. Reyhan tries to get to know this mysterious man from her past. Timur sets up a game to take down Faroz, but this time he needs Yahya. Yahya's decision shifts the balances. Zahide and Zülfikar's son, the true heir of Zülfikar Karslı, emerges.
Faroz being the true heir shifts the balance in both families. The Vizier proposes marriage to Kudret, but the hidden secrets make their marriage impossible. Timur surprises Reyhan, and the couple unites their lives in a simple ceremony. With Timur's plan, Faroz receives a blow from a place he never expected. The time has come to return to Esenler. When Faroz learns the Vizier's biggest secret, he demands that he kill Timur in exchange for silence. The Vizier, whose secrets are being revealed one by one, is now on the verge of the greatest betrayal.
Timur and Faroz face off, while a new election atmosphere grips Esenler once again. Timur, Reyhan, Yahya, and Derya play the game by Faroz’s rules, setting a trap for him that he never saw coming. While everyone searches for the Vizier, the Vizier is one step ahead of Kudret. Kudret now faces an agonizing choice between his love and his family’s revenge. In the end, as a result of the election, Timur succeeds in becoming family with the Karslıs. Despite all the secrets and betrayals of the past, a hopeful future awaits the bus terminal and the Karslı family.
