Zeytin Ağacı

Another Self (Turkish: Zeytin Ağacı, "Olive Tree") is a Turkish romantic and drama series produced for Netflix by OGM Pictures, the first episode of which was released on 28 July 2022, directed by Burcu Alptekin and Erdem Tepegöz, written by Nuran Evren Şit, and starring Tuba Büyüküstün, Seda Bakan and Boncuk Yılmaz.^[1][2]

Zeytin Ağacı
Genre	Action Mystery Romance Drama
Written by	Nuran Evren Şit
Directed by	Burcu Alptekin Erdem Tepegöz
Starring	Tuba Büyüküstün Seda Bakan Boncuk Yılmaz
Theme music composer	Toygar Işıklı
Country of origin	Turkey
Original language	Turkish
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	16
Production
Producer	Onur Güvenatam
Running time	120 minutes
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	28 July 2022 (2022-07-28) – 15 July 2024 (2024-07-15)

Nuran Evren Şit, the screenwriter, started attending family series meetings to overcome the sadness she experienced after losing her father, and then wrote the script of the series.^[3]

Plot

The series chronicles the friendship between three friends who visit a seaside town, where they find contact with their spirituality and unexpectedly encounter an unresolved trauma from their families' past.

Cast

• Tuba Büyüküstün – Ada
• Seda Bakan – Leyla
• Boncuk Yılmaz – Sevgi
• Murat Boz^[4] – Toprak
• Fırat Tanış – Zaman Bey
• Rıza Kocaoğlu – Tevfik Fikret (Fiko)
• Füsun Demirel – Mukadder (Muko)
• Serkan Altunorak – Selim
• Umut Kurt – Erdem
• Aytaç Şaşmaz – Diyar
• Nilüfer Açıkalın – Leman
• Gözde Kansu
• Ali İpin
• Selen Uçer

Production

The series is directed by Burcu Alptekin, written by Nuran Evren Şit and produced by OGM Pictures.^[5][6]

Filming

Filming for the first season took place from July 1 to October 4, 2021, in Ayvalık, a seaside resort on the northwestern coast of the Aegean Sea.^[7][8] Filming for the second season has been underway since July 12^[9] to 29 September 2023,^[10] always in Ayvalık.^[11]

Episodes

Season	Episodes.	Publication Türkiye	Publication Italy
First season	8	2022
Second season	8	2024

Distribution

The series, consisting of 16 episodes divided into two seasons, was released on the Netflix streaming service from 28 July 2022 to 11 July 2024: the first season was released on July 28, 2022,^[12] while the second season will be on 11 July 2024.^[13]

Acknowledgments

• International Izmir Film Festival
  • 2023: Nomination for Best Actress in a Digital Television Series for Tuba Büyüküstün
  • 2023: Award for Best Digital Television Series to Onur Güvenatam
• Pantene Golden Butterfly Awards
  • 2022: Nomination for Best Online Series for Another Self (Zeytin Ağacı)^[14][15]
  • 2022: Nomination for Best Director for Burcu Alptekin ^[14][15]