Şebnem Doğruer

Lost his father and then his mother when he was very young, Osman lives with his grandmother. His speech disorder isolates him more and more in the small town he lives and his school. One day he receives a box from his father’s bibliopole.

A triptych of literary adaptations explores past, present and future in rural Turkey. “Düne Özlem” (from Hulki Aktunç’s Bir Yergöstericinin Hayatı): A once-famed traveling critic returns after years to the cinema that launched his career—and finds it unrecognizably transformed. “Bugüne Özlem” (from Kemal Tahir’s Arabacı): A horse-drawn cart driver picks up two stranger women en route to a village—unaware they intend to marry him off to their spinster relative. “Yarına Özlem” (from Zeyyat Selimoğlu’s Bıldırcınlar): An old captain haunted by a fatal shipwreck readies quail-hunting with his grandson, even as his daughter-in-law waits in vain for her migrant husband to return from Germany. Each segment poignantly probes longing— for what was, what is, and what might yet come.

Iskender was a feared gangster in the dark alleys of Istanbul, known for his own rough code of honor—until betrayal left him bleeding and stripped of everything he had built. When he opens his eyes in a quiet Aegean town, he finds himself surrounded by warmth he has never known: a caring mother, a blind little sister, a home that feels like it was always his. The townspeople believe he is Kamil, a long-lost son returned; only he knows the truth. But the past never lets go—old enemies, blood feuds, and the ghosts of his choices haunt him still. As he uncovers a shocking secret—that this family is bound to him by blood—Iskender stands at a crossroads. Revenge or redemption? Will he remain the ruthless survivor the streets created, or dare to become the man he was meant to be? This is a story of love, betrayal, and the price of becoming truly human.

“Daydreamers” is the story of four red-hot teenagers that are eager to grow up. Deniz, Aslı, Efe and Mine live in a beach town that is full of colorful people in the summer but deserted in the winter. Deniz wants to detach himself from his happy and dependable family and find his own way. Aslı tries to act tough but is very sensitive inside. Efe tries to hide his pain with his breezy and jokey attitude. And the couch grass, rebellious Mine… Intimate friendships, first loves, pressure of exams, school and family problems that are hard to overcome… Everything we went through as teenagers are all part of this series.

Ayvalik is brought into play by the mob from a family who came to Istanbul. Yigit's father committed suicide because of the mob.

Esma is a beautiful, ambitious and strong woman who is the second boss of her father's law firm. Filiz is a stubborn but fragile lawyer candidate. One murder will cross the paths of these two different women. But how?