Overview
Alex grows up in a conservative village in the 1990s. Under pressure from this authoritarian father and in search of a sense of belonging, he falls in love with Sibel, a Turkish classmate. Through her, a new world opens up to him, but so do new conflicts: Sibel is already being courted by Iskender.
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