THE KARAHAN
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Mercan Yıldırım was a strong girl with great grit, determination, and a heart full of love. She fell in love with her childhood best friend, Tahir Aslan. But they were separated during their childhood, and all she had left were his memories. Over the years, those memories turned into love.
She desperately searched for him, yearned for him, and waited for him all her life. But when she finally grew up, someone unexpectedly stumbled into her life, claiming her as his, practically taking away the only thing she had ever waited for: the love of her life.
Ateş Karahan was as mysterious as his name. And Mercan hated him. She hated his guts, hated him with every part of her being, because she believed that because of him, she could never complete her destiny of being with Tahir.
Only if she knew who he actually was...
Maybe her search for Tahir could finally come to an end.
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