Yangin var (2011) Movie Script
This Koman is totally worthless,
a firefighter without a fire engine.
Let's have the mayor fire him.
He destroyed the fire engine driving back
and forth to visit his mom.
Hey, look here, the council of elders is
coming, don't let them ruin our card game!
Lemi, what are you talking about so early in the
morning! Elders, card game... For God's sake!
Come on, deal the cards.
Cut the deck.
And people make fun of us,
calling us Black Sea guys.
Who manages to start a fire in the rain?
And then can't put it out either.
Can't put out a fire in the rain!
He just stands there looking,
but can't put it out.
He says he will, but he can't...
Lemi, just shut up, will you!
My God, the man just talks way too much!
Rain slows down things.
How so?
How so? It's harderwhen it's raining.
- Hey, Koman!
- What are you talking about, you blabbermouth?
Your movie's on, son, isn't this
"Selvi Yazmalm"?
Well, now Koman's heart is on fire.
Man, we're already dead tired,
we don't want to deal with you just now.
Go watch your movie, Koman.
You chicken, why are you scared?
And he's supposed to be a fire fighter, huh?
Good God...
You just sit there and flatten your asses.
The town is on fire and you are busy
playing cards. Shame on you!
And good sir Koman just sits there.
What is he supposed to do, Uncle Yaar,
the fire engine is broken, it's not working.
It's his ass that's broken!
He's watching the same movie
the entire day.
Trkan oray is the fire!
God forbid!
Get up, man!
- Make up your mind already!
- Come on.
Well, if there is no fire brigade,
then why are we paying him?
What does the municipality do?
Nothing.
The mayor won't fire Koman, a new
fire engine is on the way here anyway.
Who donated it? Who sent it?
Where is it from?
I can't say! But Koman is
supposed to go get it.
Must be either from Trabzon or
Akaabat, where else can it be from?
Nope!
Arakli, Arsin, Beikdz, aykara,
Srmene, alpazar, Tonya, Vakfkebir...
...Yomra, arba, Hayrat,
Dernekpazar, Dzky, Kprba?
- Nope.
- Of then!
- No, it's not Of!
- So where is it from, you fool!
Buy me a diet coke and I'll tell you.
Fk off!
- Is it from Rize?
- I won't go get it if it is from Rize!
- Like hell you won't!
- Well, I just won't!
What if the mayor gives you
two days off...
- I said I won't go!
- What if he tells you to go get it from Rize...
...and stop on the way home in Artvin.
You can visit your mother...
Leave my mother alone!
I said I won't go!
I'll go to Athens, but I won't go there!
Veysel, give me a diet coke.
- And a glass too!
- How about a wine glass! Drink up already!
Diyarbakr!
Come again!?
Trabzon? Neither Karaz nor Mermer
has a fire engine...
...and we give one to Trabzon?
For God's sake, brother Sait,
this is the epitome of populism.
Well, Sait, my friend we can't act like
everybody else.
It's in our nature to help someone in need.
Please, sir, what nature? You're only
concerned about media exposure.
Sir, why don't they ask for a fire truck
from Trabzon or Rize, but us?
Friends, sometimes it is more meaningful
to put out the fire that is farther away.
It is more important to look at the
big picture, brother Sait.
The big picture, you understand?
There's definitely something in it for him...
...or why else would he be interested?
Donating a fire engine to Trabzon...
Look at it from multiple dimensions, Muharrem,
multiple dimensions!
Come on, brother Muharrem, just sign it
and pass it down here.
There is no way I'll sign it.
Why are we putting out someone else's fire
when we have a fire of our own burning?
Brother Muharrem, as the mayor says,
you should look at the big picture!
Make it a 3D picture, if you want to,
but in the end you'll agree with me.
You're all cross-eyed and bamboozled!
I swear I'll have this decision
annulled by Friday.
It's easy to pass a resolution with
the council half-empty.
The others will be here in two days.
Forget this donation,
the truck goes nowhere!
- How are you not going? You just will.
- I'm not going, buddy!
- You will.
- No, I won't!
- Of course you will.
- I won't!
- You will, brother.
- I'm not going, buddy!
Of course you will. Who's that?
Who's calling?
Sir, it's the mayor...
Tell him I'm not going.
- Of course, sir.
- You'll go, you will...
All right, sir, in the town hall in 20 minutes.
- OK, sir.
- You'll go, Koman, you will, brother!
There's nothing to it, you'll go.
From here you go to Trabzon...
...and from there you go
down to Gmhane.
Erzincan, Tunceli, Elaz, and before you
know it you arrive in Diyarbakr!
- You will go, and that's final!
- But, sir...
No but! I'm worn out trying to find
a fire engine.
- Lf I had money, I'd go buy one.
- Lf it were some other place!
What does it say in your contract?
It says you're employed as a fire engine driver.
That's correct.
Well? Do we have a fire engine?
What shall we do now?
Sir, why does it have to be Diyarbakr?!
Wasn't the house that burned down today
the house of a relative of yours?
How much longer can you put out fire
with buckets?
But, sir, people will...
Well, a few impertinent guys here
talk nonsense!
But, sir, how can we get a fire engine
from the people who set us on fire...
Here is your ticket to Diyarbakr, and here is
your job contract. Take your pick and get out!
Either to Diyarbakr, or to Artvin,
home to your mother.
- But, sir, this here isn't my contract!
- Just figure of speech, son!
Will it say Diyarbakr on the truck?
We'll remove that and write ayrba.
And we'll replace 2 with 6 on the plates,
and there you have 61!
Well, can't we search a little more? Let's look
elsewhere. I'll even go to Rize!
Well, son, you'll get on the bus,
go to the town hall there.
You'll pick up the papers, get on
the truck and bring it back.
I'll do you a favor and give you
two days off.
Go to Artvin. Go visit your
mother there and then return.
Didn't you complain that your mother
has never seen you on a fire engine?
Sir, can I see that?
Be my guest.
So this is it?
Yes, that's it. And that in your hand is
your ticket to Diyarbakr.
Hey. Think of it as a vacation.
You'll go and come back.
Give my best to your mother.
Bring herwith you, what do you say?
- What are you saying?
- Why, we'd see her as well...
Look here it is!
Come on now!
Alright, brother!
Come here brother!
Take care now!
Koman! Bring back some pimaniye candy!
- What's pimaniye got to do with Diyarbakr?
- There is none there?
- Say a prayer!
- Will do.
Koman! For you, everywhere is Trabzon!
For God's sake!
Go slow!
Bye bye!
What?
- What are you saying, uncle?
- What's the time, boy?
It's...
...eight o'clock, uncle.
- Thank you, boy.
Brother, I want to go to the town hall.
Which bus should I take?
Sait, take this birdie, he's going to
the town hall, describe him the way!
What birdie are you talking about?
- Two tickets to Dakap
- What?
Two tickets to Dakap.
Brother, this is for two tickets to Ofis.
Sait, he looks like he'll pocket the money!
Why are you staring at the money,
stupid, just give it here!
What are you saying?
- Where are you from?
- What?
You don't even understand Turkish, daddy.
Where do you come from?
- I'm from Trabzon.
- And where are you headed?
I'm here to fetch a fire engine
that your mayor donated.
How so?
Come on, don't pull my leg.
RT doesn't give you one?
What? What is RT?
The state!
Well, Diyarbakr did,
and I'll take it to Trabzon!
Son, if you want to drink, then drink; if not,
I'll give it to that uncle over there...
Well, so be it then.
Welcome, sereva.
What on earth is this? They start detaining
people so early in the morning.
You, guy from Trabzon, don't tell them
you're here for the fire engine...
...or you'll be in trouble!
- What do I say then?
Say you're here to get some workers
for harvesting hazelnuts.
Wait here!
Good morning, papers, please!
Good morning?
What's up this time, so early...
What are you saying?
Get off the bus! Take him away.
Sir, I'm from the Black Sea!
And why are you here?
To get some workers for the hazelnut harvest.
Alright, here.
Move it!
Here you go, brother, enjoy!
- Peace be upon you.
- You, too.
- Is there somewhere where I can have breakfast?
- Here you go!
- What's this?
- Can't you see? We're having breakfast.
- What's this?
- Liver!
No, thanks, brother. Good God, how can you
eat this so early in the morning!?
Hello?
Yes. I have arrived.
Mister Selim, right?
I was waiting for you.
What, where I am?
Kids, come over here!
- Yes, brother, what is it?
- Tell the uncle where I am.
Hello, us? We're at...
No, down here. The town hall?
Alright, we'll be there in 10 minutes.
- So, what happened, what did he say?
- He told us to go to Dakap.
Dakap...
Is that where it says Trabzon?
Trabzon?
- Brother, you're a firefighter?
- Yep, I am.
That's a superduper job!
- What's your name, brother?
- Koman.
Koman? It's obvious you haven't done
much running?
- And why is that?
- Look at that belly of yours!
- What are you saying! And what's your name?
- I am Sinan, and this is Kerim.
Wait.
Hello?
Mister Selim!
- What? Hey, kids, where are we?
- Give it to me!
Hello? We're walking towards the square.
What?
OK, I see you. Alright!
I say it's a superduper job,
but nobody listens to me!
- Thank you!
- You're welcome!
Bye!
Welcome, Mister Koman!
- Thank you, Mister Selim, how are you?
- Fine, thanks, and you?
I'm sorry. You arrived earlier than we thought,
we would have picked you up from the station.
No problem, I took a short walk
around town in the meantime...
Come on, the mayor's expecting you!
There's no need for the mayor.
I'll just take the truck and...
...be on my way. They are waiting
for me back home!
No way, isn't this home, too?
You are our guest, please.
I'll take the bag, thanks.
Come in!
- Oho, Mister Koman, welcome!
- Hello, sir!
- Come on in!
- How are you?
- Fine, thanks, how was your trip?
- No problems on the way, thank God.
Come on, sit down!
What would you like to drink?
Thank you, sir, nothing for me.
I already...
You want to take the truck and leave immediately,
so I'm told, but that's not possible.
The papers are not ready yet, but they
will be done by tomorrow, hopefully.
Oh... If it were today...
What's the hurry, Mister Koman?
How are things back home,
how is your mayor? Fine, I hope?
He's very well, he sends his regards.
Thank you! Give the papers to Mister Selim,
he'll get things on theirway.
We have the wedding of one of our staff members
today, you could say a relative of mine.
We won't send you off before you've seen
a Diyarbakr wedding.
- You are our guest.
- Uhm, there are many fires back home...
Come on now!
Serevan, serevan!
- What is this "serava," Mister Selim?
- Will do!
- A very proper wedding, huh!
- What?
I mean, it's beautiful!
Like Paris.
- You've been to Paris?
- No. Have you?
Yep, during the holidays, with a tour.
By plane?
You just wait here a second,
I'll check on the mayor and be back.
Mister Koman, Mister Koman!
Come here!
Sh...
What are you doing, buddy?
What are you saying?
What the hell?
What the!?
Ksecan, ksecan! Ksecan, tell your rams,
he is our guest, if you will, sereva.
Sereva, sereva!
Our friend here is respectable
and doesn't know this play of ours!
The fine is on my head.
He will thank you for letting him go.
Sereva, sereva!
Come on, brother!
You're Mister Koman,
here for the fire engine, right?
- Welcome, my name is Asya.
- Asya?
Nice to meet you.
- The sticks probably hit your hands?
- Sticks?
- Shall we have them checked out?
- No, no need.
Are you a nurse?
No, I work at the fire station here.
As a secretary?
Something like that.
You looked a little scared,
but actually they are...
No, no, I'm used to such things,
we have many of those around back home.
Is that so? There are not many left
around here.
They are not real, they're only actors.
Ohh!
Well, Mister Koman,
I see you've already met Asya.
This is my wife, Hasret.
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you too.
Mister Koman, the mayor is waiting for you.
There's an empty chair next to his,
if you like, sit over there.
I'm fine here.
The mayor is waiting for you, Mister Koman,
please go ahead.
- Selim?
- Yes?
Tell the mayor I want to go.
I don't get you, you want to go
on that truck with a total stranger.
He's not a total stranger,
we know where he's from.
Anyway, he's a harmless clown,
you've seen him.
Sister, why don't you get it,
I have to take the box myself.
After all, the girl left it to me.
You still haven't looked
inside, have you?
No.
You just wait and see!
If there's a checkpoint on the way...
...they won't let you through without looking.
Rodi is your brother, too.
Asya, don't get me involved.
Selim, you decide, all her antics are
because of you anyway.
Selim, please, let me go on the truck.
Fine, then take your sister with you!
Are you serious?
- What will the mayor say?
- You'll convince the mayor.
OK, fine, call Asya and I'll tell her.
But she'll take the bus, OK?
She insists on going on the truck.
Why?
- She has the safekeep with her.
- What safekeep?
That box, sir.
Ah, that issue about the box. That Asya is such
a difficult one, nothing's going to happen.
- Well, OK, if you say so.
- Alright, sir.
Mister Koman, could you strike a pose
with the fire engine?
Sir, could you give him a little hug?
Everyday there occur fires in
our country and our city...
...and, as you know, there are times when
resources are insufficient to fight these fires.
But we all know that for the past 30 years
a fire has been burning in our country...
...and this fire has wasted many resources.
Girl, I'm telling you, don't go, you'll talk
to him about it when he comes here.
Sister, he hasn't come home
for two years to forget about her.
Well, you know better, just don't get me
involved. You'll have to talk to mother.
I swear, Rodi will be very sad.
At least don't give him the locked box.
We don't know what the girl put inside.
I gave my word not to open it.
I think he should see everything.
Otherwise he won't come to his senses.
Asya, you don't listen to anyone!
Just like dad.
OK then.
Have you ever seen such a firefighter?
Look at the guy!
In this sense I find it very significant
that this engine is...
...being donated to Trabzon,
in regard to our fraternity.
Go with God, brother,
in the name of fraternity!
Thank you, sir.
Asya, sister, what do you say about this?
Brother Mihram, I have nothing to say.
Be careful, don't let that guy do
any funny business to you.
- Do you have any precautions with you?
- Yes, thanks.
Well, Lice doesn't have a fire truck.
Let's not do this.
Let's just give this truck to Lice.
- Lice does have a fire engine.
- It does?
Thanks.
Brother can I come with you?
Mister Koman, would you like to
say something?
Well, thank you very very much.
I'd like to thank our mayor here.
I mean, it's a beautiful truck.
Not even Trabzon has such a beautiful one.
God bless!
- Hope you put it to good use.
- Thank you, sir.
Stay safe!
I have to sign the papers, there are
transfer procedures to do in Trabzon.
If you want, I'll get out.
No way! Of course not!
OK, then, let's go!
Did you arrange the return ticket,
are the truck's papers in order?
Everything's fine, sir...
...I even put water in the tank.
Water? They're going to the seaside, you idiot.
There isn't a single reasonable person here!
Here we go then!
Mister Koman, in what kind of state
were you last night?
What happened?
Serava serava serava!
I was so scared last night!
What were those things around me?
- Kse.
- Right, kse, they'll get their punishment eventually.
And everyone was talking,
but I couldn't understand a single thing.
It's the accent of course.
How so? An accent?
You're right. Truck is the same
in all languages...
...fire's the same, firefighter is the same...
Miss Asya, our mayor
insisted very much on this...
...otherwise we have
many trucks there.
I bet.
Miss Asya, do you smoke?
I mean, do women here smoke?
Put on some pants and all of a sudden
you're a man, right?
- Go ahead, smoke.
- You did make an innuendo there, but...
Miss Asya, shall we pull over and check
the truck to see if there's something wrong.
Go ahead, drive on,
it's just a greeting.
- Greeting to whom?
- You, me, the truck...
- Why?
- It looks familiar to them.
- Shall I take your picture?
- No, no, not here, not here!
Why not? The journalists took many pictures,
and you didn't say anything.
Tomorrow they will be all
over the newspapers.
These papers, they won't be sold
in Trabzon and Artvin, will they?
I don't know.
Miss Asya, are you from Diyarbakr?
Yes, from Lice.
You?
I'm originally from Artvin,
but I live in ayrba, Trabzon.
Tell you what, Miss Asya...
...now that we're here,
shall we pay a visit to your village?
Lice is not a village.
And nobody here can go to their village
anymore. Nobody is left there.
Everything is burned down.
So there was no fire engine
in your village, either?
Oh my, I love this voice!
- You like Ahmet Kaya?
- Well, who doesn't?
Miss Asya, shall I turn up
the volume a little?
- Please go ahead.
- Shall I?
Yes, please.
Lion, lion. Marble to Lion?
Lion is on standby, marble,
lion on standby.
A suspicious fire engine is
approaching you.
It says Diyarbakr Municipality
on the side. FYI...
OK, marble, got it.
Hello? Lemi, what are you up to,
brother?
Fine, fine, I'm alive.
What started?
Oh "Selvi Boylum"...
Never mind that movie now.
I'm hanging up now.
No, it can't be tomorrow,
I'll stop by in Artvin...
...at my mother's! OK then.
Where did you say your mother lives,
Koman?
- In Artvin.
- Isn't that out of ourway?
It's been a long time since
I visited my mother.
And the mayor gave me time off
to visit her.
She has never seen me
on a fire engine.
She'll be very happy.
If you don't mind?
I don't.
How long will that delay us?
Well, about 12-13 minutes.
- Is it beautiful there?
- You have never seen the place?
Never.
It's very beautiful, the greenery,
the mountains, the caves...
It's paradise!
- You love mountains and caves?
- Yes I do!
There's this al Cave there,
the entrance is as tall as three men.
I was the first to explore the insides.
It's paradise!
There's a cave right ahead.
Shall we have a look?
What cave is that?
Brkleyn.
- What leyn?
- Brkleyn, Brkleyn.
- Is that English?
- It's Kurdish!
Once upon a time Alexander the Great
came there.
He stayed in that cave for a long time
when he couldn't cross the mountains.
- Alexander?
- Yep, Alexander.
Well, the al Cave is so huge
you can fit a restaurant in it!
What have you got there behind
the shade, your wife and kids?
You know that?
Yes.
My fatherwas a fan.
- Oh, we're passing it!
- What?
- Pull up on the right!
- Stop, don't panic.
Safety first, wait.
Come on!
- Will we climb up here?
- Yep.
Can we not climb this mountain!?
You never know what's coming up next.
Come on now, don't be afraid!
Come here!
Be careful!
But I can't!
Come on!
My God!
You people know quite well
how to climb!
You can say that, but we know better
how to go downhill.
That's not what I meant!
St!
What?
What on earth is this?
How high do you think it is?
Come over here, Mister Koman!
Wait, Miss Asya!
What sort of a cave is this?
Wait, Miss Asya!
Asya!
What do you think you're doing?!
- Isn't it lovely?
- Yep.
Here's where Alexander the Great
kept his men.
They couldn't cross those mountains there.
The cave ends after 15 km.
- 15 km?
- Yep.
We have a long way to go, Miss Asya,
shall we get going?
You are scared.
OK, let's go.
Scared? Me?
Asya, what is happening?
- What is this?
- Stay calm, Koman.
- Asya, what's happening? Are they terrorists?
- Soldiers.
The suspects have taken shelter
and are on the defensive, sir!
Put your hands over your head
and come down!
If they are soldiers, why don't we come out!
Hey, son, why are you firing?
Put the safety on and your weapon down.
- Make the announcement.
- Raise your hands and surrender.
Trust the Turkish Army,
benefit from the repentance law...
...and return safely to your wife and kids.
What repentance, what kids?
Asya, what's he saying?
If they ask about the box in the trunk,
say you don't know anything, OK?!
Asya? Asya, what's in the box?
- I'll count to three. One...
- One?
- Two...
- What did you do?
- Three...
- Red, Koman, red.
Red, sir, just a second!
Red, huh? So you want to fight?
Your call...
Soldiers! Take aim!
Shall I also take aim, sir?
No, not you. Put the safety on.
Go behind the truck before you shoot
one of us... Go!
White, sir, it's white.
I got it mixed up!
Raise your hands and come down!
Come on, come over here!
Throw the bag on the ground!
Hands on the truck.
Alright, soldiers, alright.
Turn around.
What are you doing here?
Nothing, we're just going our way.
We just took some pictures.
Where to?
To Trabzon, God willing, sir.
Give me your IDs.
Mine's in the bag.
Where are you coming from?
We just took a look at the cave up
there, we walked around there.
So you were on a mission to explore it?
Of course not, sir.
It's Alexander's cave,
he hid his men there.
- Alexander? Whose code name is Alexander?
- Miss Asya knows.
Alexander the Great,
the emperor of Macedonia.
The emperor of Macedonia?
Oh, that Alexander.
- And you are the manager of the fire department?
- No, sir, she's a sort of secretary.
I'm the assistant manager.
Koman, so what's the deal?
Well, sir, the Diyarbakr Municipality donated
this fire engine...
...to the municiplaity of ayrba
in Trabzon.
I am the fire engine driver,
so I came to fetch it.
We're on our way back,
with Miss Asya here.
She has to sign some papers.
Has to sign papers.
How do I know that, Koman?
Why didn't you ask for a fire engine
from Rize?
It's not like they offered one
and we didn't take it.
They didn't?
We asked so many different municipalities,
but they didn't give us one!
- How can they not?
- Well, they just didn't.
Sir, there is a box here!
What is this box, Koman?
Asya?
- Yoghurt and cheese.
- Open it up, soldier.
Yoghurt? Really?
We put it on the wounds of
burn victims.
You are totally nuts. Take your papers,
Koman, and off you go.
Sir, the truck is clear, sir!
Get down, now.
Soldiers, on your vehicles!
Mam, please.
- Have a safe trip.
- Thank you, sir.
They kept us waiting for nothing.
What were they looking for anyway?
And how can you not know
who Alexander is?
How should I know?
You kept on saying Alexander, and I thought it
was a restaurant selling kebab la Alexander.
And is that why you were talking about
a restaurant in that cave of yours?
Yeah.
You made me put a restaurant
in that cave, huh!
Rodi.
Rodi, my dear, how are you?
I'm on my way, honey.
Tonight?
I don't know.
Will we arrive there tonight?
- No, tomorrow.
- Tomorrow?
I'll tell you.
Tomorrow Rodi, tomorrow.
I miss you, too.
OK, Rodi, OK. Kisses.
Do you have a loved one
close to my hometown?
Yep, someone very close to my heart.
Rodi.
Is Rodi a foreigner?
Nope, it means wise.
Male or female?
Male.
Koman is a strange name, too,
is it foreign?
- Yep, it is.
- Really?
Well, as the story goes, there was a Greek
priest in my hometown. He was well-liked.
He did good to many,
even attended the mosque.
- The mosque?
- Yep, he would close his shop...
...I mean, his church
and go to the mosque.
He did good to many people.
And so there are many named after him.
What on earth is this?
Hey, stop!
What are you doing here?
We're waiting for the bus home.
Come on, we'll drop you off.
Alright.
Oh, look at those eyelashes.
What are your names?
My name is Musa, this is Delil,
and this is Zelal.
Delil has diarrhea and because of that
we missed the bus.
Are you OK now?
Give me some water.
Brother, I know Turkish,
but they don't know it yet.
What? Don't they go to school?
They do, but they're only in
first grade.
Well, isn't Turkish spoken
in first grade?
In first grade, we have
stare-at-the-teacher class.
Come again?
Stare-at-the-teacher. We don't
understand anything, we just stare.
- Where are you from, brother?
- From Trabzon.
And you, auntie?
From Diyarbakr, dear. I'm going
to Trabzon to take care of something.
What's your village called?
Gola qulinga.
Is it far?
5 km. Oh, here we are already.
We'll get off by the sign.
- Is it far off the road?
- About 2-3 km.
We'll turn from there, Koman.
My God, I'll turn, but please, please speak
normally, I don't understand a single thing.
Well, Delil is sick,
we'll go to their village.
Come on, come here.
Hey, slowly! Hop!
Koman, you wait here,
I'll drop off the kids.
It's OK, Auntie Asya,
we'll go by ourselves.
Stop it with your "auntie" shmauntie...
Auntie?
What's going on?
What's this now?
Oh, this is floating!
But where to, God, how!
What's happening now?
For God's sake, what's happening,
don't move...
Please God, help me! Asya!
Koman! What happened to you?
- I have no idea.
- Why are you afraid, jump already!
- Well, there's water!
- So what?
- Well, what if I fall?
- You'll swim and climb out.
It's probably ice cold!
In the summer heat!
Hey, don't you know how to swim?
What kind of a Black Sea man are you?
Well, there's all sorts of people!
You're a firefighter, your job is all about
water, and you're afraid of it. Come here!
- I'm scared, stop!
- Come on, jump!
- Hold on!
- OK.
- Come on!
- Jump!
This is a nice picture of you.
I told you not to take pictures!
What is this "no pictures"?
- Shall I erase this one, too?
- No no, hey, keep that one.
- St!
- What happened?
Hey, we're in luck! Can't you see
there's a fire? Great!
How can you be happy
that there's a fire?
Turn that on. Come on,
where is it?
Turn it on! Hey, turn it on!
Hey, wait, wait, wait.
Take this, too,
loosen the straps.
Put it on.
OK, I'll tie it!
- Quick, run, run!
- What's the matter?
You are godsend.
My baby's inside. He's burning.
- What, your baby?
- Quick, be quick!
Koman, be careful!
My son, my dear son.
Oh, my darling boy.
Auntie, do you have
any other babies?
No, no, thank you so much, son.
May God bless you.
Oh, the hose, the hose!
Well, I'm off!
The pressure is high, the manual says
two people should hold it!
Not in my book!
Turn it on when I say so!
Let go, let it loose!
Open it!
Shall I come?
Yes, yes!
It would have been better if we hadn't
happened on this fire, it's already nighttime.
Your eyes really lit up when you saw the fire.
You were over the moon.
- Good Evening.
- Good Evening.
Papers?
- Get down.
- What?
I said, get down.
Are you the driver of this fire engine?
Yes, sir.
Check his info, ask on the radio.
The council has donated a fire truck
belonging to the municipality of Diyarbakr...
...to Trabzon, ayrba.
The fire department assistant manager...
Asya Demirsoy has been appointed
as the deputy...
- What's in this?
- Nothing, sir.
How come? Not even water?
- Well, there's only little left, sir.
- There's only little left, sir.
How do I know you're not a terrorist
dressed up as a Black Sea man?
What?
Sir, you have my ID.
It says my birth place is Artvin,
and I live in Trabzon.
Get me Hsni!
Yes, sir! Sergeant Hsni!
Sir, yes, sir!
Hsni, see if this guy is from Trabzon.
Sir, yes, sir!
- Where shall I look, sir?
- What do you mean, where?
Talk to him and see whether
he talks like someone from Trabzon.
Well, OK then.
Buddy, where are you staying?
In ayrba.
You know the imam of Rize?
I do, of course, but you don't have to be
from Trabzon to know him!
Well said, buddy, you don't have to be
from Trabzon to know him.
Sir, this man is not from Trabzon.
He is definitely trained,
he is imitating to be from Trabzon.
His accent is off, and he doesn't
look like one of us.
And who are you?
- OK, Hsni, you may go.
- Sir, yes, sir!
Well, good sir Koman?
What does it matter, sir?
From Trabzon, Diyarbakr, Van,
what does it matter?
Well, so says Atatrk.
Diyarbakr, Erzurum, stanbul...
Just a second, Koman!
What does it matter?
Well done, good on you,
you're a hard nut to crack, huh?!
If we're guilty of something,
then do your job!
Asya, what are you saying?
You're a firefighter, and you fan the fire!
Just let it go!
Everyone's onto us, what did we do?
Do you have a search warrant?
Yes, mam, we do.
We didn't stop you just for fun.
The warrant arrived just before
you did, that's why we stopped you.
We don't like to make citizens wait.
For instance, Koman is finished,
we have his info, he may go.
What, go where?
You go, the lady will be our guest
for a little while longer.
Why is that?
We don't have her info yet,
I can't let her go unless we have that.
Well, sir, Miss Asya and I
are travelling together.
The computer is broken,
no news from Diyarbakr.
OK then, I'll wait, too.
Fine by me.
Totally fine by me.
- Asya, I'll go talk to them!
- Never mind, he's got it in for us!
Well, I'll just go have a talk.
Don't pull any Alexander number!
Sir?
What did you tell him?
How come you convinced them?
I just did.
What did you show them?
What's in that box of yours?
We may arrive very early in the morning,
you should sleep.
I'm not tired.
My mother is cranky and she's a fast talker,
you may have a hard time.
What do you mean?
Well, she's cranky and stubborn,
it gets all confused.
What gets confused?
Her speech. I said she was cranky.
You may not get along.
Don't worry, we'll get along fine.
Alright then.
Come on.
She's a light sleeper,
let's keep it down, shall we?
You sleep here, but wait, wait.
Take these.
- Good night now.
- Good night.
- Sleep tight.
- You too.
- Hey!
- Oh, mom!
- Koman, welcome.
- Thank you, how are you?
I'm fine, who's that with you?
- Who's she?
- A guest.
- A guest... Who?
- Go to bed now, we'll talk in the morning.
What's up?
Mother, you and your ancient
traditions.
Koman, I'm sorry,
I was taken by surprise!
I'm not waking her up, you know.
I'm welcoming the bride,
exorcising demons.
What bride!
Stop it, you'll sing later.
She's the fire department manager.
She got very tired on the road.
- Mother, let's go so she can sleep!
- It's OK, I'm up.
Welcome, my girl.
- What did she say, Koman?
- She says, welcome.
Thank you, mom.
Breakfast is ready, come on now!
Asya, forgive her, my mother is cranky
and our accent is...
Let's get dressed and have breakfast, huh?
- Koman!
- Yes?
Who is this?
He's my enol, Captain enol.
Come on, the tea is getting cold.
etilla, let's go!
Koman, now I get why you don't like
to have your picture taken.
And why is that?
Well, you live inside a beautiful
photograph here, why take one?
Well, you said something nice this time,
but again I didn't get it!
Your son has finally brought
the fire truck.
And he also brought along a bride?
She is very beautiful, god bless her!
Then I am expecting everyone tonight
to welcome the bride.
Mom, now is not a good time for this.
Ok ok, we'll be there.
- What are they saying, Koman?
- They love the fire engine...
We'll have the bride's welcome tonight.
What bride, mom?
She's the fire department manager.
Bride? There's a wedding tonight?
I'd like to attend it
since we won't be on time anyway.
Asya, why don't you wait,
for God's sake!
See, the black beauty also wants it.
Can't a manager be a bride?
My idiot son, she wants to marry,
and he objects.
Of course, no bride without a wedding.
I'll let the people in the village know.
You love her and yet
you say she's no bride.
OK, but Asya...
Your mother's a little angry
I guess?
Well, I told you she's cranky.
We'll stay the night here,
the neighbors will come to say hi.
And we'll get to see the wedding
as well.
Will we make it to Rize
before noon tomorrow?
Yep.
- Koman?
- Yes?
- 11-12 minutes again?
- Yeah, 11-12 minutes.
Oh, God bless, Koman's fire engine is so nice.
Did you just buy it?
No, mom, this belonged to Asya's people.
They donated it to us.
Dowry, huh? Her dad is rich?
Of course not, mom, what do you mean, dowry?
The municipality, I'm telling you!
Thank you, girl, thank you.
You're welcome, mom,
put it to good use.
Well, in fact, I wish it won't
have to be used at all...
Come on, let's go for a ride!
Thank God for this day,
I get to see my son on a fire truck.
Come on, Asya, hop on.
Aren't you tired of it, Koman?
We've been in it for two days.
Let's walk a little.
Let everyone see Koman
on the fire engine!
OK, let him drive so that everyone
can see. I'll walk.
Looks like the black beauty has already
wrapped him around her little finger!
And this here is the house of
Uncle Murat.
He has cherry trees.
How many cherries did we pick there
as kids!
Oh my! Sla, you've become a big girl!
How's your dad, is he OK?
- Fine...
- Fine... Come on!
Auntie Gnnaz, how are you?
Thank you, son, welcome home.
And you? How are you?
- Fine, thank God. Asya.
- God bless.
- Well, welcome, girl.
- It's a pleasure. Thanks.
- Alright, see you later.
- OK, bye.
Asya, please forgive my mom.
That's how old people are,
they get carried away easily.
It's because they are bored.
They made you sad.
Your people know Georgian?
Well, old people speak Georgian,
like an accent.
Yeah, right, like an accent.
- I like your mother a lot.
- Yeah?
And your village is lovely.
One can live here comfortably, right?
My Rodi! Darling, where are you?
The overpass at the city entrance?
Where?
enol Smbl Overpass.
Wait a second, Rodi.
Koman, do you know the
enol Smbl Overpass?
Asya, let's not stop there.
Wait a second, Rodi.
Rodi...
...wait somewhere else, dear.
Do as I say.
What happened to your brother,
Koman?
Let's say he died...
...somewhere around your hometown.
Infantry Corporal
enol Smbl Overpass OVERPASS
Third Lieutenant
Ali hsan Seymen Overpass
Infantryman Miktat Beder Overpass
Second Lieutenant
Hasan Bak Overpass
My dear.
- I miss you so much.
- Look.
This is Meryem.
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you too.
This is my friend Koman, he's a firefighter.
This is Rodi, my brother.
And this is his friend Meryem.
- What? Rodi is your brother?
- Yep.
Let me give you a hug, brother!
- How are you?
- Fine, brother, what about yourself?
- Fine, thank God.
- Meryem dear, are you from around here?
I am, sister Asya, we live right by the
mosque in the city center over there.
- The mosque?
- Yes.
- What day is today?
- Friday.
I don't want to miss the prayer,
let's just get it over with.
OK, Meryem will show us around Rize.
- Alright.
- Fine then.
Asya, shall we meet in an hour?
- OK, we'll be walking around the city center.
- OK, fine.
Dear brothers in faith...
Sit down, please.
Brother, please sit down,
close the ranks, will you.
What was I saying?
- Can you print these photos?
- Of course.
Check this out, what's a fire engine
from Diyarbakr doing in Rize?
Could there be a bomb in it?
No idea, but why not?
Could be anything, a bomb or...
A bomb? There's a bomb!
There's a bomb in the truck!
Is this guy a lunatic or what!
Move away!
OK, brother, OK...
4136 to central, 4136 to central.
There's a suspicious truck
in the city center.
4136, the person's ID number, please.
- I said it's a truck, a fire engine.
- Does it have license plates?
Are the wires sticking out?
- Go away, be quick!
- Run, there's a bomb, run!
Move back! Come on!
A bomb, a bomb! There's a bomb
in the city center, quick, come on!
4136... There could be a jammer,
the radio is dead!
Now, what is the strongest basis of
prayer? Ablution!
But, don't trust its strength
too much...
...for it will be ruined by
a simple fart, God forbid.
We've arrived at the scene, sir.
It's disguised as a fire engine.
Son, who would disguise a bomb
as a fire engine?
But there's some leakage from the trunk.
Something like oil, sir.
Son, isn't there supposed to be
oil in truck engines?
Well, OK, OK, don't get too close
in case it's TNT.
Check the surrounding area
and follow anyone suspicious.
And, son, stay calm, we don't want
to look stupid if it's nothing.
Alright, sir.
Well, once upon a time...
...a hodja from Trabzon...
...was praying and reading the Qur'an
in the mosque garden.
Well, now... Suddenly the weather turns bad,
it rains and storms, it hails...
...everything that can pour pours
down, and the water rises.
The mosque, being on low ground
and all, is flooded.
The hodja climbs on the garden wall,
sits there waiting.
A fire engine arrives,
the firefighter says...
..."Come on, hodja, sir,
we'll take you."
"No, I'm not coming."
"Why?"
"I won't come,
God will save me"
So I swear.
So we swear!
He says, "I won't come,
you go ahead."
"Come on." "No, I won't." "Why?" He says,
"you go ahead, God will save me, so I swear."
So we swear!
Well, now, in the meantime
our hodja drowns and dies.
He goes to heaven.
Everyone's happy there,
except for him making a long face.
"What's wrong with you?"
"I want to see God."
The angels inform God
and God invites him to come.
He goes to see God and
apologizes and says...
..."I prayed day and night,
and did everything right."
And this is what I get?
And God says, well, I sent a firefighter...
...but you didn't come.
Then I sent another but
you didn't come.
Then another and you still didn't come.
What was I supposed to do?
Uncle? How many more stories will he
tell, I'm in dire straits here.
He'll go on and on,
don't mind him
Go the the garden in the back, open
the small door, you'll see the restroom there.
And the ablution?
There's a sink by the toilet,
you can do a quick one there.
Alright.
What I mean is this: Long story short,
don't depend on God for everything.
My God loves me, protects me, will do
me a favor... there's no such thing!
In short, consider it as 20 percent,
take it or leave it.
Out of order, out of order...
Well, I'm out of order myself!
Dear viewers, we have breaking news.
A major incident has occurred in Rize.
There is a bomb warning involving
a vehicle in the city center of Rize...
Selim! Call security,
call Rize.
I already did, it's ringing.
...details from our Rize correspondent,
Selami. Selami, what's the situation there?
Mirgn, the bomb squad will deactivate
the bomb on the truck.
What's he saying?
Where the hell is Koman? Call him!
They are planning to use
a remote detonator.
Sir, his phone is switched off.
Say, good old Dursun is tested
in afterlife.
Of course he flunks
and is thrown out of heaven.
Right then and there Cemal meets him
and says, "Dursun, what's up?"
Because he's next to be tested.
Dursun says, "Well, I failed."
Cemal says, "What was the question?"
"The pillars of Islam."
'You should have said 5."
"Well, if he doesn't accept 20,
how would he accept 5?"
Guys, what are you doing here?!
Well, what do you think we are doing
in the mosque?
Cemal, where have you been,
you were absent today.
Never mind that now, hodja,
everyone out of here.
There's a truck with a bomb outside. Everyone
is being evacuated. Run for your life!
- Don't panic!
- Run, hodja!
Don't panic. I said,
don't panic, people.
What's up?
Where is everybody?
They were here 5 minutes ago.
Good God, what's going on?
God, what are you doing here?
- He's hiding, taking position!
- What do I do now?
- Try to destroy the phone!
- Come on, give me some reception!
Mirgn, Rize is facing
a big catastrophe.
Isn't this the truck we sent?
Correct, sir!
Let's call them. His family has already
one son dead in the military.
- Hello?
- Let's shoot the suspect.
Hello, sir, sir!
Sir, I'm in Rize and in a difficult
situation. What should I do?
I won't be liable.
I don't want to get sued!
I was going to attend Friday prayer...
...now they have surrounded me,
they think I'm a terrorist!
Do you want to be blown up?
Wait a minute, sir, just wait.
White, white...
- He also has a bomb on him.
- White...
- White!
- White? Must be a codeword! Fire!
- Sir?
- Yes?
Sir, we got a call from Trabzon, sir.
The fire truck is a fire truck, sir.
How so?
I mean, it's real,
it's a gift from Diyarbakr.
- Sir?
- Let's hear what you have to say!
The suspect has been neutralized,
and there is also a wounded goat.
What?
The suspect is OK.
He is in the hospital.
I'm going to be transferred to
the hinterlands of Hakkari.
- What's Koman Smbl's room number?
- 406.
- Where's that?
- Come on.
Where? Here?
This is it?
- Ow! Where are you coming from?
- From here, what about you?
For God's sake!
What's up?
Koman?
- Ouch!
- My brother, how are you?
- What are you doing?
- God!
Be gentle!
Hey, careful!
Musa, take it easy!
So you come empty-handed, huh?
You should have brought flowers or
a bottle of cologne or something.
Flowers? Cologne? Come on, Koman!
We brought you something you'll be
much more glad to have.
What could that possibly be?
Let's see!
You like it?
Of course I like it!
Put it up!
Where shall I put it up? There!
- How does it look?
- It looks nice.
Wonderful!
- Koman!
- Yes?
Is this where the bullet went in?
And exited where?
Well, I'll tell you where it
exited...
These are my friends from ayrba.
Lemi, Samet, Musa.
- Welcome, I'm Asya.
- Asya?
Peace be with you.
Hello, welcome.
Sorry.
Yes, sir.
Koman's fine.
What is this? Who's this?
What's up, for God's sake.
Leave me alone, don't get started
with me, I'm still injured.
Good on you, brother.
Hello! Attention, Attention!
Soundcheck, one, two, three.
Can you hear me? Do you hear me?
Get lost! Now!
Here you go, sir.
Esteemed mayor, dear friends.
Aren't we right by this
grandiose Black Sea?
So we are.
Can we benefit from its grandeur
when there is a fire?
No, we can't!
The mayor here heard
our cry for help...
...and donated a fire engine.
I was a teacher in Mardin for a year.
I learned as much as I taught.
People there help those in need.
I found out that the people there,
in the words of Rumi...
...are like rivers in terms of
generosity and help.
So I asked them for this fire engine
without any hesitation.
And my wonderful brother here gave us
hope, like a drop in the ocean.
May you be as great as water,
thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
Here you go, sir.
I'd like to thank my brother,
the mayor.
I am familiarwith the grandeur
of the Black Sea...
...and the enthusiasm of its people.
They resemble our people.
A bit of rain, a bit of sun,
a bit of mountain, a bit of sea...
...a bit of rebellion, a bit of sorrow.
That is, they are humans first,
we all are. We're all brothers.
The mayor has already said it.
Pir Sultan Abdal says, there is no
firewood lying around in heaven...
...so everybody takes
their own fire with them.
Our brotherhood is like a river...
...water that flows holds no soil.
May you also be as great as water.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
Come over here, please sir.
Good luck with it.
I've had it since Brkleyn.
It's OK.
You should have it.
When will you return?
I don't know.
- I'll leave now if you like.
- No, don't go.
- Do you like the movie "Selvi Boylum"?
- Very much so.
There is an Asya in the movie as well.
- My dad named me after her.
- Really?
There's this thing in the movie...
Love is...
...being able to say you
before I...
...thinking of the other
before oneself.
It is finding peace next to
each other.
It is being yourself...
...knowing you'll be loved
no matterwhat.
Serava.
Serava.
a firefighter without a fire engine.
Let's have the mayor fire him.
He destroyed the fire engine driving back
and forth to visit his mom.
Hey, look here, the council of elders is
coming, don't let them ruin our card game!
Lemi, what are you talking about so early in the
morning! Elders, card game... For God's sake!
Come on, deal the cards.
Cut the deck.
And people make fun of us,
calling us Black Sea guys.
Who manages to start a fire in the rain?
And then can't put it out either.
Can't put out a fire in the rain!
He just stands there looking,
but can't put it out.
He says he will, but he can't...
Lemi, just shut up, will you!
My God, the man just talks way too much!
Rain slows down things.
How so?
How so? It's harderwhen it's raining.
- Hey, Koman!
- What are you talking about, you blabbermouth?
Your movie's on, son, isn't this
"Selvi Yazmalm"?
Well, now Koman's heart is on fire.
Man, we're already dead tired,
we don't want to deal with you just now.
Go watch your movie, Koman.
You chicken, why are you scared?
And he's supposed to be a fire fighter, huh?
Good God...
You just sit there and flatten your asses.
The town is on fire and you are busy
playing cards. Shame on you!
And good sir Koman just sits there.
What is he supposed to do, Uncle Yaar,
the fire engine is broken, it's not working.
It's his ass that's broken!
He's watching the same movie
the entire day.
Trkan oray is the fire!
God forbid!
Get up, man!
- Make up your mind already!
- Come on.
Well, if there is no fire brigade,
then why are we paying him?
What does the municipality do?
Nothing.
The mayor won't fire Koman, a new
fire engine is on the way here anyway.
Who donated it? Who sent it?
Where is it from?
I can't say! But Koman is
supposed to go get it.
Must be either from Trabzon or
Akaabat, where else can it be from?
Nope!
Arakli, Arsin, Beikdz, aykara,
Srmene, alpazar, Tonya, Vakfkebir...
...Yomra, arba, Hayrat,
Dernekpazar, Dzky, Kprba?
- Nope.
- Of then!
- No, it's not Of!
- So where is it from, you fool!
Buy me a diet coke and I'll tell you.
Fk off!
- Is it from Rize?
- I won't go get it if it is from Rize!
- Like hell you won't!
- Well, I just won't!
What if the mayor gives you
two days off...
- I said I won't go!
- What if he tells you to go get it from Rize...
...and stop on the way home in Artvin.
You can visit your mother...
Leave my mother alone!
I said I won't go!
I'll go to Athens, but I won't go there!
Veysel, give me a diet coke.
- And a glass too!
- How about a wine glass! Drink up already!
Diyarbakr!
Come again!?
Trabzon? Neither Karaz nor Mermer
has a fire engine...
...and we give one to Trabzon?
For God's sake, brother Sait,
this is the epitome of populism.
Well, Sait, my friend we can't act like
everybody else.
It's in our nature to help someone in need.
Please, sir, what nature? You're only
concerned about media exposure.
Sir, why don't they ask for a fire truck
from Trabzon or Rize, but us?
Friends, sometimes it is more meaningful
to put out the fire that is farther away.
It is more important to look at the
big picture, brother Sait.
The big picture, you understand?
There's definitely something in it for him...
...or why else would he be interested?
Donating a fire engine to Trabzon...
Look at it from multiple dimensions, Muharrem,
multiple dimensions!
Come on, brother Muharrem, just sign it
and pass it down here.
There is no way I'll sign it.
Why are we putting out someone else's fire
when we have a fire of our own burning?
Brother Muharrem, as the mayor says,
you should look at the big picture!
Make it a 3D picture, if you want to,
but in the end you'll agree with me.
You're all cross-eyed and bamboozled!
I swear I'll have this decision
annulled by Friday.
It's easy to pass a resolution with
the council half-empty.
The others will be here in two days.
Forget this donation,
the truck goes nowhere!
- How are you not going? You just will.
- I'm not going, buddy!
- You will.
- No, I won't!
- Of course you will.
- I won't!
- You will, brother.
- I'm not going, buddy!
Of course you will. Who's that?
Who's calling?
Sir, it's the mayor...
Tell him I'm not going.
- Of course, sir.
- You'll go, you will...
All right, sir, in the town hall in 20 minutes.
- OK, sir.
- You'll go, Koman, you will, brother!
There's nothing to it, you'll go.
From here you go to Trabzon...
...and from there you go
down to Gmhane.
Erzincan, Tunceli, Elaz, and before you
know it you arrive in Diyarbakr!
- You will go, and that's final!
- But, sir...
No but! I'm worn out trying to find
a fire engine.
- Lf I had money, I'd go buy one.
- Lf it were some other place!
What does it say in your contract?
It says you're employed as a fire engine driver.
That's correct.
Well? Do we have a fire engine?
What shall we do now?
Sir, why does it have to be Diyarbakr?!
Wasn't the house that burned down today
the house of a relative of yours?
How much longer can you put out fire
with buckets?
But, sir, people will...
Well, a few impertinent guys here
talk nonsense!
But, sir, how can we get a fire engine
from the people who set us on fire...
Here is your ticket to Diyarbakr, and here is
your job contract. Take your pick and get out!
Either to Diyarbakr, or to Artvin,
home to your mother.
- But, sir, this here isn't my contract!
- Just figure of speech, son!
Will it say Diyarbakr on the truck?
We'll remove that and write ayrba.
And we'll replace 2 with 6 on the plates,
and there you have 61!
Well, can't we search a little more? Let's look
elsewhere. I'll even go to Rize!
Well, son, you'll get on the bus,
go to the town hall there.
You'll pick up the papers, get on
the truck and bring it back.
I'll do you a favor and give you
two days off.
Go to Artvin. Go visit your
mother there and then return.
Didn't you complain that your mother
has never seen you on a fire engine?
Sir, can I see that?
Be my guest.
So this is it?
Yes, that's it. And that in your hand is
your ticket to Diyarbakr.
Hey. Think of it as a vacation.
You'll go and come back.
Give my best to your mother.
Bring herwith you, what do you say?
- What are you saying?
- Why, we'd see her as well...
Look here it is!
Come on now!
Alright, brother!
Come here brother!
Take care now!
Koman! Bring back some pimaniye candy!
- What's pimaniye got to do with Diyarbakr?
- There is none there?
- Say a prayer!
- Will do.
Koman! For you, everywhere is Trabzon!
For God's sake!
Go slow!
Bye bye!
What?
- What are you saying, uncle?
- What's the time, boy?
It's...
...eight o'clock, uncle.
- Thank you, boy.
Brother, I want to go to the town hall.
Which bus should I take?
Sait, take this birdie, he's going to
the town hall, describe him the way!
What birdie are you talking about?
- Two tickets to Dakap
- What?
Two tickets to Dakap.
Brother, this is for two tickets to Ofis.
Sait, he looks like he'll pocket the money!
Why are you staring at the money,
stupid, just give it here!
What are you saying?
- Where are you from?
- What?
You don't even understand Turkish, daddy.
Where do you come from?
- I'm from Trabzon.
- And where are you headed?
I'm here to fetch a fire engine
that your mayor donated.
How so?
Come on, don't pull my leg.
RT doesn't give you one?
What? What is RT?
The state!
Well, Diyarbakr did,
and I'll take it to Trabzon!
Son, if you want to drink, then drink; if not,
I'll give it to that uncle over there...
Well, so be it then.
Welcome, sereva.
What on earth is this? They start detaining
people so early in the morning.
You, guy from Trabzon, don't tell them
you're here for the fire engine...
...or you'll be in trouble!
- What do I say then?
Say you're here to get some workers
for harvesting hazelnuts.
Wait here!
Good morning, papers, please!
Good morning?
What's up this time, so early...
What are you saying?
Get off the bus! Take him away.
Sir, I'm from the Black Sea!
And why are you here?
To get some workers for the hazelnut harvest.
Alright, here.
Move it!
Here you go, brother, enjoy!
- Peace be upon you.
- You, too.
- Is there somewhere where I can have breakfast?
- Here you go!
- What's this?
- Can't you see? We're having breakfast.
- What's this?
- Liver!
No, thanks, brother. Good God, how can you
eat this so early in the morning!?
Hello?
Yes. I have arrived.
Mister Selim, right?
I was waiting for you.
What, where I am?
Kids, come over here!
- Yes, brother, what is it?
- Tell the uncle where I am.
Hello, us? We're at...
No, down here. The town hall?
Alright, we'll be there in 10 minutes.
- So, what happened, what did he say?
- He told us to go to Dakap.
Dakap...
Is that where it says Trabzon?
Trabzon?
- Brother, you're a firefighter?
- Yep, I am.
That's a superduper job!
- What's your name, brother?
- Koman.
Koman? It's obvious you haven't done
much running?
- And why is that?
- Look at that belly of yours!
- What are you saying! And what's your name?
- I am Sinan, and this is Kerim.
Wait.
Hello?
Mister Selim!
- What? Hey, kids, where are we?
- Give it to me!
Hello? We're walking towards the square.
What?
OK, I see you. Alright!
I say it's a superduper job,
but nobody listens to me!
- Thank you!
- You're welcome!
Bye!
Welcome, Mister Koman!
- Thank you, Mister Selim, how are you?
- Fine, thanks, and you?
I'm sorry. You arrived earlier than we thought,
we would have picked you up from the station.
No problem, I took a short walk
around town in the meantime...
Come on, the mayor's expecting you!
There's no need for the mayor.
I'll just take the truck and...
...be on my way. They are waiting
for me back home!
No way, isn't this home, too?
You are our guest, please.
I'll take the bag, thanks.
Come in!
- Oho, Mister Koman, welcome!
- Hello, sir!
- Come on in!
- How are you?
- Fine, thanks, how was your trip?
- No problems on the way, thank God.
Come on, sit down!
What would you like to drink?
Thank you, sir, nothing for me.
I already...
You want to take the truck and leave immediately,
so I'm told, but that's not possible.
The papers are not ready yet, but they
will be done by tomorrow, hopefully.
Oh... If it were today...
What's the hurry, Mister Koman?
How are things back home,
how is your mayor? Fine, I hope?
He's very well, he sends his regards.
Thank you! Give the papers to Mister Selim,
he'll get things on theirway.
We have the wedding of one of our staff members
today, you could say a relative of mine.
We won't send you off before you've seen
a Diyarbakr wedding.
- You are our guest.
- Uhm, there are many fires back home...
Come on now!
Serevan, serevan!
- What is this "serava," Mister Selim?
- Will do!
- A very proper wedding, huh!
- What?
I mean, it's beautiful!
Like Paris.
- You've been to Paris?
- No. Have you?
Yep, during the holidays, with a tour.
By plane?
You just wait here a second,
I'll check on the mayor and be back.
Mister Koman, Mister Koman!
Come here!
Sh...
What are you doing, buddy?
What are you saying?
What the hell?
What the!?
Ksecan, ksecan! Ksecan, tell your rams,
he is our guest, if you will, sereva.
Sereva, sereva!
Our friend here is respectable
and doesn't know this play of ours!
The fine is on my head.
He will thank you for letting him go.
Sereva, sereva!
Come on, brother!
You're Mister Koman,
here for the fire engine, right?
- Welcome, my name is Asya.
- Asya?
Nice to meet you.
- The sticks probably hit your hands?
- Sticks?
- Shall we have them checked out?
- No, no need.
Are you a nurse?
No, I work at the fire station here.
As a secretary?
Something like that.
You looked a little scared,
but actually they are...
No, no, I'm used to such things,
we have many of those around back home.
Is that so? There are not many left
around here.
They are not real, they're only actors.
Ohh!
Well, Mister Koman,
I see you've already met Asya.
This is my wife, Hasret.
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you too.
Mister Koman, the mayor is waiting for you.
There's an empty chair next to his,
if you like, sit over there.
I'm fine here.
The mayor is waiting for you, Mister Koman,
please go ahead.
- Selim?
- Yes?
Tell the mayor I want to go.
I don't get you, you want to go
on that truck with a total stranger.
He's not a total stranger,
we know where he's from.
Anyway, he's a harmless clown,
you've seen him.
Sister, why don't you get it,
I have to take the box myself.
After all, the girl left it to me.
You still haven't looked
inside, have you?
No.
You just wait and see!
If there's a checkpoint on the way...
...they won't let you through without looking.
Rodi is your brother, too.
Asya, don't get me involved.
Selim, you decide, all her antics are
because of you anyway.
Selim, please, let me go on the truck.
Fine, then take your sister with you!
Are you serious?
- What will the mayor say?
- You'll convince the mayor.
OK, fine, call Asya and I'll tell her.
But she'll take the bus, OK?
She insists on going on the truck.
Why?
- She has the safekeep with her.
- What safekeep?
That box, sir.
Ah, that issue about the box. That Asya is such
a difficult one, nothing's going to happen.
- Well, OK, if you say so.
- Alright, sir.
Mister Koman, could you strike a pose
with the fire engine?
Sir, could you give him a little hug?
Everyday there occur fires in
our country and our city...
...and, as you know, there are times when
resources are insufficient to fight these fires.
But we all know that for the past 30 years
a fire has been burning in our country...
...and this fire has wasted many resources.
Girl, I'm telling you, don't go, you'll talk
to him about it when he comes here.
Sister, he hasn't come home
for two years to forget about her.
Well, you know better, just don't get me
involved. You'll have to talk to mother.
I swear, Rodi will be very sad.
At least don't give him the locked box.
We don't know what the girl put inside.
I gave my word not to open it.
I think he should see everything.
Otherwise he won't come to his senses.
Asya, you don't listen to anyone!
Just like dad.
OK then.
Have you ever seen such a firefighter?
Look at the guy!
In this sense I find it very significant
that this engine is...
...being donated to Trabzon,
in regard to our fraternity.
Go with God, brother,
in the name of fraternity!
Thank you, sir.
Asya, sister, what do you say about this?
Brother Mihram, I have nothing to say.
Be careful, don't let that guy do
any funny business to you.
- Do you have any precautions with you?
- Yes, thanks.
Well, Lice doesn't have a fire truck.
Let's not do this.
Let's just give this truck to Lice.
- Lice does have a fire engine.
- It does?
Thanks.
Brother can I come with you?
Mister Koman, would you like to
say something?
Well, thank you very very much.
I'd like to thank our mayor here.
I mean, it's a beautiful truck.
Not even Trabzon has such a beautiful one.
God bless!
- Hope you put it to good use.
- Thank you, sir.
Stay safe!
I have to sign the papers, there are
transfer procedures to do in Trabzon.
If you want, I'll get out.
No way! Of course not!
OK, then, let's go!
Did you arrange the return ticket,
are the truck's papers in order?
Everything's fine, sir...
...I even put water in the tank.
Water? They're going to the seaside, you idiot.
There isn't a single reasonable person here!
Here we go then!
Mister Koman, in what kind of state
were you last night?
What happened?
Serava serava serava!
I was so scared last night!
What were those things around me?
- Kse.
- Right, kse, they'll get their punishment eventually.
And everyone was talking,
but I couldn't understand a single thing.
It's the accent of course.
How so? An accent?
You're right. Truck is the same
in all languages...
...fire's the same, firefighter is the same...
Miss Asya, our mayor
insisted very much on this...
...otherwise we have
many trucks there.
I bet.
Miss Asya, do you smoke?
I mean, do women here smoke?
Put on some pants and all of a sudden
you're a man, right?
- Go ahead, smoke.
- You did make an innuendo there, but...
Miss Asya, shall we pull over and check
the truck to see if there's something wrong.
Go ahead, drive on,
it's just a greeting.
- Greeting to whom?
- You, me, the truck...
- Why?
- It looks familiar to them.
- Shall I take your picture?
- No, no, not here, not here!
Why not? The journalists took many pictures,
and you didn't say anything.
Tomorrow they will be all
over the newspapers.
These papers, they won't be sold
in Trabzon and Artvin, will they?
I don't know.
Miss Asya, are you from Diyarbakr?
Yes, from Lice.
You?
I'm originally from Artvin,
but I live in ayrba, Trabzon.
Tell you what, Miss Asya...
...now that we're here,
shall we pay a visit to your village?
Lice is not a village.
And nobody here can go to their village
anymore. Nobody is left there.
Everything is burned down.
So there was no fire engine
in your village, either?
Oh my, I love this voice!
- You like Ahmet Kaya?
- Well, who doesn't?
Miss Asya, shall I turn up
the volume a little?
- Please go ahead.
- Shall I?
Yes, please.
Lion, lion. Marble to Lion?
Lion is on standby, marble,
lion on standby.
A suspicious fire engine is
approaching you.
It says Diyarbakr Municipality
on the side. FYI...
OK, marble, got it.
Hello? Lemi, what are you up to,
brother?
Fine, fine, I'm alive.
What started?
Oh "Selvi Boylum"...
Never mind that movie now.
I'm hanging up now.
No, it can't be tomorrow,
I'll stop by in Artvin...
...at my mother's! OK then.
Where did you say your mother lives,
Koman?
- In Artvin.
- Isn't that out of ourway?
It's been a long time since
I visited my mother.
And the mayor gave me time off
to visit her.
She has never seen me
on a fire engine.
She'll be very happy.
If you don't mind?
I don't.
How long will that delay us?
Well, about 12-13 minutes.
- Is it beautiful there?
- You have never seen the place?
Never.
It's very beautiful, the greenery,
the mountains, the caves...
It's paradise!
- You love mountains and caves?
- Yes I do!
There's this al Cave there,
the entrance is as tall as three men.
I was the first to explore the insides.
It's paradise!
There's a cave right ahead.
Shall we have a look?
What cave is that?
Brkleyn.
- What leyn?
- Brkleyn, Brkleyn.
- Is that English?
- It's Kurdish!
Once upon a time Alexander the Great
came there.
He stayed in that cave for a long time
when he couldn't cross the mountains.
- Alexander?
- Yep, Alexander.
Well, the al Cave is so huge
you can fit a restaurant in it!
What have you got there behind
the shade, your wife and kids?
You know that?
Yes.
My fatherwas a fan.
- Oh, we're passing it!
- What?
- Pull up on the right!
- Stop, don't panic.
Safety first, wait.
Come on!
- Will we climb up here?
- Yep.
Can we not climb this mountain!?
You never know what's coming up next.
Come on now, don't be afraid!
Come here!
Be careful!
But I can't!
Come on!
My God!
You people know quite well
how to climb!
You can say that, but we know better
how to go downhill.
That's not what I meant!
St!
What?
What on earth is this?
How high do you think it is?
Come over here, Mister Koman!
Wait, Miss Asya!
What sort of a cave is this?
Wait, Miss Asya!
Asya!
What do you think you're doing?!
- Isn't it lovely?
- Yep.
Here's where Alexander the Great
kept his men.
They couldn't cross those mountains there.
The cave ends after 15 km.
- 15 km?
- Yep.
We have a long way to go, Miss Asya,
shall we get going?
You are scared.
OK, let's go.
Scared? Me?
Asya, what is happening?
- What is this?
- Stay calm, Koman.
- Asya, what's happening? Are they terrorists?
- Soldiers.
The suspects have taken shelter
and are on the defensive, sir!
Put your hands over your head
and come down!
If they are soldiers, why don't we come out!
Hey, son, why are you firing?
Put the safety on and your weapon down.
- Make the announcement.
- Raise your hands and surrender.
Trust the Turkish Army,
benefit from the repentance law...
...and return safely to your wife and kids.
What repentance, what kids?
Asya, what's he saying?
If they ask about the box in the trunk,
say you don't know anything, OK?!
Asya? Asya, what's in the box?
- I'll count to three. One...
- One?
- Two...
- What did you do?
- Three...
- Red, Koman, red.
Red, sir, just a second!
Red, huh? So you want to fight?
Your call...
Soldiers! Take aim!
Shall I also take aim, sir?
No, not you. Put the safety on.
Go behind the truck before you shoot
one of us... Go!
White, sir, it's white.
I got it mixed up!
Raise your hands and come down!
Come on, come over here!
Throw the bag on the ground!
Hands on the truck.
Alright, soldiers, alright.
Turn around.
What are you doing here?
Nothing, we're just going our way.
We just took some pictures.
Where to?
To Trabzon, God willing, sir.
Give me your IDs.
Mine's in the bag.
Where are you coming from?
We just took a look at the cave up
there, we walked around there.
So you were on a mission to explore it?
Of course not, sir.
It's Alexander's cave,
he hid his men there.
- Alexander? Whose code name is Alexander?
- Miss Asya knows.
Alexander the Great,
the emperor of Macedonia.
The emperor of Macedonia?
Oh, that Alexander.
- And you are the manager of the fire department?
- No, sir, she's a sort of secretary.
I'm the assistant manager.
Koman, so what's the deal?
Well, sir, the Diyarbakr Municipality donated
this fire engine...
...to the municiplaity of ayrba
in Trabzon.
I am the fire engine driver,
so I came to fetch it.
We're on our way back,
with Miss Asya here.
She has to sign some papers.
Has to sign papers.
How do I know that, Koman?
Why didn't you ask for a fire engine
from Rize?
It's not like they offered one
and we didn't take it.
They didn't?
We asked so many different municipalities,
but they didn't give us one!
- How can they not?
- Well, they just didn't.
Sir, there is a box here!
What is this box, Koman?
Asya?
- Yoghurt and cheese.
- Open it up, soldier.
Yoghurt? Really?
We put it on the wounds of
burn victims.
You are totally nuts. Take your papers,
Koman, and off you go.
Sir, the truck is clear, sir!
Get down, now.
Soldiers, on your vehicles!
Mam, please.
- Have a safe trip.
- Thank you, sir.
They kept us waiting for nothing.
What were they looking for anyway?
And how can you not know
who Alexander is?
How should I know?
You kept on saying Alexander, and I thought it
was a restaurant selling kebab la Alexander.
And is that why you were talking about
a restaurant in that cave of yours?
Yeah.
You made me put a restaurant
in that cave, huh!
Rodi.
Rodi, my dear, how are you?
I'm on my way, honey.
Tonight?
I don't know.
Will we arrive there tonight?
- No, tomorrow.
- Tomorrow?
I'll tell you.
Tomorrow Rodi, tomorrow.
I miss you, too.
OK, Rodi, OK. Kisses.
Do you have a loved one
close to my hometown?
Yep, someone very close to my heart.
Rodi.
Is Rodi a foreigner?
Nope, it means wise.
Male or female?
Male.
Koman is a strange name, too,
is it foreign?
- Yep, it is.
- Really?
Well, as the story goes, there was a Greek
priest in my hometown. He was well-liked.
He did good to many,
even attended the mosque.
- The mosque?
- Yep, he would close his shop...
...I mean, his church
and go to the mosque.
He did good to many people.
And so there are many named after him.
What on earth is this?
Hey, stop!
What are you doing here?
We're waiting for the bus home.
Come on, we'll drop you off.
Alright.
Oh, look at those eyelashes.
What are your names?
My name is Musa, this is Delil,
and this is Zelal.
Delil has diarrhea and because of that
we missed the bus.
Are you OK now?
Give me some water.
Brother, I know Turkish,
but they don't know it yet.
What? Don't they go to school?
They do, but they're only in
first grade.
Well, isn't Turkish spoken
in first grade?
In first grade, we have
stare-at-the-teacher class.
Come again?
Stare-at-the-teacher. We don't
understand anything, we just stare.
- Where are you from, brother?
- From Trabzon.
And you, auntie?
From Diyarbakr, dear. I'm going
to Trabzon to take care of something.
What's your village called?
Gola qulinga.
Is it far?
5 km. Oh, here we are already.
We'll get off by the sign.
- Is it far off the road?
- About 2-3 km.
We'll turn from there, Koman.
My God, I'll turn, but please, please speak
normally, I don't understand a single thing.
Well, Delil is sick,
we'll go to their village.
Come on, come here.
Hey, slowly! Hop!
Koman, you wait here,
I'll drop off the kids.
It's OK, Auntie Asya,
we'll go by ourselves.
Stop it with your "auntie" shmauntie...
Auntie?
What's going on?
What's this now?
Oh, this is floating!
But where to, God, how!
What's happening now?
For God's sake, what's happening,
don't move...
Please God, help me! Asya!
Koman! What happened to you?
- I have no idea.
- Why are you afraid, jump already!
- Well, there's water!
- So what?
- Well, what if I fall?
- You'll swim and climb out.
It's probably ice cold!
In the summer heat!
Hey, don't you know how to swim?
What kind of a Black Sea man are you?
Well, there's all sorts of people!
You're a firefighter, your job is all about
water, and you're afraid of it. Come here!
- I'm scared, stop!
- Come on, jump!
- Hold on!
- OK.
- Come on!
- Jump!
This is a nice picture of you.
I told you not to take pictures!
What is this "no pictures"?
- Shall I erase this one, too?
- No no, hey, keep that one.
- St!
- What happened?
Hey, we're in luck! Can't you see
there's a fire? Great!
How can you be happy
that there's a fire?
Turn that on. Come on,
where is it?
Turn it on! Hey, turn it on!
Hey, wait, wait, wait.
Take this, too,
loosen the straps.
Put it on.
OK, I'll tie it!
- Quick, run, run!
- What's the matter?
You are godsend.
My baby's inside. He's burning.
- What, your baby?
- Quick, be quick!
Koman, be careful!
My son, my dear son.
Oh, my darling boy.
Auntie, do you have
any other babies?
No, no, thank you so much, son.
May God bless you.
Oh, the hose, the hose!
Well, I'm off!
The pressure is high, the manual says
two people should hold it!
Not in my book!
Turn it on when I say so!
Let go, let it loose!
Open it!
Shall I come?
Yes, yes!
It would have been better if we hadn't
happened on this fire, it's already nighttime.
Your eyes really lit up when you saw the fire.
You were over the moon.
- Good Evening.
- Good Evening.
Papers?
- Get down.
- What?
I said, get down.
Are you the driver of this fire engine?
Yes, sir.
Check his info, ask on the radio.
The council has donated a fire truck
belonging to the municipality of Diyarbakr...
...to Trabzon, ayrba.
The fire department assistant manager...
Asya Demirsoy has been appointed
as the deputy...
- What's in this?
- Nothing, sir.
How come? Not even water?
- Well, there's only little left, sir.
- There's only little left, sir.
How do I know you're not a terrorist
dressed up as a Black Sea man?
What?
Sir, you have my ID.
It says my birth place is Artvin,
and I live in Trabzon.
Get me Hsni!
Yes, sir! Sergeant Hsni!
Sir, yes, sir!
Hsni, see if this guy is from Trabzon.
Sir, yes, sir!
- Where shall I look, sir?
- What do you mean, where?
Talk to him and see whether
he talks like someone from Trabzon.
Well, OK then.
Buddy, where are you staying?
In ayrba.
You know the imam of Rize?
I do, of course, but you don't have to be
from Trabzon to know him!
Well said, buddy, you don't have to be
from Trabzon to know him.
Sir, this man is not from Trabzon.
He is definitely trained,
he is imitating to be from Trabzon.
His accent is off, and he doesn't
look like one of us.
And who are you?
- OK, Hsni, you may go.
- Sir, yes, sir!
Well, good sir Koman?
What does it matter, sir?
From Trabzon, Diyarbakr, Van,
what does it matter?
Well, so says Atatrk.
Diyarbakr, Erzurum, stanbul...
Just a second, Koman!
What does it matter?
Well done, good on you,
you're a hard nut to crack, huh?!
If we're guilty of something,
then do your job!
Asya, what are you saying?
You're a firefighter, and you fan the fire!
Just let it go!
Everyone's onto us, what did we do?
Do you have a search warrant?
Yes, mam, we do.
We didn't stop you just for fun.
The warrant arrived just before
you did, that's why we stopped you.
We don't like to make citizens wait.
For instance, Koman is finished,
we have his info, he may go.
What, go where?
You go, the lady will be our guest
for a little while longer.
Why is that?
We don't have her info yet,
I can't let her go unless we have that.
Well, sir, Miss Asya and I
are travelling together.
The computer is broken,
no news from Diyarbakr.
OK then, I'll wait, too.
Fine by me.
Totally fine by me.
- Asya, I'll go talk to them!
- Never mind, he's got it in for us!
Well, I'll just go have a talk.
Don't pull any Alexander number!
Sir?
What did you tell him?
How come you convinced them?
I just did.
What did you show them?
What's in that box of yours?
We may arrive very early in the morning,
you should sleep.
I'm not tired.
My mother is cranky and she's a fast talker,
you may have a hard time.
What do you mean?
Well, she's cranky and stubborn,
it gets all confused.
What gets confused?
Her speech. I said she was cranky.
You may not get along.
Don't worry, we'll get along fine.
Alright then.
Come on.
She's a light sleeper,
let's keep it down, shall we?
You sleep here, but wait, wait.
Take these.
- Good night now.
- Good night.
- Sleep tight.
- You too.
- Hey!
- Oh, mom!
- Koman, welcome.
- Thank you, how are you?
I'm fine, who's that with you?
- Who's she?
- A guest.
- A guest... Who?
- Go to bed now, we'll talk in the morning.
What's up?
Mother, you and your ancient
traditions.
Koman, I'm sorry,
I was taken by surprise!
I'm not waking her up, you know.
I'm welcoming the bride,
exorcising demons.
What bride!
Stop it, you'll sing later.
She's the fire department manager.
She got very tired on the road.
- Mother, let's go so she can sleep!
- It's OK, I'm up.
Welcome, my girl.
- What did she say, Koman?
- She says, welcome.
Thank you, mom.
Breakfast is ready, come on now!
Asya, forgive her, my mother is cranky
and our accent is...
Let's get dressed and have breakfast, huh?
- Koman!
- Yes?
Who is this?
He's my enol, Captain enol.
Come on, the tea is getting cold.
etilla, let's go!
Koman, now I get why you don't like
to have your picture taken.
And why is that?
Well, you live inside a beautiful
photograph here, why take one?
Well, you said something nice this time,
but again I didn't get it!
Your son has finally brought
the fire truck.
And he also brought along a bride?
She is very beautiful, god bless her!
Then I am expecting everyone tonight
to welcome the bride.
Mom, now is not a good time for this.
Ok ok, we'll be there.
- What are they saying, Koman?
- They love the fire engine...
We'll have the bride's welcome tonight.
What bride, mom?
She's the fire department manager.
Bride? There's a wedding tonight?
I'd like to attend it
since we won't be on time anyway.
Asya, why don't you wait,
for God's sake!
See, the black beauty also wants it.
Can't a manager be a bride?
My idiot son, she wants to marry,
and he objects.
Of course, no bride without a wedding.
I'll let the people in the village know.
You love her and yet
you say she's no bride.
OK, but Asya...
Your mother's a little angry
I guess?
Well, I told you she's cranky.
We'll stay the night here,
the neighbors will come to say hi.
And we'll get to see the wedding
as well.
Will we make it to Rize
before noon tomorrow?
Yep.
- Koman?
- Yes?
- 11-12 minutes again?
- Yeah, 11-12 minutes.
Oh, God bless, Koman's fire engine is so nice.
Did you just buy it?
No, mom, this belonged to Asya's people.
They donated it to us.
Dowry, huh? Her dad is rich?
Of course not, mom, what do you mean, dowry?
The municipality, I'm telling you!
Thank you, girl, thank you.
You're welcome, mom,
put it to good use.
Well, in fact, I wish it won't
have to be used at all...
Come on, let's go for a ride!
Thank God for this day,
I get to see my son on a fire truck.
Come on, Asya, hop on.
Aren't you tired of it, Koman?
We've been in it for two days.
Let's walk a little.
Let everyone see Koman
on the fire engine!
OK, let him drive so that everyone
can see. I'll walk.
Looks like the black beauty has already
wrapped him around her little finger!
And this here is the house of
Uncle Murat.
He has cherry trees.
How many cherries did we pick there
as kids!
Oh my! Sla, you've become a big girl!
How's your dad, is he OK?
- Fine...
- Fine... Come on!
Auntie Gnnaz, how are you?
Thank you, son, welcome home.
And you? How are you?
- Fine, thank God. Asya.
- God bless.
- Well, welcome, girl.
- It's a pleasure. Thanks.
- Alright, see you later.
- OK, bye.
Asya, please forgive my mom.
That's how old people are,
they get carried away easily.
It's because they are bored.
They made you sad.
Your people know Georgian?
Well, old people speak Georgian,
like an accent.
Yeah, right, like an accent.
- I like your mother a lot.
- Yeah?
And your village is lovely.
One can live here comfortably, right?
My Rodi! Darling, where are you?
The overpass at the city entrance?
Where?
enol Smbl Overpass.
Wait a second, Rodi.
Koman, do you know the
enol Smbl Overpass?
Asya, let's not stop there.
Wait a second, Rodi.
Rodi...
...wait somewhere else, dear.
Do as I say.
What happened to your brother,
Koman?
Let's say he died...
...somewhere around your hometown.
Infantry Corporal
enol Smbl Overpass OVERPASS
Third Lieutenant
Ali hsan Seymen Overpass
Infantryman Miktat Beder Overpass
Second Lieutenant
Hasan Bak Overpass
My dear.
- I miss you so much.
- Look.
This is Meryem.
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you too.
This is my friend Koman, he's a firefighter.
This is Rodi, my brother.
And this is his friend Meryem.
- What? Rodi is your brother?
- Yep.
Let me give you a hug, brother!
- How are you?
- Fine, brother, what about yourself?
- Fine, thank God.
- Meryem dear, are you from around here?
I am, sister Asya, we live right by the
mosque in the city center over there.
- The mosque?
- Yes.
- What day is today?
- Friday.
I don't want to miss the prayer,
let's just get it over with.
OK, Meryem will show us around Rize.
- Alright.
- Fine then.
Asya, shall we meet in an hour?
- OK, we'll be walking around the city center.
- OK, fine.
Dear brothers in faith...
Sit down, please.
Brother, please sit down,
close the ranks, will you.
What was I saying?
- Can you print these photos?
- Of course.
Check this out, what's a fire engine
from Diyarbakr doing in Rize?
Could there be a bomb in it?
No idea, but why not?
Could be anything, a bomb or...
A bomb? There's a bomb!
There's a bomb in the truck!
Is this guy a lunatic or what!
Move away!
OK, brother, OK...
4136 to central, 4136 to central.
There's a suspicious truck
in the city center.
4136, the person's ID number, please.
- I said it's a truck, a fire engine.
- Does it have license plates?
Are the wires sticking out?
- Go away, be quick!
- Run, there's a bomb, run!
Move back! Come on!
A bomb, a bomb! There's a bomb
in the city center, quick, come on!
4136... There could be a jammer,
the radio is dead!
Now, what is the strongest basis of
prayer? Ablution!
But, don't trust its strength
too much...
...for it will be ruined by
a simple fart, God forbid.
We've arrived at the scene, sir.
It's disguised as a fire engine.
Son, who would disguise a bomb
as a fire engine?
But there's some leakage from the trunk.
Something like oil, sir.
Son, isn't there supposed to be
oil in truck engines?
Well, OK, OK, don't get too close
in case it's TNT.
Check the surrounding area
and follow anyone suspicious.
And, son, stay calm, we don't want
to look stupid if it's nothing.
Alright, sir.
Well, once upon a time...
...a hodja from Trabzon...
...was praying and reading the Qur'an
in the mosque garden.
Well, now... Suddenly the weather turns bad,
it rains and storms, it hails...
...everything that can pour pours
down, and the water rises.
The mosque, being on low ground
and all, is flooded.
The hodja climbs on the garden wall,
sits there waiting.
A fire engine arrives,
the firefighter says...
..."Come on, hodja, sir,
we'll take you."
"No, I'm not coming."
"Why?"
"I won't come,
God will save me"
So I swear.
So we swear!
He says, "I won't come,
you go ahead."
"Come on." "No, I won't." "Why?" He says,
"you go ahead, God will save me, so I swear."
So we swear!
Well, now, in the meantime
our hodja drowns and dies.
He goes to heaven.
Everyone's happy there,
except for him making a long face.
"What's wrong with you?"
"I want to see God."
The angels inform God
and God invites him to come.
He goes to see God and
apologizes and says...
..."I prayed day and night,
and did everything right."
And this is what I get?
And God says, well, I sent a firefighter...
...but you didn't come.
Then I sent another but
you didn't come.
Then another and you still didn't come.
What was I supposed to do?
Uncle? How many more stories will he
tell, I'm in dire straits here.
He'll go on and on,
don't mind him
Go the the garden in the back, open
the small door, you'll see the restroom there.
And the ablution?
There's a sink by the toilet,
you can do a quick one there.
Alright.
What I mean is this: Long story short,
don't depend on God for everything.
My God loves me, protects me, will do
me a favor... there's no such thing!
In short, consider it as 20 percent,
take it or leave it.
Out of order, out of order...
Well, I'm out of order myself!
Dear viewers, we have breaking news.
A major incident has occurred in Rize.
There is a bomb warning involving
a vehicle in the city center of Rize...
Selim! Call security,
call Rize.
I already did, it's ringing.
...details from our Rize correspondent,
Selami. Selami, what's the situation there?
Mirgn, the bomb squad will deactivate
the bomb on the truck.
What's he saying?
Where the hell is Koman? Call him!
They are planning to use
a remote detonator.
Sir, his phone is switched off.
Say, good old Dursun is tested
in afterlife.
Of course he flunks
and is thrown out of heaven.
Right then and there Cemal meets him
and says, "Dursun, what's up?"
Because he's next to be tested.
Dursun says, "Well, I failed."
Cemal says, "What was the question?"
"The pillars of Islam."
'You should have said 5."
"Well, if he doesn't accept 20,
how would he accept 5?"
Guys, what are you doing here?!
Well, what do you think we are doing
in the mosque?
Cemal, where have you been,
you were absent today.
Never mind that now, hodja,
everyone out of here.
There's a truck with a bomb outside. Everyone
is being evacuated. Run for your life!
- Don't panic!
- Run, hodja!
Don't panic. I said,
don't panic, people.
What's up?
Where is everybody?
They were here 5 minutes ago.
Good God, what's going on?
God, what are you doing here?
- He's hiding, taking position!
- What do I do now?
- Try to destroy the phone!
- Come on, give me some reception!
Mirgn, Rize is facing
a big catastrophe.
Isn't this the truck we sent?
Correct, sir!
Let's call them. His family has already
one son dead in the military.
- Hello?
- Let's shoot the suspect.
Hello, sir, sir!
Sir, I'm in Rize and in a difficult
situation. What should I do?
I won't be liable.
I don't want to get sued!
I was going to attend Friday prayer...
...now they have surrounded me,
they think I'm a terrorist!
Do you want to be blown up?
Wait a minute, sir, just wait.
White, white...
- He also has a bomb on him.
- White...
- White!
- White? Must be a codeword! Fire!
- Sir?
- Yes?
Sir, we got a call from Trabzon, sir.
The fire truck is a fire truck, sir.
How so?
I mean, it's real,
it's a gift from Diyarbakr.
- Sir?
- Let's hear what you have to say!
The suspect has been neutralized,
and there is also a wounded goat.
What?
The suspect is OK.
He is in the hospital.
I'm going to be transferred to
the hinterlands of Hakkari.
- What's Koman Smbl's room number?
- 406.
- Where's that?
- Come on.
Where? Here?
This is it?
- Ow! Where are you coming from?
- From here, what about you?
For God's sake!
What's up?
Koman?
- Ouch!
- My brother, how are you?
- What are you doing?
- God!
Be gentle!
Hey, careful!
Musa, take it easy!
So you come empty-handed, huh?
You should have brought flowers or
a bottle of cologne or something.
Flowers? Cologne? Come on, Koman!
We brought you something you'll be
much more glad to have.
What could that possibly be?
Let's see!
You like it?
Of course I like it!
Put it up!
Where shall I put it up? There!
- How does it look?
- It looks nice.
Wonderful!
- Koman!
- Yes?
Is this where the bullet went in?
And exited where?
Well, I'll tell you where it
exited...
These are my friends from ayrba.
Lemi, Samet, Musa.
- Welcome, I'm Asya.
- Asya?
Peace be with you.
Hello, welcome.
Sorry.
Yes, sir.
Koman's fine.
What is this? Who's this?
What's up, for God's sake.
Leave me alone, don't get started
with me, I'm still injured.
Good on you, brother.
Hello! Attention, Attention!
Soundcheck, one, two, three.
Can you hear me? Do you hear me?
Get lost! Now!
Here you go, sir.
Esteemed mayor, dear friends.
Aren't we right by this
grandiose Black Sea?
So we are.
Can we benefit from its grandeur
when there is a fire?
No, we can't!
The mayor here heard
our cry for help...
...and donated a fire engine.
I was a teacher in Mardin for a year.
I learned as much as I taught.
People there help those in need.
I found out that the people there,
in the words of Rumi...
...are like rivers in terms of
generosity and help.
So I asked them for this fire engine
without any hesitation.
And my wonderful brother here gave us
hope, like a drop in the ocean.
May you be as great as water,
thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
Here you go, sir.
I'd like to thank my brother,
the mayor.
I am familiarwith the grandeur
of the Black Sea...
...and the enthusiasm of its people.
They resemble our people.
A bit of rain, a bit of sun,
a bit of mountain, a bit of sea...
...a bit of rebellion, a bit of sorrow.
That is, they are humans first,
we all are. We're all brothers.
The mayor has already said it.
Pir Sultan Abdal says, there is no
firewood lying around in heaven...
...so everybody takes
their own fire with them.
Our brotherhood is like a river...
...water that flows holds no soil.
May you also be as great as water.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
Come over here, please sir.
Good luck with it.
I've had it since Brkleyn.
It's OK.
You should have it.
When will you return?
I don't know.
- I'll leave now if you like.
- No, don't go.
- Do you like the movie "Selvi Boylum"?
- Very much so.
There is an Asya in the movie as well.
- My dad named me after her.
- Really?
There's this thing in the movie...
Love is...
...being able to say you
before I...
...thinking of the other
before oneself.
It is finding peace next to
each other.
It is being yourself...
...knowing you'll be loved
no matterwhat.
Serava.
Serava.