Cem Bender

An assault of the radical Islamic terrorist organization El-Wahid shocks people in Turkey and all over the Western world: after an explosion having ripped through a busy street in Istanbul 130 people are dead, 30 Americans and 5 British are among them. To stop a second, even more devastating massacre, the Turkish intelligence initiates an operation named 'Labyrinth' (Kinostar)

The prison of Diyarbakir, the setting of the story, is like the symbol of the torture experienced in the prisons in Turkey after the coup d'etat of 1980. However, in this story, I did not choose to tell the things that took place in the prison, or the political prisoners or the torture, or the political fight. (imdb)

Frequent time shifts are clumsily edited as the story of Zuhre (Senay Aydin) unfolds. A teen from a rural town in Turkey, she's fallen in love with a local boy and had the audacity to sleep with him and get pregnant. When the family finds out, they force her gentle brother Ismail (sensitive heartthrob Berk Hakman) to strangle the baby, then send him out to shoot Zuhre on her way to school.

Ismet is a soldier, who was on duty at the border as a Commander of the Coast Guard and recently got retired. Now as a civilian, he struggles to communicate with his family and people surrounding him. His only son abandoned him and left to the U.S. And now his wife wants to join her son, too. After suddenly becoming neighbors with two refugees at his house near the Turkish-Greek border and the humane experience he has to live through, he has to face his prejudices and political view. (imdb)

The flames that changed all the lives they touch, the flowers sprouting from the ashes of a fire. The story of finding yourself, continuing on the road, seeking justice and true love. (imdb)

Güzide is a family court judge. She lives with her husband and two children. One day, she learns the truth about her husband.