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My name is Gonca Kara.

We first met with Ebubekir
through mutual friends.

One might say
it was love at first sight.

We were thinking alike
and enjoyed the same things.

We thought we needn't
wait too long.

Forty days later,
we got married.

Ebubekir is a very good man.

He is loving, self-sacrificing,
understanding.

Gonca is a mother, above all.

A mother who would risk
anything for her children.

who would
die for them.

People usually say
such things,

but I have seen it in Gonca
with my own eyes.

Is there a gate
over there?

Yes, I'm walking
through it.

Take a photo of me. Let's take
a before-and-after picture.

They throw them here
from up above.

My name is Ebubekir Kara.
I am 37 years old, I'm Turkish

and I'm a follower of the Hizmet movement
or the Gulen movement, as they call it in Turkey.

I was accused of being
a leader of a terrorist organization.

My case is still ongoing.

-They've made a nest here.
-Roaches, right?

-They are getting into our place from here.
-Indeed.

Here is where we
should spray, you know.

If Mustafa were here,
he would call them filthy people.

-Exactly.
-Oh, my boy.

When we first came to the place we live now,
we opened the door and what do we see?

It was actually the first time
I really felt I was a refugee.

It was filthy
and bug-infested.

This is the third place
we've moved into in Athens.

I wake up in this house
and I think this cannot be my life.

If you'd ask what kind of a father
I was back in Turkey,

I always think that

when we were persecuted,
for three years,

I'd try and spend
time with them,

thinking that if I went to prison,
I would not get to see them grow.

We should call in
and report it.

I hope it stays up.

Hello,
good morning, dad.

Have you been ill?

Dad, can you hear me?
Hello?

Hello?

Can you hear me, father?

The signal's bad,
so I'm outside on the balcony.

We've moved to a new place
and trying to settle down.

We love moving.

It's the first time
I've wished I were there.

The tea is very hot.

Our first child
was born in 2011.

She was a very sweet baby.

We named her Gulsum,
which means moon face, bright face.

Mustafa was born in 2013,
18 months after Gulsum.

Of course, compared to Gulsum,
he was more lively.

But he wasn't
a naughty boy.

Look! The plant got dry.
Did I overwater?

Our third child, Ali Ihsan,
was born in 2017.

Gulsum and Mustafa were delighted
they were going to have a brother.

Have you dreamed
of them lately?

I'm still drinking my tea.

Go ahead.
I'm just clearing these away.

-Should we turn the lights on?
-I'm opening the blinds.

-Let's air the room.

Look, he is smiling.

-I wonder what he is dreaming about.
-Is he dreaming?

-Good morning!
-Ali Ihsan...

Good morning.
Shall I wake him up?

This light is dead.

Good morning.

Come here,
on my lap.

We spend as much time
as we can with him,

taking care of him

and trying to get
over the incident.

From now on, all our life's energy
is focused on him.

Have you forgotten?
This is our house now.

Ali Ihsan was little, but he spent
a lot of time with his older siblings.

At first, when he saw their photos,
he always asked about them.

He hasn't been
asking lately.

Here you go,
have some.

(In Greek) In our last class
we practised dialogues

about renting
a place.

Now let’s go over
the part about professions.

What job do you do now, Ersan?

He was... I was...
in Turkey

professor Geography.

Professor of Geography.
Great. Very well!

Now, I'm a realtor.

Realtor now.
Good.

What is your job now?

-I don't work now.
-In Turkey?

In Turkey I used
to be a doctor.

I am Ahmet Polat.

I am 35 years old.

I was a doctor,
back in Turkey.

I worked as
an emergency doctor

and when I was dismissed
I was doing that.

I'm planning to get prepared for exams
for diploma recognition.

If I pass, I will be able
to do my job in Greece.

I'm proud of people,
who were teachers

and now they are
construction workers,

they're working as laborers

I am proud of them.

Because life
is like that.

If you want to survive,
you should take care of the changes.

I am in a new country.

I'm learning
a new language.

I'm getting to know
a new community.

-Lambrini.
-Hey, Ahmet.

If you learn a language,
it is culture.

You can watch TV,
you can listen to the news,

you can support
a football team,

you know Olympiacos.

And then,

you can make friends,
you can make business.

Hello, Yanni.
How are you?

(In Greek)-How are you doing?
-I'm OK. How are you?

-How are you?
-Nice.

I called because today
is your name day.

Thank you very much,
thank you, Ahmet.

Many happy returns.

Cheers!

See you.
Bye-bye.

After learning
the language,

everything starts
becoming familiar to you.

Easy.

That's a good thing.

You feel at home.

Before you come to Greece,

you are obviously
a bit biased,

because of what we were
taught in history lessons.

I was afraid
of being rejected.

I thought that especially
when I'd say I was Turkish,

they would not want me.

(In Greek) I want to get some fabric
and rope for needlework.

Thread, not rope.

Fifty centimeters.

Embroidery is therapeutic.

It relaxes you.

This and this.

How much money?

I was trying to start
a new life here.

I was thinking maybe
I couldn't do such things anymore.

At the moment, we are staying
in a flat provided by the UNHCR.

A cash card with 340 euros per month
was issued to our family.

Our asylum interview
was set for 2022.

This is a bookstore, Ali Ihsan.

-There are many bookstores.
-Indeed.

We go on
with our lives,

but after we are granted asylum,
we will have to start a new life.

I started to think, is there any future
for us and our child here?

How can I find a job and how
can I go on with my life?

We haven't been able
to draw up a plan yet.

I couldn't find it.

Over there! Get on the chair
and look. It's there.

Before 2016, we had an ordinary life
like normal people.

We were not afraid
to go out in the street.

On July 15,
I was with my in-laws.

We had gone to a relative's
wedding together.

People around us suddenly started
checking their phones.

They said that there were soldiers
on the Bosporus bridge

and that there was an attempted coup.

My father-in-law got worried

and said, let's go home.

The saddest part was that,
without a clear explanation,

without any evidence,

it got associated
with the Gulen movement.

Official statements
were broadcasted on TV.

There was a rhetoric
provoking people.

[Recep Tayyip Erdogan]:
This coup was masterminded

and encouraged
by the parallel state.

I urge the Turkish people
to take to the streets.

We will do what is necessary.
No fear!

They started burning
the institutions we were working for.

The only thing I remember
about that day was my fear

and thinking what the future
had in store for us.

After July 15, our friends
started getting arrested,

so we decided to go hide.

We heard that the police raided
our families' homes,

looking for both of us,
Ebubekir and myself.

How could this happen?

This month no money
was deposited into our cash card.

Is there anything
you can do?

Everyone else got theirs as per usual,
but there is no money in our account.

Yes, OK. I will send
a message on Viber.

After the coup attempt,
four or five months later,

we were going on
with our lives.

One day, I came back from work
and said, let's get ready and go to dinner.

We were just coming out the door,
when police came.

When I saw the police,
I knew.

It happened to everybody
in the community, at the time.

They said they had come for my wife,
they had come for Nurdan.

They searched the house and took
the hard disks to find evidence.

Any bonds with
the Gulen movement

was proof of terrorism
for them.

Did you have a bank
account in Bank Asya?

Were you a subscriber
to Zaman newspaper?

And then,
they took her.

The next six months
was the hardest part of my life.

I was visiting her
once a week,

behind a glass.

The judge released her to collect
more evidence about her.

PHYSIOLOGY
QUESTIONS

After one month,
we decided to leave Turkey

because there was nothing
to wait for in that country.

We found some smugglers

in order to cross
over to Greece.

We paid them around
5,000 euros.

We started the journey.

The unknown journey.
We didn't know

what was going to happen,
where we were going to go.

We just crossed
the border to freedom.

I didn't have any
thoughts about Greece.

I didn't plan to stay
here, at first.

But that night,
after we passed the border,

I felt I belong here.

-Should I turn it on now?
-No, wait!

I want to secure it first,
so that it won't fall on our heads.

It's really nice.

After we came here, a relative
called to pay condolences.

"I'm so sorry about your kids,

but at least they didn't get
to eat Greek bread."

I was shocked to hear this.

Because I was living here,
I was eating Greek bread,

I was stepping on Greek soil
and drinking their water.

Which way do you want me
to toss you?

Up there!

How am I supposed to do it?

I'm not tall enough.
Your father is tall.

Come here.

Ready? Let's get
under the covers.

Once upon a time,
there was little Ali Ihsan.

Ali Ihsan had a beautiful older sister.
Her name was Gulsum.

For some people, the Gulen
movement is a religious cult

that wanted to infiltrate
and dominate Turkish society.

For us, it's a just
way of living.

It's about being a total Muslim,

but not apart from real life.

In Greek, some letters are
very difficult to pronounce.

Delta, theta.

These letters are used in math,
so I'm a bit familiar.

In Greek there is
also a stress mark

to show where
the word is stressed.

Right.
A tonos.

If you misplace the tonos,
they don't understand the word.

We are now around
1,000 families in Athens.

The main idea was

about learning Greek.

So we rented a place
to start Greek lessons.

You pay at the end
of the month, OK?

Can you introduce yourself?
Make simple sentences?

How much does one kilo cost?

It all came with time.

We hadn't planned
the other things.

A pedagog wanted to help
the kids using play therapy.

And then an art teacher
came and said,

I can teach girls
how to draw.

The people who arrive now in Athens,

most of them had been
hiding for a few years

or they had been imprisoned
for two-three years.

We are just trying
to help them,

make life a little bit
easier for them.

Normal breath.

Normal.

Am I doing it right?

It's not enough,
but it's something.

The government had been
putting pressure on us

even before the 15th of July.

We felt it from time to time,
but in general,

since we were not under investigation,
we had no worries.

Our school was accused of being
affiliated to the Gulen Movement.

So, since I was the school manager,

I was accused of being
a terrorist ringleader.

Thank you.

My wife was also accused
of being a terrorist.

She was a kindergarten teacher.

She would spend
her day with children.

-Two boxes, five euros.

-Two boxes, five euros.
-OK!

All our accounts in Turkey
got blocked

and our property was confiscated.

Come on.

Dinner is ready.

The fish is ready.

O, bunny,
little bunny!

-Well done!
-It's been a while since we last ate fish.

Their bazaar is very similar
to ours, right?

Sure. It's the same.

Even the way they
shout out is the same.

-Do they shout here too?
-Same way.

I called my mum
and asked about grandma.

They still haven’t told her
because of her heart condition.

She's asking about the kids.
"How are they? How is Gonca?"

I wish he would eat this.
Why doesn't he?

If he did,
it would be a good thing.

How can he live only on potatoes?
What can we do?

-Maybe one day he'll get used to it.
-Let's hope so.

Gulsum and Mustafa
used to eat everything.

Maybe at that age,
there weren't eating everything either.

Yes, they were.

Open the road.
Quickly!

We were worried
that the accident would affect Ali Ihsan.

Initially, he did not
react to it.

But then, in all of his play, someone always
fell into the sea and asked for help.

The truth is Gulenists used to hold
important positions in Turkey.

We were everywhere.

In justice, the police.

In the media.

For many years, the Gulenist
movement supported Erdogan.

I personally supported him,
I can say.

[R.T. Erdogan]: This organization hides
their actions under things like education,

helping others and interfaith dialogue.

These are their fancy words,
for the last 40 years...

It concerns me,
when I watch the news

because we are always
on the table between the two countries.

With fights and determination,
we managed to drive Gulenists

out of the country
almost entirely.

But sadly many countries
we considered as friends,

still insist on not
returning them to us.

Personally, I feel safe.

But some of my friends
don't feel safe.

There's only a border
between the two countries.

They think they
might be in trouble.

It's not easy to get
used to freedom.

Why didn't you
put him to bed?

Lie down, my love.

I have a surprise
for you.

Where did you
find these?

From a friend.

Someone told me recently
to read this.

Very nice.

It's amazing.

I can't believe you did that.

An old book.
It smells nice.

I've seen this book online.
and the pictures were faded!

This is the biography
of Zulfu Livaneli.

He also had to leave
our homeland.

(In Greek) No one one puts
their children in a boat

unless the water
is safer than the land.

You only leave home

when home
won't let you stay.

No one leaves home
unless home chases you.

Children are quick learners.

You read beautifully.

The idea was
to let them show

what they’ve learned,
how they read,

to make them
proud of this.

Just enjoy your time, OK?

The sun is shining,
on this autumn day.

We will read
our passages there.

Calmly.
No haste.

Look at Hakan.
He's cool.

Our first students came
here from Turkey 2-3 years ago.

In this short time, they learned Greek and
we wanted to make a small event for them.

Our teacher helped us
and we thank her.

It was a great day
for them.

The parents also
enjoyed it a lot.

They don’t want
to be seen anywhere.

This is not the way to be part
of a new community.

They should know about you.

I think we should make
more events like this one.

I am Gonca Κara, speaking
to you from Athens.

There are 11,000 women
prisoners in Turkey today.

I wish them a life
of freedom.

Allah! I was shooting
and you took the phone.

You are messing it.

What can I do?
You might be articulate,

but I'm not.
What's wrong with that?

-I was shooting and you were laughing.
-Shush!

What can I do?

Go away!

Come here, son!

I am Gonca Kara,
speaking from Athens.

11,000 women are being
imprisoned in Turkey today.

Some of them are there
fighting for their children,

Some are there because they lost their jobs
and are fighting to get them back.

There are new mothers,
serving time with their kids.

March 8th is International
Women's Day...

Give it to me!

What should I say?
Give me an example.

Exactly how I said.

Continue the same way.
Don't think too much.

Relax.
It will be short anyhow.

I am Gonca Κara.

I have a surprise!

Mummy, mummy...

Ali Ihsan's birth was more
difficult than the others.

We couldn't go to the hospital
because they were looking for us.

So we thought there was nothing left to do
but to go and turn ourselves in.

She suffered a lot there.
The prosecutor verbally abused her.

She was released,
but monitored by a tracking anklet.

Ali Ihsan was born one month premature,
shortly after her detention.

A friend's child was born
while his wife was in prison.

The boy was one and a half,
when his wife got out of jail.

Look at everybody
who has come here, sister.

All university graduates.

Doctors, judges,
teachers, officers, engineers.

What did they do?
Erase everyone in a snap.

You feel sad about
what the future looks like.

You are upset that people in the country
do not protest against all this.

What's painful is that it was always
like that. We just saw it now.

I don't miss my country.

I miss the memories I have
with my kids there.

I am disappointed that people
are silent about this persecution.

After Erdogan got
absolute power,

he started seeing the Gulenist
movement as a threat.

There was a cold war

and after we raised financial
corruption cases against him,

Erdogan was looking for
any excuse to finish us.

To make us invisible.

After the coup, thousands
of people were persecuted,

imprisoned or forced
to leave their homeland.

Not just Gulenists.

Erdogan persecuted anyone
who wasn't supporting him.

Is it possible that all these people,
we are all terrorists?

It's impossible.

I don't know exactly the numbers.

For the Gulenist community,

maybe 40,000 have managed
to escape to Europe.

There is always a flow
of people in Athens.

So we needed more space
to try and help them.

That's why we rented
this new place.

-Hello.
-Thank you.

-How are you?
-I'm fine.

Hello.

(In Greek) Right now, they're staying
at a flat provided by the U.N.

But since the matter
is still fresh,

as much as they love Greece,
they'd rather go to another country.

He says they'd like
to go to Norway.

But what can he do? Go to the
Norwegian consulate or the embassy?

They won’t admit him.

First of all, since he has applied
for asylum in Greece

the Turkish passport has been
handed over to the Asylum Service.

That is an E.U. problem because

for refugees who enter
the Schengen Area,

the country of entry,
in this case Greece,

is authorized to process
their asylum applications.

This is the E.U. Law.

These people are trapped in Greece.

Greece faces an impossible situation
and is unable to address it.

That is evident in the
allocated interview dates.

Nowadays, asylum interviews,
especially for Turks,

are scheduled for 2026-2027.

Six years from now.

Due to that situation

people feel they are trapped

and sadly they get into illegal channels.

They have no other choice

in order to get the means to leave
for another country in the E.U.

We met with Yusuf and his family
to bid them farewell before they left Athens.

This time I hope we will leave.

-Lately, many people have managed to leave.
-Yes, you're right.

Mum, if we pass,
can Ι keep our tickets?

Meeting Yusuf and his family
was a turning point in our lives.

If he hadn't been there, perhaps
Ali Ihsan would not have survived.

So we are grateful to him.
He is our and Ali Ihsan's hero.

May I have a look
at your passports?

The professor
will now speak.

Look!
He's just like Ali Ihsan!

If you change his hair!

After you pass,
could we have it?

Shall we call Nasir?

They're moving
to their new house tomorrow.

They are granted asylum
and tomorrow they will move.

We called Fatma
and Nasir in Norway.

We were on the boat together.

Hello my friend, what's up?
Are you ΟΚ?

Like us, they had lost both
their children in Chios.

How are you, brother?

We're sending off
one more family.

-We are waiting for the good news.
-God willing.

-Send us photos of your new house.
-Send us too. We are curious.

I will. We are also
curious about it.

-Cook the salmon.
-We're coming, hopefully.

Salmon is easy.

Hopefully.
Everything OK over there?

-See you again, pray for us.
-We are eating the dessert for you.

I am too.

This is for you!

I wish you could give us some.

We were very excited
they were leaving to start a new life.

But we were sad that maybe
we couldn't see them again.

Maybe it wasn't our last dinner,
but it was the last for now.

Good work!

-Welcome!
-It's good to see you.

Things are slow in Greece,

but we are trying
to make a company now.

To do what we do,
under a name.

We don't want to hide
or go underground.

We don't want
anything like that.

This will be a start for us.
This will be a fresh start.

Yusuf has texted.
What time are they going?

They're leaving the house at 8:30.
The plane takes off at 10:00.

-It is 8:00. Well, there is little time left.
-Hopefully.

We had a deal.
They wouldn't call us,

but send us a selfie from inside the plane,
like Fatma and Nasir had done.

What's the time?

9:15.

They should be on the way to the gate now.
They will message soon.

Stress makes me tense.

Relax, it's not the end
of the world.

We've already seen
the end of the world.

Fatma sent a message.

Look at their house.

The corridor
is very wide.

It's a two bedroom flat,
but it's super.

It's like Heidi's
mountain house.

Like a farmhouse.
Big house.

I hope God gives them children
to run in the garden.

What time is it?

45 past...

Come on, come on!

I have no signal.

Arife was last seen
online at 9:00.

The fact that they are
both offline is a good sign.

Oh, they are online.

In the name of Allah,
I hope they've passed.

Or they are in a cage...

It's 10:00.
The gate should be closed by now.

Ten minutes.

The plane is about to take off!

-Shall I send a message?
-No, don't!

Come on!

Thank God.
This is it!

Allah is great!

-Did they pass?
-They passed!

-Really?
-That's super!

Look at them!

Look at Yusuf!
Super!

Look at her!

They are really gone!
I hope they have a safe landing.

Amen, Amen.
I am so happy!

Bye bye!

Catch me! Catch me!

After Yusuf and Arife left,

everyone who was on our boat had left.
We were the only ones still in Greece.

We started thinking whether
we should try and leave.

And that evening we
made the decision to go.

Time had come.

Before we left Greece,
we had to go back to Chios.

It was something we needed to do.

After the accident,
they put us in a hotel.

Let's see what's in here.
What's inside?

-What?
-What's inside.

Very nice!

Is it?

Easy now.

We gave a statement about the accident,
the route, how many we were.

They told us that, for security
reasons, we shouldn't talk

nor notify anyone.

Come.

Ali Ihsan likes bouncing
on the bed.

Frankly, on the way to Izmir
I got scared.

We were trying not to scare the kids
and told them it was a holiday trip.

But this is such a situation that you
go through the culverts and climb rocks.

My son said, "Dad, what kind of a trip is this?"

There were not enough
life jackets for everyone.

We told them
we were too many.

They said that the journey
would only take an hour.

The captain
made a sudden turn.

Suddenly, our boat
capsized and we were in the sea.

The only thing I remember was Ali Ihsan
in my arms as we were sinking.

Neither of us knew
how to swim.

She was trying to keep
Ali Ihsan above the water

Our friend Yusuf, who knew how to swim,
came and took Ali Ihsan away.

Voices from the group on the boat
were fading away.

I really wanted
to give up,

but Ebubekir gave me strength.

"You have to fight."

At daybreak,
the real horror set in.

The two of us were alone
in the middle of the sea.

A sea deserted and immense.

Eleven hours later,
we saw a ship coming.

As soon as I got
on the ship,

my eyes looked for them.

Ali Ihsan was on Arife's lap.

Gulsum had been wearing a pink coat
and Mustafa a green one.

I looked everywhere,
but nothing.

We were free, but that
didn’t matter anymore.

I buried my children
with my own hands.

You feel you have
betrayed your children.

You take them out
on the road for freedom,

but you leave them
in an unfamiliar land and go.

Hello, am I talking
to Thanos?

I am Ahmet.

I've had good news.

I have the paper.
It is ready.

I remember the day our application
for the company was accepted.

Α good day for us.

We don't have a VAT number
for the company, right?

No, the company has no VAT
registration number,

because it must be reported
to the tax authorities.

What you must do now is to send

the statute of the company
to the registry.

You should be open.

We are doing helpful things
for the people.

We filed the application, brother.

Hopefully it's ready.

This is a big opportunity to show
what we are doing here,

why they accepted us,

who we are.

To be more visible.

The situation here

keeps getting harder.
So does travel in Europe.

What are we going to do?
Let's decide.

Here we go again!

-Looks like we will try for Germany.
-Let's do what you say again.

This is not
just my decision.

When the benefits are cut
and we won't have this house,

we think it might be
difficult to live here.

We want to go to another European
country with more social benefits.

To be frank, I'm scared,
because Turkey is close.

I wonder if that could be a problem.

Could Erdogan's people
find us here?

On that consideration, we thought we would
be better off in another country.

My wife spent six very hard
months in prison.

She was traumatized.

Even now, she has
trouble sleeping.

I just want to keep her comfortable.

You need to move on,

leave very bad things
in the past.

If you think of them
again and again,

it makes you sad.

This is what your enemy wants,
to make you sad.

That’s all they can do.

But if you move on to new things,

plan for the future...

Hard times make you
stronger, for sure.

The guy has sent the Bulgarian
names on the passports.

Ivan Ivanov, me.

You are Diana Ivanov.

Ali Ihsan is Admir Ivanov.

I don’t advise people to stay
or go to this country, that country.

Are you making tea, Ivan?

They are trying
to leave illegally

and I don’t want to give
any advice about that.

-How much is the big one?
-Which one?

-It's 80 euros, but I can
do something better.

When you think of the old days,
do you have any regrets?

When I say regrets, I miss
the friendships and the togetherness.

In view of recent events,
I'm wondering

whether the problem is the land
or the people.

People who knew you well
and respected you,

when, your reputation
is smeared overnight,

they start doubting you.

I think our friends were friends
only for good times.

We also looked at things
with prejudice.

When we were close
to Erdogan,

some communities were targeted.

The way they were
treated was wrong.

It should be questioned

who made the decisions,
who executed them.

They should be judged.

We can go on trial,

but an international trial.

We need some stuff
for the new place.

This is light beige.

It also comes in cafe au lait,
if you want.

This is beautiful!

And in blue. These colors
are for single sofas.

Four triple sofas and four armchairs.

What do they look like?
Are they like the ones we bought?

This is like the one
we have in our house.

I've given you this one
in another color.

(In Greek) I'm off now.
Bye-bye.

When Turkey returns to normal,

there will not be a flow
of Turkish people to Greece or to Europe.

And then, only
a few guys will stay here.

They will represent our community here
with a few shops, a few businesses.

Have you stocked up
on kasar cheese?

No. When it comes,
I will reserve it for Mr. Ebubekir.

Fine.

Ali Ihsan had his birthday
on the day following the accident.

Therefore he didn't
have a party.

So he wanted us to put candles
on a cake for him to blow out.

Blow the candle.

We did it to keep a memory
of his two-year birthday.

Come on!
Blow harder!

You put on this one too.

-Let me do it.
-You will do the straps, OK?

Where are you, daddy?

I'm coming!
I'm almost there.

We look at Ali Ihsan and see that he's
a mixture of his brother and sister.

He is affectionate and positive like his sister,
tidy and disciplined like his brother.

Gulsum was kind hearted, gentle,

intelligent, smart,

protecting her brothers.

The only thing is that she
was a bit anxious.

Mustafa was a more disciplined
and organized child.

He was very tidy
and he wanted his things to be neat.

So, for example, he would wear
a bow tie, shirt, ironed pants

and would not tolerate
any stain on his clothes.

I ask myself if I caused
my children's death.

Look how happy he was.

This is too hard to stand.

At first we felt our children were in Turkey
and that we would see them again.

As time passes,
and our longing grows bigger,

we have started to feel
this is reality.

-Can you hear the sound?
-Yes, I am hearing it.

It's an old injury.

-How are works going?
-Hopefully, they are about to finish.

We will all be very happy
when it opens.

We'll work overnight
until it's ready.

There are some NGOs that support
the Gulenist movement

and they are helping us
with the rent and other stuff.

We are very careful
about spending.

Most people who come here,
don't have an income.

We don't want them to feel,
"These guys are wasting money".

So, we are mostly doing
our part volunteering.

How are you?
What are you doing?

We are in a bad mood actually.
What can we do?

-What happened?
-We ordered from a friend

who had passports
made for himself.

We asked him
to do it for us too.

These guys are unreliable.
They're wasting our time.

-They are no good.

They are stalling us.
Thank God, we haven't paid yet.

-Don't say that!
-They're helping a lot of people.

The job is bad, but they are good.
What can you do?

-It's a business.
-It is.

What if one passes
and the other one stays?

No, this cannot happen.
We will pass together.

Say, you're behind, I'm in front
and I pass

Shall I leave you?

-You go.
-Are you sure?

Yes. In any case,
we will be one after the other.

-How long is the flight?
-Three hours.

Let's see where
we pass Ramadan.

Last year I wouldn't have
imagined that we would be abroad.

-Time passed really quickly.
-True.

-This is the kitchen.

We just installed
the dish-washer.

-Everything is fully automatic.
-Two-sided window with a nice view.

This is the resting room.

Are you putting
a glass pane here?

We will put the pane up
and install an a/c.

It's very nice.

It's brand new.

What are you doing there?

Look, there are no
visa stamps.

It smells new.

It's supposed to.
We'll make it look old.

Fate will tell.

I wish they were Turkish,
but what can you do.

We came here
from Turkey illegally too.

You have come here
because you have to be free.

That's why
you don't feel shame.

But here you have freedom.

The thought of leaving
for financial reasons

and maybe for a more
comfortable future

it's improper and
makes me feel ashamed.

In this one I'm putting
some clothes and toys of Ali Ihsan.

-Let's pack lightly.
-The toys will show in X-rays.

Like it's a regular journey.
We'll put things in our backpacks.

-Let's take our diplomas.
-Of course, let's do it.

Climb on top.

-You climb on it.
-I did.

We traveled here
with such dreams.

(In Greek) Good afternoon,
are the signs ready?

-For PIGI?
-Yes

-Nice, huh?
-Yes. Could you drill...

Pretty.

I’m a simple guy
in the community, I can say that.

Anybody can replace me, so, I don’t have
too many concerns about this place.

Someone will do my job here.

So I can make plans
for myself.

I want to be a doctor in Greece.

I’m just moving on.

I want to do my job
and speak the language

Be part of the community.

This is not a one-two-year process.

It will continue until
the end of our lives.

It will look like this.

It's super!

I think if the weather
is warm and the airport is warm,

we arrive in the heat of the day,
I'll carry it like this,

and stay with my sweater.
How is it?

Could you weigh this?
Check how many kilos it is?

Should I put on these earrings?

Or is it too Turkishlike?

We have friends here in Greece
who are dear to us.

Both Greek and Turkish friends
who have settled here.

We will miss them.

We hope to live in a country
where we can openly express ourselves.

Beyond that, I don't dream
of cars, houses, belongings.

Because we came back from the dead.

I dream of a life where
Ali Ihsan joins a good school,

maybe forgets these sufferings

and where we can be happy
and free again.