After the First World War, the Allies occupy Istanbul. The protagonist, Yandim Ali is a rogue, discharged from the navy, who doesn't believe that the country can be saved, until he meets Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk), who plans to start a resistance in Anatolia against the occupying Allies, as well as the collaborators of an Ottoman government, that exists only on paper.

Hayde Bre is about the experiences of Şaban Ağa, who lives an ordinary life in a small town with his wife and friends, as he navigates between rural and urban life.