Curious who’s who in Aynadaki Yabancı? Here’s a closer look at the full cast and the characters they portray — from the powerful Karaaslan family to the people whose lives become tangled with theirs.
Emirhan Karaaslan (Onur Tuna)
In public, Emirhan Karaaslan looks like the kind of man who never loses. He runs a company, moves in the right circles, speaks with quiet confidence. People look at Emirhan and see someone who has it all. What almost nobody notices is how much work it takes to keep that image intact. There are things in his family’s past he avoids even thinking about. Only Azra ever got close enough to notice what was behind the surface. Azra has always been the one weak spot in Emirhan’s otherwise controlled life. His love for her is real, intense — maybe the only true feeling he has ever known. But the secrets buried in his family don’t stay quiet forever. For Azra, that love has turned into a nightmare she can no longer live inside.
Azra Karaaslan (Simay Barlas)
Azra is a strong-minded, passionate woman who doesn’t back down easily. Her life changed the moment she met Emirhan, the family’s charming heir Karaaslan. What began as a story filled with love and admiration soon revealed another side — a world built on lies and dark secrets. Before long, Azra realized she was trapped inside. When she tries to run with her daughter, fate turns cruel. To stay alive, she leaves the child behind. Now every step she takes is toward one goal: finding a way back to her little girl.
Barış Saygıner (Caner Topçu)
Barış works as a plastic surgeon. He’s good at what he does — respected, confident, used to control. On the surface, his life looks steady, even perfect. Inside, it’s quieter than it should be. Things that happened before made him wary, almost distant. Then one day a woman appears in front of him. The walls he’s built over the years start to crack, and before he can make sense of it, he’s already involved in something dangerous. It’s a game, one that could cost him everything he’s worked for, maybe even his life.
Hanzade Karaaslan (Asuman Dabak)
Hanzade is elegant, commanding, and impeccably composed — the kind of woman who makes everyone around her stand straighter. To the outside world, she looks untouchable, a matriarch who always knows what’s right. But behind that regal image lie scars from the past. When her daughter-in-law Azra disappears, the old secrets she fought to bury resurface, casting new shadows over her son Emirhan. Hanzade must choose between covering the traces of the past or daring to rewrite the family’s future.
Serhan Karaaslan (Kerem Arslanoğlu)
Serhan has lived in his brother’s shadow for as long as he can remember. Emirhan was the star — the one who always got approval, the one who never failed. Serhan grew up trying to measure up and always coming short. Years later, not much has changed. His marriage feels empty, his pride constantly bruised. When the family’s old secrets finally surface, Serhan turns that frustration into open rivalry. He wants to prove that he matters, that he deserves what his brother has always had.
Melda Karaaslan (Nazlı Senem Ünal)
Since childhood, Melda has tried to fill the quiet space left by the lack of love and attention. She grew up in wealth, but it never felt like enough. What she really wanted was to belong — to be part of something that mattered. Marrying into the Karaaslan family seemed like the answer, and for a while she believed it was. Yet her endless ambition slowly turned her marriage to Serhan into a source of pain. Watching Azra live the life she always dreamed of — admired, secure, the wife of Emirhan — only fed her bitterness. That constant need to be noticed, mixed with jealousy, leads Melda toward a choice she can’t undo: a forbidden love that may ruin everything.
Sait Öztürk (Emre Taşkıran)
Sait is Emirhan’s right-hand man — loyal on the surface, but burning with envy underneath. He has spent years watching the family’s wealth and power from the sidelines, knowing he’ll never truly belong. Instead of gratitude, he’s met only with criticism. Over time, resentment has taken root. Patiently, Sait studies every member of the household, memorizing their weaknesses. One day, the knowledge he’s gathered will help him shatter the family’s perfect image.
Müjgan Günebakan (Ayten Soykök)
Müjgan, the mother of Azra and Selim, is a woman shaped by hardship — intelligent, ambitious, and calculating. In her youth, she chose love and ended up alone, raising two children in poverty. Determined to give them a “better life,” she came to see happiness as something that could be bought — status, money, comfort. But when Azra makes a choice that tears that illusion apart, Müjgan is forced to confront the truth: the cost of her own mistakes and the pain she has carried for years.
Nehir Karaaslan (Ecem Sena Bayır)
Nehir is cheerful, spontaneous, and full of light — the kind of woman whose laughter fills a room. She’s beautiful and genuine, with a rare ability to make people believe in hope again. Though she studied dermatology abroad, she never truly wanted to be a doctor; it was her family’s dream, not hers. That changes when she meets Barış. Their paths cross by chance, but her feelings for him grow into something she can’t ignore — a love that has no answer.
Mihri Soytürk (Cemre Melis Çınar)
Mihri runs the Karaaslan estate — unseen, efficient, and feared. The eldest among the staff, she’s strict and unrelenting, with little room left for compassion. Her harsh childhood taught her that life is a fight: you either survive or you’re crushed. Obsessed with Emirhan, she sees closeness to him as both triumph and escape — a way to erase the bitterness of her past.
Selim Günebakan (Mümin Karaçil)
Selim is Azra’s older brother — her protector and confidant since childhood. Years ago, Selim barely escaped death — it was Emirhan who pulled him back to life. Even so, he never managed to fully trust the Karaaslan family. When Azra decides to cut ties with her past, Selim begins to see things clearly for the first time — and finds himself pulled into a dangerous web of lies and betrayal.
Leyla Karaaslan (Sara Yılmaz)
Leyla is the youngest in the Karaaslan mansion — the daughter. For Azra, she’s not just her child but her closest companion. Their bond is so strong that when her mother disappears, Leyla’s world collapses. Her grief slowly hardens into anger — yet somewhere deep down she still feels that her mother is near, closer than anyone will admit.
