Two historical incidents that deepened the friendship between Japan and Turkey are connected in this story of friendship and compassion: In the night of 16 September 1890 the Turkish frigate Ertuğrul is caught up in a typhoon and sinks off the Japanese coast. Risking their own lives, local...
Cemal comes to Istanbul from a small Kurdish town after finishing high-school to pursue higher education. He feels isolated and out of place in the crowded city and soon meets a group Kurdish students who are against the repressive Turkish political system.
A brand new bust is brought to a small village. State officials who brought it forget to take back the obsolete one. The only teacher at the village school, Şeref, assigns the duty of protecting the old one to the janitor İzzet. This burden will lead İzzet’s life to an impasse.