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Bring it over here.

He's heavy, like an elephant.

OK.

Alright.

Think your team will win the title this year?

- Yeah. - Time to give up that hope.

Come on, you should support Galatasaray.

- Never. - You'll be happier.

Fatih, I sent you Khalid's number. Did you put it in the coffin?

OK, wait till Khalid comes. If he doesn't, tell the person in charge.

Call Kemal, he'll help you.

Keep me posted.

Hello, Consul. Good day to you, sir.

My name's Tayfun, from Hızır Funeral Services.

Sir, I've sent you the transport documents for the body.

It's rather urgent. We need to transport it by plane soon.

I'd be grateful if you could help us with this.

- How's the funeral business these days? - Not so good.

The Angel of Death is on vacation.

No dead bodies these days.

The next plane lands at 10pm.

The body's arriving on the next plane: Arif Babayiğit.

Tell Apo to bring us our dead body.

Apo?

- Let me check Flig-Radar. - It's not "Flig-Radar", it's Flightradar.

- Flig-Radar. - Whatever.

- Mustafa Babayiğit. - Yes.

Was he really "brave" like his name?

It says "Lung CA". CA means cancer.

At first, they welcomed the Turks with open arms.

Then they put them to work in all those cancerous factories.

They all got cancer.

- Does it have wheels? - No.

Let's put it here.

Mr Tayfun, I received the body you sent.

I'll deliver it to Sivas-Üçkuyu. It's a heavy body...

Neighbours always support each other.

Dad, do you have a weight?

- Are you guys Turkish? - Yes. - Have a great day. - Thanks.

- I forgot to bring a weight. - You can use this one here.

Thank you so much.

You need to tie it with something.

I've been watching you since this morning.

- What? - You don't do this often.

- I'm not used to it. - I can tell.

It's not my actual job.

You didn't tie it well. What do you do?

- I'm an undertaker. - God forbid.

I'm better at arranging funerals.

What the heck?

I mean really.

My God.

Hi, ma'am, welcome.

Here's my card.

- I'm a funeral director. - Oh, my. - Oh, dear.

- No need to panic. - Let's meet again in 25 years.

Let's hope you have a long life ahead of you.

What we're trying to do here is promote the company in a creative way.

This is a little guessing game. If you win, you get a nice prize.

- How many balls are in this bucket? - 17.

- 17? - Right, 17.

What's your name? - Mirsada.

- Mirsada, how many balls are in here? - 30.

- 30? - Yes, 30.

Here's my card, one for Dad, too.

If you've guessed correctly, I'll call you.

If you're right, I swear, you'll win a prize.

What's the prize?

It's, um... It's a surprise.

I don't want to win a gravestone. Absolutely not.

- But a gravestone's worth 3,000 euros. - I know.

- Maybe you could set it aside for later. - Yes, in the garden.

- OK, thank you. - You have a nice laugh.

Allahu Akbar.

Hold the green cloth.

On that side, too.

A little privacy, please. Let his wife see him. - Sure.

Let's lift it up.

Now lower it slowly, together.

Dad! Dad!

Lower it slowly.

We didn't even spend one Eid together!

Not even one Eid!

When I read the article in the newspaper,

I swear, I just had this feeling: That funeral will come to me. - Right.

And I wanted it to,

because it was a difficult situation and I wanted to handle it.

They called me at eight o'clock:

"Amin has died." I didn't ask how.

I drove straight here with my wife.

I'm really happy the family chose to do it here.

We offer burials in Turkey, but also here in Belgium.

I'm happy that here, the children can visit.

- Exactly. - His wife can come to visit.

I'm still doing almost 95% repatriations to Turkey.

AKTIF TV BELGIUM'S FIRST TURKISH TV CHANNEL

In the name of God the merciful.

Three minutes to air.

Three... Two...

One... We're on the air.

Dear guests, dear AKTIF TV viewers, welcome to you all.

We're here again with the Hızır Abi Show.

Today, our subject, once again, is funerals.

God forbid, if you've ever had to arrange a funeral,

you can share your thoughts, your questions

or your problems with us.

Let me tell you a story, the story of a family.

A father, a mother and...

three kids.

The father...

dies.

His wife wants to bury him here.

His parents want to bury him in Turkey.

So, how do we resolve this issue?

He said: "If I die, don't take me to Turkey."

I agree. I want to be buried here, too.

But what about in 25 years?

If your grandkids don't pay, won't they throw your remains in the trash?

Not in the trash.

They will exhume the body and put it in a communal grave.

- See? - But not in the trash.

- But you need to have good kids for that. - And grandkids.

- Is there insurance for that? - No.

In 30 to 40 years, if they say...

"This man doesn't have any relatives,

his kids went to Turkey,"

the government will put the bones in the trash.

But in Turkey, you have a guarantee.

In that case, the kids can send the bones to Turkey.

It's like remigration: taking the bones and leaving Belgium for good.

Some people want that. But there's another possibility.

There's a cemetery in Diepenbeek.

Beautiful, with a really nice garden.

All the gravestones are identical.

When you enter, there's a computer.

You type in the name.

It tells you exactly where the grave is. Fantastic.

Welcome to our first training day.

As you know, I'm Tayfun, the funeral director of Hızır Funeral Services.

Today, I'll be leading a workshop

on processing grief.

He's from the immediate family: Salam alaykum. - Alaykum salam.

I hold his hand like this: My condolences.

Handshake. Body language is very important.

Come in.

- Salam alaykum. - Alaykum salam.

- You're from the funeral home? - Yes.

- My condolences. - Thank you. - What happened? - We lost him.

Yes, that's our daughter-in-law.

She's a little nervous and can't answer.

- So you can ask me questions. - Is it OK if we listen to her?

- Yeah, but she's in pain now. - Sure.

But it is her husband, so we'll listen to her.

- OK? - OK.

But if she can't, you have to listen to me.

We'll do that later.

- Well, it was an accident. - I see. - Yes.

We're going to bring him to Turkey. You're going to see to the paperwork.

Was that your husband's wish too?

I'm afraid I'm in shock at the moment.

I can't think clearly right now.

Did he ever say anything about what he wanted?

- No. - He never said anything?

And you don't know either.

- Where's my dad? - Allah loves your dad.

Your father was a good man. That's why Allah took him.

Could you please give her some space, sir?

- OK, I'll wait outside for a moment. - Thank you.

So, I would like the father to be buried here, for the kids.

So that they can visit the grave

and process their grief.

That's important for the kids.

Belgium is a good option, but it's hard to explain that to our family.

If you wish to bury him here, we'll make sure it will happen.

That's good to hear... I'll definitely consider it.

- Don't you worry now. - Thank you.

- Thank you. - Yasin, ask again.

Where's Dad?

- I don't know what to say. - Yeah. Me neither.

Why did Allah take my dad away?

- That's a tough question. - Bring my dad back.

Sweetheart, I'm getting tears in my eyes. Yeah.

- And this is just a game, right? - Sure.

It's just a game, right? It's just an interaction. - Yeah.

- Want to say something to your Dad? - That I love him?

- Look at him, not to us. - That I love him.

Say it.

He was nice to me.

We went to a soccer game together.

That was fun.

What are you going do later? What do you promise him?

That I'll help mom.

Do you want to touch him? His head?

Go ahead.

Look at this beauty. It makes you want to die.

- Give me a good price and I'll take 20. - Name a price.

We know the market. We used to buy them before.

They used to go for 160 to 165 euros,

- in large quantities. - I know, I managed that myself once.

But you increased the price from 165 to 220 euros.

Because they raised the prices.

- Give me a discount. - How about 200?

- That's not a discount. - Come on.

Otherwise I'll only buy 10 coffins.

- Let's do 180. - What?

You mentioned 200, but I said we'd talk.

- Now you're saying this? - It's my purchase price. - Come on.

- I can do a five-euro discount. - Now it's 195. That's a strange number.

It's a good price.

I'll give you a promotional rooster.

- You Kayseri folks drive a hard bargain. - We both need to be happy.

Look, how nice.

Let me show you.

Nice. - This is a cigarette lighter you can put your phone on.

- Awesome technology. - I'll give you a couple on the way out.

What a great idea.

One's enough.

If you give people lighters, they'll take it the wrong way...

"We undertakers want you to smoke a lot and die."

The lighter's the best promotion.

October 6th is my company's 10th anniversary.

I'm going to put on a special event. Be my guest.

I've rented a theatre hall. We'll cry, laugh and eat.

I need promotional materials. Lighters are a good idea.

I've also made calendars and notebooks.

Have you seen this?

You won't see this anywhere else.

Let me get you another one.

Maybe we should get these and not the coffins.

Hey, how's it going?

Hey.

- You alright? - Yes, thanks.

I was downstairs washing a corpse. Since I'm here, I wanted to see my wife.

- What do you want to drink? - Hot chocolate.

- Hot chocolate? - Yeah. - OK, chocolate.

Hot chocolate.

- What time do you finish work today? - 10pm - 10?

10.

The kids...

Make sure they eat well.

The big sisters are going to take care of it. They'll have fruit and...

- I'm going to read a book. - Read a book...

- That's my job. - OK.

I've got lots of points. - They're counting their money. That's my girls!

Four dollars, please.

I make the best investments.

You have to pay three euros to Dad. One...

- Two. - Two. - Three.

- Three. - Three.

- One, two, three. - A dog.

Hatice, why so grumpy?

- You're buying everything. - Right. - It's in our genes.

- It's my turn. - No, it's mine.

Pay attention, Şura.

- How much is it? - One dollar. - What's the return?

What do I get for my dollar? I'm from Kayseri.

- We invest in land and houses. - Dad, you buy it for one dollar. - OK.

But if someone lands on it, he has to pay two dollars rent.

- Two dollars. Super. - Sold. - Give it to me.

This is what I call investment.

Listen, would you consider going into the funeral business?

I'll think about it.

Would I be able to afford that if I wasn't in the funeral business? No.

Oh, man.

- Who's next? - Me.

Joking aside, think about it.

Listen girls, there are 11 million people in Belgium.

1.1 million of those are Muslims.

The largest subgroups are the Turks and Moroccans.

400,000 Turks.

There are more Moroccans: 420,000 Moroccans.

For these 400,000 Turks...

there are two undertakers.

One of them Hızır...

and the other company.

Think about it: two undertakers for 400,000 Turks.

What a potential.

What an incredible power, what a market that is.

But if something happens to Dad,

this company will disappear.

I built it from scratch to what it is today.

I built up a portfolio.

I built up a customer base.

Wherever I go, they say: "Hızır is here."

They say: "The funeral director is here." They ask for help.

I've done 1,100 funerals. Think about the money.

Each funeral is 3,000 to 4,000 euros.

I don't know if I could do it.

Because later, as a woman,

you have to be able to balance it with family life. You see?

My big dream has always been to do something with clothing.

OK.

That's something very different.

- Your own boutique? - Yes, something like that.

It's a beautiful thing, but I'm still young.

I have lots of other ideas, but it seems like something I could do later.

- You came with me once, right? - Twice.

- It was really beautiful. - You cried too.

Yeah.

- Yeah, man. It was moving. - You did a great job.

- Was it difficult? - No.

- You made some money too. - Right.

Said, I'm taking a pen.

Thank you: beautiful souvenirs. And one with a diamond.

It's really crazy.

You can even show off with a funeral car.

Oh, my God. I feel like a king.

It's even got YouTube. I can imagine listening to Ferdi Baba.

This is our baby coffin range. We include two butterflies.

One stays with the baby, the other with the parent.

It would be nice to put them both next to the child. - Sure.

So they absorb the child's smell.

Then the mother...

she'll definitely recognize the smell.

- I have a whole organization for Somalis. - I can help you with them. - You can?

Hızır Funeral Services. We do repatriations to all countries.

And I'm also interested in the Surinamese community,

both in Belgium and the Netherlands.

My condolences.

May God be with you.

God bless you.

We offer burial services.

May God not hurt anyone, but we're always ready to help.

May God not hurt anyone.

If someone from Germany came to Belgium

and he died in an accident,

there'd be no need for you to come.

You could just call me and I'd take care of everything.

Dear believers,

we are gathered again on the eve of Eid.

We praise the One who has brought us together, united us,

our Almighty Allah. We praise you.

Tomorrow is the Feast of Sacrifice.

Will there be someone, to pour water on your grave?

Will there be someone to pray for you?

If you have loved ones here, will you have loved ones there?

May God answer your prayers.

- How many people? - Give it to him. Take it.

Thank you. God bless you.

- God bless you a blessed Eid Eve. - God bless you.

Amen.

Here you go.

God bless you. Amen. Here you go.

Here you go. Thank you. Goodbye.

I wish you a blessed Eve Eid.

If only I could get into the German market.

There are 200,000 Turks in Cologne. My business would boom.

- No business today. - Business, love, shopping: all vital.

- You've brought me to the right spot. - Of course.

Because there are nice things here.

- Was it right or left? - There's another store on the left.

- Come on. - It's green.

- This colour is nicer. - Of course.

All our colours are beautiful.

- I'm going to try this one. - Good choice.

Sir, you've come all the way from Belgium? - Yes.

What do you think of our store?

It's a nice store, lots of variety.

I can recommend it. I'd heard about it but never had a chance to stop by.

- And I'm satisfied. - I'm sick. Normally I'm not so ugly.

Come on, you're a good-looking guy.

Never tell an undertaker that you're in pain or that you're sick.

It gets me excited.

You should actually say: "Get well soon."

It's like you want to bury me already.

Should I send you to Turkey or bury you here?

Send me home to Turkey. To be with my father and brother's graves.

I'll lie between them.

We'll gather there and eat meatballs together.

We'll smoke a shisha together.

When you buy a plane ticket, you're a "passenger".

But as a funeral transport, you're a "cargo load".

You're no longer a passenger. They measure your weight.

They charge 18 to 19 euros per kg for a cargo load.

There are different prices for a 60-kg body and a 100-kg body.

We don't say "ticket", it's a cargo load. You're a "cargo load".

- There are fewer funerals now. - You're right.

The European Turks come for their vacation here in the summer.

Then the funerals start in September.

Business peaks in the winter.

People should just stay here.

At least here you have a patch of earth that's yours forever.

Careful.

Let's remove the lid.

Don't raise your voice, you'll scare the angels.

What a beautiful woman:

look at her eyelashes.

You're so clean, my dear.

Bless her soul. I hope she's satisfied with my work.

I hope she'll tell Allah that I did a good job. Then I'll benefit from it.

She's emptying her stomach.

It's so hot today.

Is it 36 degrees Celsius already?

- You have a henna ceremony last night? - Yes, it was beautiful.

I hope our kids get married one day. Will we live to see it?

Any plans for your vacation?

My sister-in-law and her family came "for two weeks" and won't leave.

Oh, no...

And she does this right when I've got some time off.

Let's sit here, it's less crowded.

- This way. - OK.

Let's go to the mourning house.

Let's go this way.

Aren't you hungry?

I'm not hungry. I'm powered by solar energy.

But I'm hungry.

There's a mulberry tree here, but we never eat any of its berries.

- Are there any? - There should be.

There were a lot the other day.

I've found some.

I'm not going any further in. I'll bet there's tons of spiders.

- If you can get in, pick some. - I can't.

- If only you'd go in - I won't. - Come on, do it for me.

You're not afraid of the dead, but you're scared of little spiders.

Right.

Hilmi says: "Sister...

if I die here in Germany,

make sure my body gets to Turkey."

But how will I get there when he dies?

Do you still remember that one body? Where did it come from?

It took a day to fly over.

- Australia, I guess. - It took a week to get the body here.

It's a problem to die abroad.

It's a real hassle.

- Istanbul. Where does it go after that? - Kasımpaşa Cemetery.

Kasımpaşa Cemetery.

Then it lands at 23:45 in Istanbul.

The paperwork will take roughly two to three hours to complete:

delivery, checks, etc.

So the earliest we can leave is Saturday.

But if there's a problem and we don't receive the body

until late Friday afternoon,

then it'll be delayed until Monday.

Your funeral fund gives you a ticket so someone can accompany the body.

- Who should we buy a ticket for? - Burak.

- Am I going alone? - You're going together.

- On the same plane? - Yes, on the same plane.

We're going to book the same flight.

- But you're going via the fund. - I'll buy your ticket.

What's your date of birth?

July 7, 1992.

OK, '92.

- Can I ask you a question? - Sure.

There are some issues with his Turkish ID.

- Tell me. - Will that be a problem? - For whom?

My nephew still has his childhood ID...

It's never been renewed.

- It doesn't have a photo and ID number. - So you were quite young?

A kid, exactly. It's the old ID without a picture.

If you ask me, go with your Belgian ID. Go with your Belgian ID.

And if you haven't applied to postpone your military service,

they'll notice that.

They won't allow you to leave the country.

It's nice that you come here to talk to your daughter.

She hears you.

- Really? - Of course she does.

Why do you think all the Flemish people come here?

They say: "Mom, I miss you."

I cry so much, I forget everything else.

I can't stand it. I can't stand it.

I only had one daughter.

May God give you patience.

May she rest in peace, may she rest in light.

She loved everybody. Everybody loved her.

Was it an easy decision for you to bury her here rather than in Turkey?

We thought about it: her kids are here,

I'm here. How would we be able to visit her

if her grave was in Turkey?

See, someone brought flowers.

The kids visit without me.

I haven't been to Turkey for years.

It happens.

- Her kids can come visit her here. - They do come visit.

That's why her grave's here: for the kids.

I won't live much longer. They will come visit.

Our hearts are sometimes so full.

I'm 45 and I still feel the need to talk to my parents.

I wish I'd managed to convince them to be buried here.

But if the authorities remove the grave in the future?

Who'll pay for her to be reburied?

That can't happen. You can extend her grave.

- Who's going to do that when I'm dead? - Her kids.

- How will they know? - The authorities send a letter and ask:

"Do you want to extend your mother's grave or not?"

- No doubt they will extend it... - What if they don't?

You'd extend your mom's grave, right?

- And if they don't? - The remains get moved.

When I look around at...

the funerals I've done, I remember them all clearly.

There's my neighbour.

That one's a friend of mine.

That one's my friend's father.

If you look here, Aslan...

What's the surface area here? Two square metres?

Two square metres.

It must be possible.

Salam alaykum, Member of Parliament Nawal Farih.

I heard you're in a meeting, so I'm sending you a voicemail.

Let's talk about something that could be really nice

and meaningful for the community:

two square metres for everyone must be feasible.

And eternal rest also means the family tree.

People must be able to visit their parents and grandparents easily

when they feel bad.

"Eternal rest for..."

"Dear Minister Verlinden,

"may I address a problem that affects our work and cemeteries?

"All of Belgium is having problems with cemeteries

"and their laws and norms.

"I would like to request a meeting with you. Call me for info."

Can you say that to a minister? Or what should I say?

"For..." "For further information,

you can always..."

It's the same.

I hope she doesn't say: "Who does he think he is, asking me to call him?"

Or maybe: "Should you have any questions, here's my number."

- But it's not impolite? - No. - It's nice? - Short and to the point.

I kept it short, so she wouldn't say: "Does he expect me to read all that?"

- I'm going to send it, OK? - Send it. - OK.

How do I save it? Can you help me?

Put it on the desktop.

I know how to do it, really. I'm just testing you. - Yeah, sure.

Hello.

What's up, Kenan? I'm fine.

Just sitting in my office.

What's the funeral transport situation for Monday?

Are there any in the evening?

OK, my friend, I'll see you later, then.

Thanks, you too.

If I had three daughters in this forsaken world,

I would know how to choose the right sons-in-law.

I would not be weeping in poverty then.

I would eat my fill and drink to my heart's content.

If I gave my daughters away, I would know which three men to choose:

a vendor, a greengrocer, a butcher.

They would turn a blind eye with the bill. The three would know what to do.

The vendor, the greengrocer, the butcher.

Ladies and gentlemen, we hope you had a pleasant flight...

Thanks.

Let's get into the Kayseri vibe.

3, 2, 1...

Hacilar, Sakar, Hisarcik and Kinardi are neighbouring towns.

Mount Erciyes is dear to us. We're proud as lions to be from Kayseri.

We love hospitality, we offer our food: sucuk and pastirma.

On top of that, you can eat our Kayseri manti,

visit our underground bazaar...

Salam...

- Do you have burial linens? - We have these and boxed ones as well.

Give me a good discount.

- I'll buy five to ten of these. - Buy as many as you want.

Gloves. Soap. Cotton.

Rose water. Blackweed. Can I take your business card? - Sure.

You also have wedding supplies. That's nice.

We have everything from birth to death.

We have gift baskets for newborns.

We have sweets for kids. And wedding gifts.

The baby is born, grows up, does his military service, marries.

- You stopped at the most crucial point. - And after that...

he has children...

- He dies. - That's it, he dies. That's my business.

Grandpa Osman, Uncle Ahmet...

Uncle Mustafa, Uncle Arif...

Birsen, my sister-in-law,

My grandmother...

I send my greetings to all of you.

I've brought everyone's greetings.

Mom... Your son is here.

Everyone is here.

Give me your blessings.

Maybe I won't be able to come back again.

If something happens to me, I'll stay there.

I'll stay in Belgium.

It's not because I don't love you, it's for the kids.

I really don't want to leave.

It's so comforting.

It feels so good.

I'm all covered in snot here.

I'm just like a little kid.

What didn't you bring a Kleenex with you, you idiot?

Just look at me.

Metehan Taşkiran,

who had been living in Germany,

has just passed away...

Hello, hello.

Salam alaykum.

You look like Yusuf's brother.

- No, I'm not. - Really? - I'm Çetin's brother.

- I look like my father. - Welcome.

- Do you know me? - Aren't you Aunt Niyasi's brother?

- Welcome. It's good to see you. - Thank you, Uncle.

I knew you by your names and faces,

but after not seeing you for such a long time...

- I hope you're doing well. - God bless you. We're fine.

I'm Şık Hasan's son.

You claim to be a native,

but can you list your family tree?

I bet you don't know your relatives.

I recognize some of you by your faces. I know Mustafa Abi, for example.

Because of your absence,

your family's prominence has ended.

It's like...

Don't get me wrong, I'm saying this because we're close.

You've broken the family line.

You're like a man without kids whose lineage disappears.

You didn't take care of your father's heritage.

Hatice? I miss you, girls.

- Dad? - Hey, you little fraud. What's going on?

Where are you? - Don't tell anyone, but I love you the most.

Where are you?

At the hotel, in my room.

Don't skip school.

If you want anything from here, just tell me. OK?

We'll text you.

I'll bring you half a kilo of pastirma.

We'll send you a shopping list.

I'll just bring pastirma, nothing else.

No. And don't forget the sucuk.

OK. Sucuk and pastirma.

- Do you know Kemal? - Kemal?

He used to have a funeral transport company here.

- There? - Yes.

- Did he move? - He left.

Listen, I don't bother others and I don't let them bother me.

- Is that right? - Salam Alaykum. - Alaykum salam.

Look, you're out of bed...

- Hello, brother. - Hello, Kemal, brother.

- How are you? - Welcome. - You OK?

- A little present, my little gift to you. - God bless you, brother.

- Here you go, sweeten your mouth. - You shouldn't have. - You're welcome.

How's your business?

I was just on the phone with the Ministry of Religious Affairs.

I'm angry with them for not giving me any funeral jobs.

I only got four funerals this month.

- And I can't get any other work. - I see.

I hardly get any funerals from Europe.

Brother, we used to work with each other directly.

I transported a lot of bodies for you.

I used to transport all the Alevi funerals.

And I also organized the vehicles.

- I had no complaints about you. - God bless you.

But I wanted to work with a centralized company.

- Now you get jobs from them. - Not really.

But I didn't know they'd upset you.

Unfortunately they did.

- You need to dust off the coffin. - It's clean inside.

Are there any coffin makers here?

- Yes. - Maybe we'll go there as well.

I'd like to buy a coffin, talk with them.

It's on order.

- I want to see the place. - They make aluminium coffins.

- They have four arms for transportation. - Let's go there too.

Brother Kemal, how did you start in the funeral business?

In 1994, we had to carry my father's coffin in our small car.

His coffin got hit three times by other cars on the way to the village.

I thought: "When Kayseri's population reaches one million,

"I'll go into the funeral business."

I worked as an ambulance driver for 20 years

and I was constantly sworn at.

But the dead are harmless.

I've heard you're having a discount promotion.

- Sure. If you want. - You can have it for free.

Don't exaggerate.

They want to start doing business with Belgium.

Look, Kemal, brother.

The customer wonders: "Is this flexible? Will it break?"

Oh, man.

This is a special mechanism.

The golden chrome usually goes to Arabs.

And these are going to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa.

- What's that? - An air-conditioned coffin.

It's completely chrome inside and out.

This is the cooling system.

You can keep a body in there for two to three days without it decomposing.

It can stay at home, instead of the mortuary.

That's around 1,000 euros.

Both economical and practical.

- This is the "crying corner". - May we come in? - Of course.

I come from Belgium. My name is Tayfun.

I'm from Hızır Funeral Services. You're very well organized.

Would you like to see the corpse-cleaning room?

Yes, please.

- What's your name? - Ayşe.

Ah, Ayşe. Thank you. This is really beautiful.

This is our mortuary.

This area is cleaned after every funeral.

We have everything. All we need is a dead body.

Once we have the body, we take care of the rest.

I've never lacked motivation, thank God.

Maybe one of these funerals is especially important to God.

I hope this might save me in the afterlife.

I pray at every funeral: "May you be pleased, my God"

I try to be very thorough.

I don't want the deceased person to grab me by the collar on Judgment Day.

What if the relatives say to you: "You didn't wash the body properly"?

I wash them well. And sometimes they hold the hose.

I saw it with my own eyes just last week.

Now, Mr Tayfun, our sister here has explained it very well.

But without an assistant, it can get really difficult.

Because the corpses we receive from Europe are quite heavy, brother.

150 kg to 200 kg.

Because it's been a few days, the body is swollen.

- Swollen but also fat. - I have a body coming in...

God be with you. I hope everything goes well.

It was nice meeting you.

Take care.

We're really hungry. I could eat a whole cow.

- We'll go eat now. - Can't we both have a cow?

No, I can't eat that much.

- Sure, that's why you're so skinny. - No...

- I'm getting dialysis. - May God give you good health.

Once, I delivered a body to the cemetery and had a heart attack on the way back.

- And you smoke. - That's true, I won't lie.

- I smoke too much. - Cut down, brother.

Please sing a song with that lovely voice of yours? A traditional folk song?

Go ahead.

- Do you like traditional songs? - Sorry?

- Traditional songs. - Very much so.

Do you knowI Put Yogurt in the Fridge?

I put yogurt in the fridge.

I put yogurt in the fridge.

Oh, I'm so busy today.

Oh, I'm so busy today...

- It's your turn. - No, you sing, brother.

I don't want to steal your spotlight.

He has a horse, a horse with spots, peh, peh, peh.

He isn't strong enough to tame a horse, hey, hey, hey.

Köroğlu falls in the mud.

Who is my agha, who is my pasha, who is nigâr, who, who?

Kiziroğlu Mustafa Bey.

He is the son of a Bey, the son of a wrathful Bey.

You made me sing as well, Kemal.

We'd make a good duo.

But should we do funerals or weddings?

Thank you very much.

- Thank you. - Enjoy your meal.

We'll do nice funeral jobs with you in Central Anatolia.

God willing.

I'll try not to use contractors. I'll work directly with you.

God willing.

I'm celebrating the 10th anniversary of my company this year.

The best thing that can happen is that our customers will say how happy they are:

"Hızır did a funeral for us in Turkey without any problems."

- And you'll be my key person here. - God willing.

- Let me add you, let's be friends. - Facebook? - Yes.

I sent a friend request.

The "hello" is coming.

Alaykum salam.

Smile.

We look handsome.

- How are you, my sister? - Welcome.

My boy!

That's the downside of being a migrant. You miss your loved ones.

Don't forget your roots.

- Belgium's my home, too... - When I die, come visit my grave.

I'll see you there.

- I can't make any promises. - Anyway...

I hope you have many years ahead of you. You're making me laugh.

Where do you want to be buried? Next to your son Mustafa or your husband?

Mustafa.

- You'll go next to your husband. - I want to be buried next to Mustafa.

My sister belongs there. - Your sister can be buried next to her mother.

Why next to her mother...? You can go next to your husband. - No.

I don't want my husband. I want to be with my son.

- Your sister will be buried next to him! - She'll have to go somewhere else.

Well!

My sister will say: "What's she doing here?"

You go next to your parents. I love my parents, but I want my husband.

It's been 40 years. You must miss your husband. - It feels like 100 years.

Your husband will be happy to see you.

I'll be buried next to my Mustafa.

I'm going to be buried in Belgium, for my daughters. - May you have a long life.

- Let's talk about it when you get old. - When you have grandchildren.

- It's God's will, it's not up to us. - Oh, sweetheart.

Yesterday, a woman came to visit us. She asked: "How old are you?"

I said: "I'm over 100 years old."

She said: "You've had a long life."

May you never experience the loss of a child. - Amen.

If the world was made of gold, it would mean nothing.

This pain is still in my heart.

- I can't forget the memory of my Mustafa. - Who could? - You can't.

I miss him a lot.

I gave birth to him.

But he died and I'm alive.

That's how Mustafa's pain is...

Sit in front of me, Mustafa. Sit comfortably, Mustafa.

You went there, but you didn't take me with you. Take me with you, Mustafa.

Even if it's a long night,

even if it's the night of our house in pain.

If I could go to Mustafa, he would say: "My mother has come too."

We'll all go there one day.

I'm not afraid of death. My son is there.

My husband is there. My mother and father are there.

I wish I could die now.

What can I do?

What's "bread" in Turkish?

- "Ekmek." - Well done.

"Cheese"?

- "Peynir." - "Peynir."

"Olive"?

- "Zeytin." - "Zeytin."

"Sucuk"?

- I love sucuk. - Yeah? - Yeah.

- Who says that? - Me.

Me, too.

I bought pastirma. So delicious.

We'll get the dress there.

- Have you seen everything? Ready? - Yeah.

You don't want anything else?

OK, then we'll get the pink dress.

- Did you find anything? - They want the pink Barbie dress.

What else?

- They don't want anything else. - How come?

I can't find a thick pen.

- Dad. - Where are the thick pens? - You need a thick alcohol pen.

Yes, a thick alcohol pen. But I need the thickest one.

- Right, look. - For writing on coffins.

Wait.

Like this, but even thicker.

It's a friendship book, not a reading book, darling.

- I want a friendship book. - What about this?

- Let's buy this. - It's a music thing.

It's a technology thing.

Now it's Dad's turn to sing.

Where's the music? Echo?

Hello: testing, testing.

- Oh, my God. - I put yogurt in the fridge.

I put yogurt in the fridge.

Oh, I'm so busy today.

Oh, I'm so busy today...

I'm so busy...

You're very welcome. I'll be signing autographs later.

Dear friends,

I wish you a pleasant day.

We're getting close to October 6th.

We're preparing a nice event for you.

Many of you know me through burials.

I've probably buried one of your relatives

or someone you love.

May they rest in heaven.

On that night of the event, we will pray for all of them as well.

Don't miss our event.

Let's meet at Casino Modern for Hızır's 10th anniversary.

You have to make me beautiful. Tomorrow is the big day.

- I have to look really handsome. - Sure. Got money? - Yes.

- How much? - Don't tell anyone.

A large sum of 10 euros.

Get the hell outta here. I'll end up cutting you.

- I already offered you lunch. - But the sucuk slices were too thin.

I sliced it really thin to make it look like more.

You can't feel it in your mouth then.

- Ali, how can a man be so handsome? - Impossible.

- Why didn't your father make two of you? - He tried.

After his first kid was born, he said: "I can do better."

Then I was born: "Great. Let's keep going."

My little brother was next: "Hold on.

The formula isn't working anymore, let's stop." - "Isn't working."

"Let's stop here."

- I was my dad's best investment. - Right

- He made the greatest effort with you. - Of course.

They say I look like him.

But when I look in the mirror, I don't see it.

- I look at his picture, then at myself... - Don't move your head.

I'll end up cutting you while you go on about your dad. - Don't make me laugh.

He was a nice guy. Full of joy and colourful.

Definitely.

They're all dying.

If my mother's grave was here,

I'd go visit her.

But you were also like a mother to me.

You were my mother's neighbour.

And a good one.

Since I don't have my mother here,

I can at least open up to you.

Think about it: I got married.

I had just started working.

My mother was about to see her child earn some money.

She was about to have grandchildren.

I was going to take her out.

I was going to feed her, take care of her, I'd just started working.

I wanted to drive her to the market, eat ice cream with her,

travel with her, go on vacation with her...

But she was taken away.

If only she'd lived five more years.

Especially now that I have money.

She'd say:

"My son, I'm proud of you. You're doing a great job."

If only she would visit me in my dreams. If only she would talk to me...

in a dream.

Why doesn't she come?

But believe me, the fact that you're here...

is good for your kids.

But one day...

when I die...

I'll stay in Belgium.

For my daughters, for my family.

They'll need their father.

Dead or alive.

15 euros per person.

Hızır: 10th Anniversary

Hızır FUNERALS TOTAL = 1,335

Madam Mayor,

Members of Parliament, dear guests, the Hızır family,

To keep it short, I'll pass the mic to our president, Tayfun Arslano.

We'd like to bid you all welcome.

It's great that you're here.

Dear friends,

ladies and gentlemen, representatives of the city.

Welcome to you all.

I'm so glad you're here.

Dear guests, for 10 years,

we've shared our pain and our loss

in the most beautiful way.

This wasn't easy.

I had to think how to present our 10th anniversary.

I thought to myself: "I can take them to a mortuary.

In the mortuary, there's a washing room, a prayer room and other things.

I could show them these things. But maybe that's too much."

But then I said: "Let's do what an undertaker does."

For an undertaker, the first requirement is a corpse.

But I couldn't find any volunteers.

I couldn't say:

"Please come and die so I can celebrate my firm's 10th anniversary."

We couldn't find any volunteers. So what did we do instead?

I decided to arrange my own funeral.

He was born on June 5th, 1977, in Kayseri, Toroman.

The fourth of six children

born to Yilmaz and Hatice Arslano.

My mother passed away in 2002.

And my father passed away in 2008.

Dear friends, dear guests...

I lie here before you.

I give you my blessing.

- Do you give me your blessings? - Yes, we do.

- Do you give me your blessings? - Yes, we do.

- Do you give me your blessings? - Yes, we do. - Then all is forgiven.

I thank you.

Turn your gaze from your homeland to this face,

oh Mother, to this face.

Send your nearest and dearest my greetings,

oh mother, your nearest and dearest.

Let their heads hang in sorrow,

oh Mother, let them grieve.

Let them weep because I stayed in this foreign land,

oh, let them weep.

No one found a remedy to cure me,

oh Mother, no remedy to cure me.

The doctor comes, the pain is like poison,

oh Mother, the pain.

Forsaken I linger here, my heart has become a burden to me,

oh Mother, a burden.

Your hands became a home to me,

oh Mother, a home.

Bury me on the hilltop,

oh Mother, on the hilltop.

Turn your gaze from your homeland to this face,

oh Mother, to this face.

Let's continue.

Here I have two airplane tickets

and two vouchers.

Only one.

Raffle ticket number 79.

A ticket from Brussels to Rome.

There you go.

You see, it's nice working with Hızır.

Congratulations. A ticket from Brussels to Rome.

Normally, I give away one-way tickets, ma'am, but this one's a return.

122.

You got lucky with the last-minute ticket.

What did you win?

A 50-euro voucher for a return flight. Here you go.

That's nice, too, brother.