The struggle of a woman trying to save her children from the mafia.

Released from jail after a twenty-year stretch, Nazim returns to Istanbul to find life in turmoil, his family life ruined, and has to deal with a series of personal disasters in the process.

A love story between a shy dance teacher and his student.

When five Kurdish prisoners are granted one week's home leave, they find to their dismay that they face continued oppression outside of prison from their families, the culture, and the government.

Halim Bey, a man of extremely polite character, is transferred from his position as a cashier at a bank to Istanbul. Halim Bey and his family begin staying at the home of a young man they meet there. However, when a thief who looks very similar to him takes his place to rob the bank, chaos ensues.

Nalan reminds Murat of his wife who died in the lake. After a while, Murat convinces himself that Nalan is his dead wife, Sabiha. Murat loses his sense of reality when a new man gets involved.