- Happy Bayram.
- Thanks. Same to you.
- Shall I fill her up?
- Please.
Happy Bayram.
- Happy Bayram.
- Thanks. Same to you.
Can you make me one with cheese?
- What's the music?
- Its Kazim Koyuncu.
- Don't you know him?
- No.
His music is very popular
here on the Black Sea Cost.
- I've never heard of him.
- He was from Artvin.
He died of cancer two years ago.
He was young. Like you.
All because of Chernobyl.
It's only now that's becoming clear.
- And a toast?
- yes.
That makes 130.
YETER'S DEATH
PROLETARIANS UNITE!
- Hello!
- Hello.
It's 50 euros for half an hour.
- What's your name?
- Jessy.
Jessy, do you do French?
French, Italian, Greek.
I'll do it international for you.
Bravo! Bravo
- Is music all right?
- Yes, why not?
- Have you got the 50 euros?
- Yes!
- Take your clothes off.
- Yes.
Are you Turkish?
- Could be...
- Now I'm ashamed.
- What's your name, girl?
- I told you: Jessy.
- And your real name?
- Yeter. That's enough.
- What's enough?
- "Yeter" means "that's enough", right?
I'm the youngest of seven sisters.
The baby of the family.
- What will you have to drink?
- Water. Water.
Where are you from?
Uncle, have you come here
to chat or to fuck?
Don't call me uncle,
that's embarrassing.
What shall I call you, then?
"My divine lover"?
Please call me Ali.
- Ali?
- Yes.
- Can you still get it up at your age?
- God willing.
Show me..
- Goodbye, my rose!
- Take care, Brother Ali!
She was speaking Turkish!
Ladies and gentlemen,
in ten minutes
we will be arriving in Bremen.
we would like to say goodbye
to all the passengers leaving us here,
and wish you a good onward journey.
Hello, Papa!
Hello Nejat. Sit yourself down.
I'm still frying the fish.
- How are you?
- Good.
- And how are you?
- Fine.
I've brought you a book.
Whats it about?
Just read it.
Are you having some raki?
- Sure, and you?
- Of course!
I've got this Iranian friend, Mahmut.
He's given me a tip
for the fourth race.
- Which horse?
- "Ofliff Sunshine"
"Ofliff Sunshine"?
Yes.
The fifth horse in the fourth race?
Do you mean "Sunshine of Life"?
- What does that mean?
- The sun of life.
It would be nice if the sun of life
would shine for us someday.
It's an outsider, Papa.
We'll see, shall we?
Yes! Yes!
the odds were at least 70 to1!
Come on, I'll treat you
to ice cream, with chocolate.
Who are you screwing at the moment?
A gentleman
doesn't talk about such matters.
I didn't know that!
It's impossible to talk to you
about anything, anyway.
Take care, Papa!
Read the book, okay?
Yeah, yeah..
Goethe was opposed to the revolution.
Not on ethical grounds.
but because it seemed to him
to be too uncontrollable.
Two quotes illustrate this.
"Who wants to see a rose bloom
in the depths of winter?"
"Everything to it's own time.
Leaves, buds, flowers.
"Only a fool could want
this untimely intoxication. "
Come on now, old man!
I'm not 14 any more.
I don't come that quickly.
- I'll have to charge you extra.
- I'll give you another 50!.
Talk, talk!
Tell me to grab your arse!
- Grab my arse!
Come on now, my lion!
I want to ask you something:
are you happy with your job?
I can't complain.
Look, I live on my own.
m a pensioner, and a widower, too.
What's the saying?
"Only God is entitled to solitude. "
- Bravo.
m looking for a woman to live with me.
I would pay you
as much as you earn here.
In return, you'd sleep only with me.
Agreed?
Have you fallen for me, old man?
You don't have to say anything now.
Here's my cell phone number.
Call me whenever you like.
Peace be with you.
No understand.
Don't lie to me!
We heard you speaking Turkish
Or are you ashamed of being a Turk?
You're both a Moslem and a Turk,
understood?
- I'm not deaf.
- Don't try to be funny
You are on the false path.
Repent!
Repent!
I repent!
Don't let me catch you there again.
It would be a shame about you.
Peace be with you.
- Peace be with you.
- And peace be with you.
He's made his move too soon.
I'm glad you came
Will you treat me to a coke?
- Of course.
Are you hungry?
When you said you'd pay me
what I earn in the brothel,
were you being serious?
How much do you earn?
I'm left with 3,000 a month.
Do you have that much?
I'll get it.
- How?
I get a pension
and I have a bit of money in the bank.
I've got
some land and property back home.
And I have a son.
He's a professor at a German university.
He earns good money.
If the worst comes to the worst, he'll help me.
- Where are you from?
- Trabzon.
Look, I won't make any demands.
All I want is for you to live with me
and sleep with me.
I am hungry after all.
Take me out to dinner!
Fine, let's go!
- The soup is delicious
- Enjoy
Where did you learn to cook so well?
I taught myself.
I was both mother and father to the boy.
I raised him.
I'll do that.
- You've brought him up well.
- Like a girl.
Here you are.
It's fish cakes. You'll love them.
Tuck in!
- How old were you when your mother died?
- He was six months.
Didn't you ever remarry?
I did, A widow with a daughter.
It didn't work out.
They're long gone.
I'm a widow too
My husband was shot in Maras in 78.
- You're from Maras?
- Yes.
More coke?
- I'll get it.
Sit yourself down.
I'll fetch it!
- Are you really a professor?
- Yes.
I'll fetch the dessert.
- I'll go.
- No, youre a guest.
- If I'm to live here, I'll have to.
- Don't drink so much, Papa.
- I'm not drinking so much.
You got me drunk deliberately!
Keep your hands off her!
Are you okay?
- Piss off!
Yeter! Where are you, Yeter?
How did you two meet?
He came to me.
How?
Hasn't he told you?
I'm a lady of easy virtue.
What does that mean?
A whore. A hooker if you like.
Good night.
Nejat!
Papa!
Papa!
Hello, I'm Doctor Ozada.
Your father
has had a serious heart attack
His condition is critical.
He'll be in intensive care overnight.
We'll have to open up an artery.
When his condition improves,
we II keep him in for observation.
Do you have any questions?
Can we see him now?
- I'm afraid not.
Any excitement
isn't good for him right now.
Come back again in the morning, okay?
Do you have any children?
I have a daughter.
How old is she? -27. II
Does she know what you do?
She thinks I work in a shoe shop.
I often send her shoes.
I'd do anything for her.
I didnt t want her to be uneducated
I wanted her to study
and become like you.
Getting old is evil.
There's absolutely
nothing good about it
It's completely pointless.
- You'll soon be okay.
- Right...
Don't forget to water the tomatoes.
Nejat,
the tomatoes are ripe for plucking.
Do you want one
- Just to try.
Let's take him some!
What's wrong?
I miss my daughter.
haven t heard her voice for so long.
I can't get hold of her for some reason.
Did you screw her?
Ive made some borek.
Would you like some?
Take that away.
I don't want any borek.
Don't look at me like that.
The doctor said "No pastry"
- Then eat shit!
You won t eat borek, but you smoke.
Are you taking the piss?
Don't get involved in my life.
You have yours and I have mine.
You re leaving?
Wait!
Here, for the journey.
Yeter!
Get me a raki, girl.
We will soon be arriving in Hamburg.
Your connections...
Did you screw him?
I asked you a question.
You're drunk.
No, I'm not.
Don't touch me!
Stop that!
I've paid you,
and I'll fuck you whenever I like!
You don t own me
- Yes, I do.
I own you!
Go on, give me a French job.
You can shove your money up your arse.
Where are you going?
Where?
I'll go wherever I want.
You're not going anywhere!
You're not going!
- I'll say it again: I'll go wherever
I want. Ive seen plenty like you.
Yeter?
Yeter!
Then here to the right
And stop
So, then you go in here, please.
It's small.
- Yes, I'm afraid so.
So, in you go.
You II be given
your personal items later.
So, goodbye
We haven t seen Ayten for a long time.
She's disappeared.
- Since when?
- A few months.
That's her.
Don't you have a more recent photo?
- No.
I'm afraid not.
have A look yourself.
Very sweet.
- What was she studying?
- Economics...
- Medicine...
- No, sociology.
- Economics or medicine?
- To be honest, I don't know.
Enough now!
- Can I have the photo?
- But that s her mother...
Take it.
- Where will you stay, cousin?
- In a hotel.
Stay at my place.
It's okay.
- I'm serious!
- I'm happy of my own.
How long will you stay
- Until I've found her.
With 20 million people in Istanbul,
you're sure to run into her.
Name? '
- Ayten Ozturk.
Place of origin?
- Either Maras or Istanbul.
Kahramanmaras...
One moment, please!
Name?
- Ayten Ozturk.
I meant your name.
- Nejat. Nejat Aksu.
Why are you looking for the girl?
I want to finance her studies.
Why?
Because knowledge and education
are human rights.
Well put.
Listen, Nejat.
The streets, these case files,
are full of Kurdish children.
We deal with them every day.
They are illiterate
and have to turn to violence.
Wouldn't you rather
help one of them?
What good will this do?
- Maybe someone will get in touch.
FOR SALE
Shall we have a look inside?
I don't understand books.
Especially not in German.
I'm off to my workshop.
If you need me, give me a call.
I'll take the things with me.
See you soon!
Good afternoon.
Good afternoon.
Is this your bookshop?
- Yes.
Do you like it?
- Yes
.. a lot.
I'm glad.
- My name's Markus Obermuller.
- I'm Nejat Aksu.
Would you like a cay?
- Thanks.
Or rather a mocha?
- Cay is fine.
Cengiz,
can you bring us two teas, please?
Please have a seat.
Why do you want to sell such a lovely shop?
- You know...
I've been here for about ten years.
And all of a sudden...
find myself missing Germany,
and the language as well,
Even though I'm surrounded by it here,
with all this literature.
But it's...
like a museum here.
Extinct. Like Latin.
And I've been feeling...
homesick.
I understand.
How much would it cost?
What was your name again?
Nejat Aksu.
What's your occupation?
m a professor of German in Germany.
- That would be funny, if...
A Turkish professor of German
from Germany
ends up in a German bookshop in Turkey.
That fits!
Yes, maybe...
So you're staying in Turkey
for the time being.
Yes.
What about your work?
Maybe teaching isn t my calling.
What about your father?
A murderer is not my father.
LOTTE'S DEATH
Ocalan, we are with you!
Long live the partisan struggle!
The rights of people
cannot be stopped!
A cop!
Pursuing person with gun
Reinforcements to Dilek Cafe!
Fuck!
Who's been arrested?
Ozlem, too?
Police!
Down on the floor!
Don't move!
What's up? You can't just...
Long live our resistance!
My name is Oznur,
Oznur Kulak!
My name is Gokce Tuna!
I am Nurhan Ertas!
- Hello.
- Welcome!
- What's the name in your passport?
- Gul Korkmaz.
Always use that name,
never your real one.
if you use the bus or subway, never
ride black. -What does that mean?
You have to buy a ticker
If you get stopped by the police,
you don t know us.
All right.
If you want to shower.
go to the swimming pool.
The girls will show you.
The cheapest food is at the university.
You can eat there for three euros.
This is where you sleep.
Do you have money?
About 20 euros.
You could work for me.
- As what?
- You look like a waitress.
- is Bremen far away from here?
- About an hour on the train.
Can you lend me some money?
I'll give it back tomorrow.
How much do you want?
- 100 will do.
Thanks.
Foot...
Shoe...
SHOES
So now what?
You owe me money.
You'll have to work for me now.
Call yourself a comrade?
Get all uptight about 100 euros!
Who do you think you re talking to?
- How would I know?
Throw her out right, now!
- Clear off
Okay. I'll go on my own.!
To hell with the lot of you!
"Who wants to see a rose bloom
in the depths of winter?
"Everything to its own time.
Leaves, buds, flowers.
"Only a fool could want
this untimely intoxication. "
Secondly:
"I am opposed to revolutions
for they destroy as many good old
things as they create good new ones".
Hello, Mama.
This is Gul.
She'll be staying with us for a while.
Very, generous of you, letting a stranger
come and stay with us.
We have to help her, Mama.
- You don't even know her.
That's so German, Mama.
She's illegal here.
She's persecuted in her country.
Then she should apply for asylum.
Yeah, and what if she's not granted it?
You know that is punishable.
Would you be kind enough
to make her bed?
Good morning.
It's already noon.
Fuck!
- Good evening.
- Good evening.
Switch off the engine
and put on the inside light, please.
No, the inside light.
- Ah, you mean the inside light.
And then I'd like to see
your license and car documents.
And your passenger s ID.
She didn't have her seat belt on.
Who's the owner of the car?
- My mother.
The ID, please.
Ill just go and radio that in.
I'll be right back.
Hello!
Stop right now! Stop!
Stop!
You go back to your car and sit down!
Have you got her?
- Yes.
Asylum!
Asylum!
So, this here is your room.
We hope you have a pleasant stay.
And you know you can only stay
three nights a month.
I've left the key for you here.
Goodbye. - Bye.
In the name of the people
I pronounce the following judgment
the appeal against the ruling
by the Administrative Court
of April 18. 2007, is rejected.
Court fees will not be charged.
The plaintiff shall bear
the costs of the proceedings.
You may be seated.
Ms. Ozturk
your appeal was bound to fail.
The Administrative Court
rightly rejected your claim
to be acknowledged
as entitled to asylum.
In line with the Constitution,
The right of asylum shall be granted.
to anyone who is persecuted on grounds
of his or her religion, race, nationality
adherence to a social group
or political convictions
and fears danger to body and soul or
restrictions to his or her own freedom.
Where have you hidden it?
haven't hidden your passport!
- Stop lying to me!
In the light of Turkey's plans
for membership of the EU,
it can no longer be assumed
that on returning to Turkey
after an unsuccessful appeal for asylum,
you must fear
physical maltreatment or torture.
Here!
Look how blind you are.
The Court sees
the difficulty of your situation
and finds your political
commitment in Turkey credible.
I understand why you entered the country
illegally a year ago.
But in accordance with
the legal standards applicable here,
we cannot assume that you will now be
endangered in Turkey
so as to warrant political asylum.
Take care of yourself!
So you're not interested in whether
or not my friend is being tortured?
Can you prove it?
Miss Staub, non-Germans in Turkish
prisons is not our responsibility.
I'm very sorry.
Do you know anyone
who might help me?
Wait a moment.
This is the address of BARO
prisoners who can't afford a lawyer
turn to this organization.
Maybe they can help you.
Thank you. Thank you very much.
Ayten Ozturk is accused of being
a member of an armed organization
that the state regards as terrorist.
She could get a very long sentence.
Such as?
Where is she now?
In Uskudar women's prison
waiting to be sentenced!
Can I visit her?
He sees that you're not related
to the prisoner.
Without the same surname
it's very difficult.
What kind of law is that?
This is Turkey.
He can try to get you a permit.
But it might take one or two months.
And you must never mention!
the name Ayten Ozturk. Not to anyone.
Okay?
Okay.
This is-all going to take longer.
- Is it? How long, then?
I don't know exactly. Six months..
- What? Six months?!
Maybe less.
- And what about your studies?
There's no point
in all of that any more, anyway.
Now, Lotte. Let me tell you something.
I've had enough of it.
I won't go along with it any more!
You can't keep wasting your life!
For the first time,
my life has a purpose!
For the first time, I'm needed.
I've got to help Ayten!
And how? In a foreign country
where you don't know anyone?
I'll get her a lawyer.
Ha ha! You'll get her a lawyer.
And who, pray, will pay for that?
Do you know
what your girlfriend has cost me?
Did you ever ask yourself that?
For a whole year I paid
her solicitor's fees. And we lost!
Can't you ask Papa?
Oh no,
I most certainly won't ask him.
Lotte?
I want you to come back.
No, Mama.
- Please.
Mama. I can't.
Fine. Then stay there.
But see how you cope on your own.
I won't help you.
From now on,
you're finally on your own.
Mama?
- Hello.
- Good afternoon.
Do you have a notice board
for people looking for accommodation?
Yes, up by the door.
Thanks.
- You're welcome.
Do you have any books
on the Turkish legal system?
Let me have a look. I m not sure.
Amnesty International, "Turkey 2005",
including political cases.
Can I take a look?
- Here, feel free.
Would you like a glass of tea?
- Yes, please.
Cengiz, tea for the lady
and for me, please.
Are you studying law?
No. I studied Spanish and English.
Oh..
See you.
I'm about to close.
Dan I borrow this?
This isn't a library.
Okay.
- Is this your card?
- Yes.
I've got a room for rent.
What's your interest
in the Turkish legal system?
I have a girlfriend
who's in prison here.
What for?
I don't really know myself.
Whats your friend's name?
Gul. Gul Korkmaz.
This is the room.
- And how much is it?
- 200 euros a month.
Okay.
Ayten!
I have to talk to you.
- Efsane, you take over!
Comrades are coming from Van
for an important meeting.
They want to talk
about the plans for our group.
We've promised to protect them.
Where did you hide it?
How do I know I can trust you?
Are you crazy?
- Dunno. Maybe.
Don't mess with me, or I'll kill you.
Hey, sister, buy some tissues, please.
Please sister!
What's that?
Let's sell it!
Give it to me!
- No, it's mine!
What do you want sister?
Please come in, Ayten.
Please sit down.
Could you close the window please?
Who visited you yesterday?
I'm not answering any questions
without my lawyer!
We're not asking you to betray anyone.
I don't care about your organization.
But we have an international crisis
on our hands.
Important men from abroad
are here asking questions.
We are peacefully asking you
for your cooperation.
Yesterday afternoon
you had a visit from a German citizen.
and five hours later
she was found shot dead on the street.
Why?
How did you know her?
If you answer our questions
we'll help you.
You know your sentence
will be pronounced soon.
Help us and use
your "Right to Repent"
and you might get off free.
Who was the girl Ayten?
THE EDGE OF HEAVEN
What's going on? - The gentleman's
been deported from Germany.
Come along with me, please.
Hello, this is Nejat Aksu.
I'm afraid I'm not home.
please leave a message after the beep
hello, this is Susanne Straub,
Lotte Straub's mother.
I was given you number
by the German consulate...
Mrs. Straub
- Yes?
I'm Nejat Aksu.
- Hello. Please sit down.
My condolences.
Thank you.
You want something to drink?
water. and a coffee.
How did you know
it was me?
You're the saddest person here.
How well did you know
my daughter?
Well enough to like her.
Have you eaten?
Would you like to go somewhere?
I would like to see my
daughter's room please.
Is this your first time in Istanbul?
I was here 30 years ago.
It all looked different then.
What were you doing here 30 years ago?
I was hitchhiking to India.
It was the thing to do then.
I put her things in the boxes.
Thank you.
Is there anything else
I can do for you?
I'd like to stay here.
Of course.
'These steps, my steps,
I want to take with strength.
With courage.
Even if Mama
doesn't always understand that.
Which I find surprising..
She was just like that herself.
Or rather, independently of her story,
which I've learned only gradually,
/ find myself taking
paths very similar to hers..
Perhaps it's that.
She sees herself in me.
I asked if he wanted to see you,
but he said you wouldn't want to.
I said he could stay with me
for a few days,
but he wanted to go straight to Trabzon.
I took him to the bus station
yesterday evening.
What's he doing in Trabzon?
- He said he wanted to go fishing.
I'll be gone, cousin!
And?
Anyone ever call?
I'm off.
Do You Know this Woman?
- Hello.
- Hello.
Look at the state of this house!
Does no one care?
Corruption, the car park mafia,
cultural decay...
Could I stay a few more days?
It did me good to sleep here.
Have you already eaten?
No, but today I'm hungry.
What shall we drink to?
To death.
I feel like getting drunk today.
Please don't take offence.
I might join you.
How much rent
did my daughter pay you?
Why do you ask?
Would you take me as a tenant?
How long do you want to stay?
I don't know.
- What's wrong, Ayeten?
- Nothing.
Girls!
Tell the governor
I want to talk to him. - All right
Arrange for it
- What's wrong?
- Give me a cigarette!
Good morning.
- Good morning.
Where are all these people going?
To the mosque.
Today's the first day of Bayram,
the three-day feast of Sacrifice.
And what is it that's sacrificed?
God wanted to put
Ibrahim's faith to the test,
so he ordered him to sacrifice his son.
Ibrahim took his son, Ismail,
to the sacrificial mount.
But just as he was about to kill him,
his knife went blunt.
God was satisfied and sent Ibrahim a sheep
to sacrifice in place of his son.
We have the same story.
I remember asking my father
if he would sacrifice me, too.
I was afraid of this story as a child.
My mother died young you know..
And what did your father answer?
He said that he would
even make god his enemy...
In order to protect me.
Is your father still alive?
Would you look after my bookshop
for a few days?
- Happy Bayram.
- Thanks. Same to you.
- Shall I fill her up?
- Please.
- Happy Bayram.
- Happy Bayram.
- Thanks. Same to you.
Can you make me one with cheese?
- What's the music?
- Its Kazim Koyuncu.
- Don't you know him?
- No.
His music is very popular
here on the Black Sea Cost.
- I've never heard of him.
- He was from Artvin.
He died of cancer two years ago.
He was young. Like you.
All because of Chernobyl.
It's only now that's becoming clear.
- And a toast?
- yes.
That makes 130.
Take care!
May God be with you!
For you. You liked it so much.
Did you repent?
Yes I did.
- You bitch!
Traitor!
Excuse me!
- isn't Ali Aksu's house here?
- Ali Aksu' has gone fishing.
- Have a nice day
- You, too.
Hello there.
- I'm looking for Ali Aksu.
- He's gone out.
But the sea's getting choppy.
He'll come in soon.