Leyla, a beautiful and feisty middle-aged woman, lives with her mother, whose nagging has become everyday background music. The two women fight shamelessly and cruelly, and in protest against her mother Leyla makes choices that even she herself finds a bit startling. Ahmet is a taxi driver, years younger than Leyla and confused after his father’s death. He still has to report his every step to his mother and obey his uncle who is the head of the family.

Bergen, a valuable Turkish arabesque singer, fights to stay afloat despite all the difficulties in her life.

Riza is a truck driver. When his truck breaks down, Riza can’t work and his livelihood is threatened. Using every possible means, he desparately tries to drum up the money for the repairs. And this includes being prepared to commit a brutal crime.

Fiko and Kamil are two friends struggling to make ends meet. They mortgaged their families' homes and borrowed money from the bank and loan shark Rıfat to open a snack bar in their neighborhood. When Rıfat suddenly decides to take both their homes and their shop by moving up the payment date on the promissory note he holds, the duo finds themselves in a bind and strikes a deal with Cafer, the neighborhood's sharp-witted student, to get their business back on track and make money. Seeing that the duo is making money, Rıfat sets their shop on fire, putting them in an even more difficult situation. While Fiko and Kamil try to settle their debts with Rıfat, they find themselves caught in the middle of a war between Rıfat and another mafia boss, Süleyman. The duo will try to escape this struggle and save themselves, caught between Fiko's angelic-looking but immoral teenage brother Taki, their families, and Kamil's long-time love interest Gülay.

Suna, fifty year old, a poor woman with no income, finds a place to stay by marrying an old man. Suna hates making love with her husband. Her restless heart won't give her or anyone close to him peace. She gets depressed. She drinks alcohol secretly. She meets someone and has bad experiences in there.

An oppressive and conservative father is forced to face the consequences resulting from the life he has imposed on his son.