Ferit Korhan

QUESTIONNAIRE

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Name: Ferit
Last name: Korhan
Age: 19 years

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Character:

Ferit is the embodiment of youth in all its extremes. Unlike his older brother Fuat, whose anger is explosive, Ferit flares up differently—he's touchy, impulsive, and prone to demonstrative rebellion. While Fuat smashes walls with his fists, Ferit shatters expectations with his indifference, feigned ease, and unwillingness to fit into the mold his family has set for him.

He grew up in the shadow of his older brother and is accustomed to being perceived as the "little one"—frivolous, flighty, the one who gets everything easier. He partly reinforces this image himself: he makes inappropriate jokes, avoids serious conversations, and hides behind the mask of a carefree, rich kid. But behind this mask lies a much deeper nature. Ferit is sensitive and vulnerable, he just never shows it. It's easier for him to laugh it off than to admit that his father's words hurt him or that he's still searching for his place in a family where everything has already been divided.

Ferit's heart is a battlefield between duty and emotion. He's capable of immense tenderness, but often doesn't know how to express it. It's easier for him to give an expensive gift than to say, "You're important to me." He's confused by his own emotions and makes mistakes, but at critical moments, he can pull himself together and display a maturity that's unexpected. Ferit is a man who hasn't yet found himself, but is sincerely trying.

He's kinder than he lets on and braver than he thinks. He just needs time to stop being his older brother's shadow and become his own man.

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Biography:

Ferit was born when Fuat was already eight. From childhood, he grew up in an environment where all the attention went to his older brother—not because he was unloved, but because Fuat was always louder, more flamboyant, and more troublesome. Ferit quickly learned that to be noticed, you either had to shout louder or laugh louder. He chose the latter.

At school, Ferit was known as the guy who always had everything under control: charming, handsome, from a wealthy family. Girls sighed, teachers turned a blind eye.

His pranks were met with anger, and his classmates sought his friendship. But he had few true friends. Too many wanted to be with "Korhan" rather than Ferit.

The relationship with his father had always been complicated. Orhan placed the burden of heir apparent on Fuat, and the hope that at least the younger son would be "simpler" on Ferit. But Ferit had no intention of fulfilling these hopes. He grew up a freedom-loving man and couldn't stand being forced into a box.

His first serious crush was on Pelin, a bright, striking girl from their circle. With her, it was easy, fun, and non-committal. Ferit thought this was love, until Seyran burst into his life.

Seyran was completely different. Proud, stubborn, with a sharp tongue and an unwillingness to bend to the wishes of the wealthy Korhan family. Their marriage was a sham—a union of two families, a mere paper agreement. At first, Ferit perceived her as a burden, an infringement on his freedom. They argued daily, exchanged barbs, and ostentatiously lived their own lives. But gradually, day after day, through arguments and unexpected moments of affection, through jealousy and quiet conversations in the kitchen late at night, something began to change.

Ferit himself didn't even notice how the sham marriage had become the only reality he wanted to live in. Seyran irritates him, drives him crazy, but she's the only one who sees the real him. Not Korhan Jr., not the charming rich kid, but the confused guy who's deathly afraid of not living up to his family's expectations and who's simultaneously suffocated by those expectations.

Ferit is now nineteen. He's at a crossroads: between Pelin, who symbolizes his carefree past, and Seyran, who has become his present. Between the desire to escape family pressure and the urge to finally prove his worth. His greatest fear isn't losing his money or status, but being left a void in his own life.

Hobby:

· Photography (the only activity where he can be patient and focused)
· Boat racing on the Bosphorus
· Collecting vinyl records

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Quote:
"Everyone thinks I'm frivolous. Maybe I am. But when I truly love, I won't let go."

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Likes:

· Sunrises over the Bosphorus (he rarely sees them, but every time he feels something important)
· Play music in headphones at full volume
The smell of fresh baked goods coming from the kitchen when Gulgun Hanim bakes buns
When his older brother looks at him not with reproach, but with pride
· Silent evenings with Seyran, when they finally don't fight
· Freedom and speed

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Dislikes:

· When he is compared to Fuat
Family dinners turning into interrogations
· The deceit and hypocrisy of secular society
When Seiran cries (especially if it's his own fault)
· The feeling that he is letting everyone down
· Cold, rainy weather - it brings on melancholy