Story of a village girl who transforms into a courageous and independent woman and fights against the men who destroyed her life.

Mavi Sürgün is a fictionalized account of one period of the life of a Turkish journalist who was condemned to exile for an article he wrote in 1925. He turned his punishment into a reward by creating a little paradise in what is today the holiday resort, Bodrum. In fact he is considered by some to be the first ecologist. The film concentrates on this latter aspect of his character and through flashbacks portrays the inner turmoil of a man who is trying to come to terms with his past. The slow pace is somewhat of a drawback, the flashbacks are often confusing and the protagonist is not always very convincing. But the photography of the country side is exceptional Kenan Ormanlar and the short appearance by a very theatrical Hanna Schygulla of Fassbinder fame adds a little spice to the drama.

Ahmet Celal, who was injured during the war, is in great pain and a young woman named Emine helps him and saves him and heals him. A stormy love breaks out in those scenes and the intrigued life of that love is worked out.

The tragic story of three farm worker who migrates from their village to the cotton land Çukurova.

The film depicts the events that unfold among the candidates in the mayoral elections. A town called Örenyurt becomes a district. Upon this, Zühtü and Tarık, two wealthy residents of the region, decide to run for mayor. The two candidates set off for the town in their campaign buses. During the journey, they travel alongside a public bus called the Geçim Otobüsü, which is also heading to the same town. While the Geçim Otobüsü transports the townspeople, the election buses will be in competition with each other.

In this film that wavers unsteadily between a comedy and a tragedy, Murtaza (Mujdat Gezen) is a deluded security guard whose fanatical reverence for "duty" verges on the psychotic. He is incapable of seeing himself for what he is -- and as a consequence he is often the unwitting and unknowing brunt of jokes. His wife and daughters are painfully aware of his shortcomings, but they generally suffer in silence. One of the daughters ends up working in the factory to help the family out financially, and when Murtaza finds her sleeping on the job one night he hits her so hard she eventually dies from the blow. Though that is not the end of it, by any means.

Workers' struggle for justice triggers the political tensions of the period.