İlyas Özçakır

In a village in Anatolia at the foothills of the mountains, a young man resists the domination of landlords and local gangs while striving to win back his wife's love and affection.

Cengiz is an unemployed man. His kids have roles in a play that's to be put on National Heroism Week. As the rehearsals continue at home, Cengiz's behavior begins to change.

Kuzey runs a hotel called Karayel in Eski Foça with his friend Sami. In 1998, a young and beautiful woman named Şafak comes to Eski Foça to conduct research on Greek villages and stays at the Karayel Hotel. Şafak falls in love with Kuzey, but Kuzey only cares for her. Şafak leaves Kuzey five times, but always returns… On her final departure, she disappears while driving away. All searches prove fruitless; Şafak is missing. Kuzey continues searching for Şafak for five years with his friend, the fisherman Yunus… In 2003, Çiğdem arrives at the hotel. Çiğdem, who is Kuzey’s brother’s assistant, takes on the hotel’s debts and saves it from bankruptcy. During this time, Çiğdem also develops feelings for Kuzey. This only serves to remind Kuzey of Şafak once again. After Fisherman Yunus tells him that he found the remains of Şafak’s car underwater, Kuzey leaves the hotel. He goes to the same place to meet Şafak…

Burhan and Emin, who have been friends since high school, have been working at a factory as security guards. One night when they were listening to radio, the announcer mentions the birthday of a celebrity and Burhan says that his birthday has never been celebrated. After getting upset over this incident, Emin decides to make his friend happy by celebrating his birthday with a cake. When Burhan goes to security booth to get tea, Emin takes out the cake he has prepared and lights the candles.

With Istanbul mired in political violence, Kadir is offered release after 15 years in prison if he’ll work as an informant. In a shantytown he stumbles upon his brother Ahmet, working for the city rounding up stray dogs and shutting himself in his home.

Our protagonist is an impenitent observer. Having adopted as principle, watching almost everyone and everything and learning every detail, he works at a tobacco warehouse. Even though everyone calls him “Observer,” he is actually a watch guard. In fact, he observes and also uses his observations. But he loses his grip. Because, those who talk about their observations and easily utilise them are not favoured at all. Does a rectangle has three corners or does it have three corners just because one sees three corners while standing at the other corner? Can a rectangle be three-cornered as well?