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Since its establishment nearly 30 years ago, TOCEV has touched the lives of eight million children. In this documentary film, founder Ebru Uygun embarks on a journey to create a work narrating TOCEV's 30-year adventure. As we witness the creative process unfolding in the workshop, we gain closer insight into Uygun's inner world and the story of TOCEV.

Zeliha makes a deal with the three-lettered ones in the hope of having a grandchild. However, she must give them her granddaughter Nazar when she reaches puberty and takes her first steps into womanhood. When the time comes, her son and daughter-in-law do not honor the agreement, so they are sacrificed by the three-lettered ones in exchange for Nazar. Facing a harsh fate, Zeliha renounces the spell and decides to dedicate her life to her granddaughter. That is, until Nazar is sexually abused and brutally murdered at the age of 17. The painful death of her granddaughter awakens a desire for revenge in Zeliha, but this time on a deeper and darker path.

The story of Yaman, a successful businessman who is incapable of love because of his traumatic childhood. There is only one person that he feels something for, his young nephew Yusuf. When Yusuf's mother dies unexpectedly, his aunt Seher, a beautiful, courageous young woman, moves into the family mansion to take care of him.

Ali, who served years in prison for his brother's murder, and Mavi, who works in a textile workshop, met each other through letters. Ali fell in love with Mavi before even seeing her. Ali and Mavi first saw each other the day Ali was released from prison. Enthralled by Mavi's beauty, Ali proposes to her. Mavi accepts the proposal, but he has one request: they will marry tomorrow in a quickie marriage ceremony without telling anyone. Accepting this proposal, Ali will face a shocking truth on the wedding day: Mavi is the brother of the man he was convicted of murdering years ago. Realizing that Mavi married him to avenge his brother, Ali is so in love with Mavi that he marries her, knowing this fact.