Character Relationship Map: The Voice

Characters

• Derya (played by Selma Ergeç) — protagonist

  Protagonist working in a bank call center to support her elderly mother. After hearing a mysterious whispering voice that reveals hidden facts, she becomes a local figure of divine inspiration. Howeve...

• Onur (played by Mehmet Günsür) — protagonist

  Onur is a friend of the groom whom Derya meets at a wedding, where they exchange personal secrets. He becomes Derya's romantic interest, but later grows distant. During a confrontation with Derya, he...

• Filiz (played by Eylem Yıldız) — supporting

  Filiz is someone Derya turns to after Onur becomes distant and Derya is devastated. She comforts Derya and recalls an earlier heartbreak of her own, offering personal understanding during Derya's roma...

• Ses (played by Selen Uçer) — supporting

  The mysterious whispering voice that communicates with Derya. Initially perceived by the community as divine messages revealing unknown facts, it gradually becomes louder and increasingly threatening,...

• Derya Anne (played by Gaye Gürsel) — minor

  Derya's mother recalls that when Derya was five, she woke screaming in the dark and insisted it was still dark even after the lights were turned on. Derya later returns to her and asks to speak, as qu...

• Cahide (played by Serra Yılmaz) — supporting

  Cahide is someone Derya approaches when she wants to know whether anyone else has heard a voice. Cahide tells her that she hears her late husband calling her, giving Derya an account of a similar expe...

• Sait (played by Hakan Karahan) — minor

  Sait is a radio host whom Derya contacts while seeking an explanation for the voice she hears. He discusses voices and perception, warns that such experiences may help or harm, and compares their unce...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Derya → Derya Anne (Family Daughter And Mother) — Derya seeks answers from her mother about her childhood and family past, but the supplied account leaves those questions unresolved.

  Derya's mother recalls Derya waking and screaming in the dark at age five. After the hospital events, Derya returns to her mother and asks to speak wi...

• Derya → Sait (Professional 相談 On Voices) — Derya seeks Sait's perspective on voices, and he offers a cautious discussion rather than a definitive explanation.

  Derya contacts Sait, a radio host who discusses voices and perception. He warns that such experiences might help or harm.

• Derya → Onur (Romantic Partners) — Their growing romantic closeness is unsettled by Onur's withdrawal and the voice's accusations, culminating in a confrontation involving a gun.

  Derya meets Onur at a wedding, later falls in love with him, and asks him out. When he becomes distant, she is devastated; the voice later accuses him...

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Derya → Filiz (Social Supportive Friend) — Filiz offers Derya emotional comfort during her distress over Onur.

  When Onur becomes distant, Filiz comforts the devastated Derya and recalls an earlier heartbreak.

• Derya → Cahide (Social Confidantes) — Derya turns to Cahide while seeking an explanation for her experience, and Cahide responds with her own account of hearing a voice.

  Derya asks Cahide whether she has ever heard a voice, and Cahide says she hears her late husband calling her.

• Derya → Ses (Conflict Persecutory Voice) — Ses becomes an increasingly threatening presence in Derya's life, shaping her suspicions and intensifying her psychological distress.

  Derya begins hearing a voice that seems to come from inside her head. It leads her into danger, drives a wedge between her and someone she trusts, and...

Story Analysis

Derya's search for meaning in a threatening voice entangles her love for Onur with unresolved questions about her family and past.

Plot Progression

1. Secrets at the Wedding — Derya meets Onur at a wedding and shares personal fears with him. Soon afterward, she begins hearing an insistent voice that appears to guide her toward danger.
2. Searching for an Explanation — Derya asks Cahide about hearing voices and consults radio host Sait about voices and perception. Her mother's recollection of a childhood episode and Derya's questions about missing photographs deepen...
3. Love and Withdrawal — Derya falls in love with Onur and asks him out, while the voice repeatedly declares her feelings. When Onur grows distant, Filiz comforts Derya.
4. Accusation and Unresolved Past — The voice accuses Onur of murder and hints at a hidden truth about Derya's parents. A gun is involved in their confrontation, and Onur is shot; later, police report his confession and refuse Derya's r...