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Lia, a retired teacher from Georgia, learns from her young neighbor, Achi, that her long-lost transgender niece, Tekla, has crossed the border into Turkey. In search of Tekla, Lia travels to Istanbul with the unpredictable Achi, where they explore the hidden depths of the city.
Hüsne Kaya lost her two children in the Sivas Massacre on July 2, 1993, and after these painful losses, a daughter named Menekşe was born. What happened in Sivas that day remains etched in the family's memory, and Menekşe grew up hearing stories about that painful day. Menekşe grows up and decides she wants to get to know her brother and sister, whom she never saw. Pursuing what happened that day, Menekşe begins her journey by reading the book by author Lütfiye Aydın, bringing together those who were at the Madımak Hotel that day and their relatives, allowing us to hear about the pain experienced firsthand. Directed by Soner Yalçın, Menekşe's story of search also includes real footage of what happened at the Madımak Hotel that day.
While we were wandering through the pages of our democracy history, we saw right-left fights and experienced revolutions. Blood was shed, scaffolds were set up, but they could never change the country's path. When we came to the 1980s, a person came out and shook the system to its roots and changed the world of people. According to some, this was a great revolution, according to others, it was the wear and tear of some values. Regardless, this person left his mark on a period of Turkey.
A political documentary about the period between 1980 and 1993 in Turkey.
