1960s Turkey countryside. A newly assigned teacher finds out that the solitary village is missing a school. He gets fond of the village people and especially a disabled man. The teacher helps the village to build a new school and educate the children and the disabled man.

In this story set in ancient times, 31 women who lost their husbands, fathers, and children in war rise up against their lack of men after many years and demand that the state send them men to marry and have children. Five single men from different regions and cultures are selected at a porter market in Istanbul to marry these 31 women. The selected men, unaware of what awaits them, believe they are going to war. However, the porters, referred to as "human donkeys," find themselves in a completely different adventure instead of the front lines.

In a village devoid of technology, where everyone knows each other, everything changes when the village headman receives a phone call from the ministry. The phone call announces that a professor and a university delegation from abroad are coming to the village for humanitarian research. The whole village is united and excited to see a professor for the first time. The two, who are father-in-law and son-in-law and who live together after the death of Şükrü's wife, will embark on a fun-filled adventure in the village.

During the 1960s, a disabled man finds himself in an arranged marriage to the most beautiful girl in the village.

One of the siblings caring for their bedridden mother suddenly feels unwell and, thinking their mother is dying, calls her siblings. The family members gather to fulfill their final duties toward their mother on her deathbed.