Entrenched in a midlife crisis, Aziz seeks solace from his mundane job, lonesome friends and rowdy family while pretending to have his act together.

An aspiring writer returns to his native village in rural Turkey, where he becomes overwhelmed by his father’s debts.

An aspiring writer returns to his native village in rural Turkey, where he becomes overwhelmed by his father’s debts.

After the First World War, the Allies occupy Istanbul. The protagonist, Yandim Ali is a rogue, discharged from the navy, who doesn’t believe that the country can be saved, until…