Zeliha Berksoy

A young law student Behçet (Murat Yıldırım) is torn between his allegiance to a nationalist youth movement, his affection for a communist best friend, his vows to an aristocratic fiance, his fealty to an underworld father-in-law-to-be and his love for a noble-hearted Rum prostitute (Beren Saat). As such, the conflicts and tensions in Behçet's world are a microcosm of the political tensions of Turkey's history since the birth of multi-party democracy in 1950. (Turkish Daily News)

Examines the impact of the sociopolitical events of 1968 on individuals.

A film on Haldun Taner, a respectable, democratic intellectual and a brilliant author of political essays, various genres and kinds of literary texts and especially theatre plays all of which have been a masterpiece in Turkey art history. (imdb)