Original subtitles

Sadness has many faces. Like flowers, birds and winds.

I tried to tell it through some of my close friends...

...the sadness, love and sorrow.

Although it has been deemed incomprehensible and...

...inconceivable by some people.

Cannes 1982 Golden Palm

Fipresci International Film Critics Church Union Special Award

We would like to thank everyone who participated in the...

...restoration work for the continuation of "YOL"...

...in its own country.

IMRALI Half-open prison

- Ali Riza Aydin. - Present.

- Mahmut Ekin. - Present.

- Mustafa Kesici. - Present.

- Vakkas Akkeceli. - Present.

- Nihat Belen. - At the infirmary.

- Fazli Gurcelik. - Present.

- Selami Gunduz. - At large.

My life's nothing but a nightmare.

One one hand my two kids, on the other my family.

I feel torn apart. You say you're going to get leave. My family doesn't

want you any longer. I don't know what to think.

I beg you, write me the truth.

Was Aziz killed because you got scared and fled?

- Cemal Kamaci. - Present.

- Mevlut Demirkol. - Present.

- Huseyin Cesnar. - Present.

- Ceylan Koksal. - Present.

- Ramazan Ardic. - Present.

- Ismail Eroglu. - Present.

- Necati Ucagiz. - Present.

- Halil Yavas. - Present.

That's all the mail there is.

- Any mail for me? - No, there ain't.

Are you sure? Check again.

No, Yusuf, that's all. Hopefully next week.

The prison authorities have notices that certain inmates don't...

- ...comply with the prison rules. - What else shall we do?

- Those inmates will be punished. - As if they don't punish.

As it is known, all kinds of leaves are suspended as of martial law.

Yet, some inmates still ask for leave.

Anyone caught in possession of dishes and cutlery...

...during a search will be punished.

Certain inmates perform their tasks in a careless manner and...

...treat the warders without due respect.

Good conduct is essential in order to qualify for transfer...

...from penitentiary ward to the prison ward.

Those who don't meet the standards of good conduct will be sent back.

Nobody's talking about the bath. It's been 3 weeks.

- Tea. - Thanks.

Come over here. He doesn't know a thing.

Let me see. Your tooth is cracked.

I don't want anyone ill, tired or lax, right?

It's the armies order. The convicts must behave like convicts...

...and the guardians like guardians.

Discipline precedes everything. Write down all who raise difficulties.

Send those who don't work, to the cell.

9 convicts to the coal mine. 7 to the road construction.

Agriculture 14 people. Guardian in charge: Veli Ozen.

23 to label work. Guardian in charge: Huseyin Sari.

3 painters. Move, move!

I repeat, I'll punish those who violate the rules.

- Hope it's going smoothly. - Thanks.

Good morning.

This bird's song is a good sign.

Hope so. I received no news from home. We talked with Mr. Sabri

about the leaves. He said "We're waiting too."

What's up boy? Why are you so cheerful today?

Is there some good news? Am I getting mail from home?

Good news pals! The leaves are granted. The list is in the garden.

Good news!

The leaves are granted. They hung the list.

Attention: The convicts who don't return to the penitentiary...

...after the end of their leave will be fugitives.

In case of disease, accident or any incident, the convicts on leave

are to contact the district attorney or martial law...

...head offices and surrender. Any medical reports taken...

...during the leave are invalid. Those who come late...

...will be punished, despite medical reports and sent to

the covered penitentiary. The Penitentiary Directorship.

Attention! Attention!

- Thanks. - Where to?

First Adana, then Urfa.

- Are you from Urfa? - Yes.

- Where are you going to? - Konya.

- Are you from Konya? - I'm not. My wife and my kids...

...are there. With my father.

I'll go from here to Diyarbakir. First I'll stop at Adana.

Look at the picture. I look like a killer.

They'II think I'm a killer.

- What crime did you commit? - Murder.

- You shot someone? - Yeah.

- Why did you laugh? - You said "I look like a killer."

Yeah. Just like a killer.

Konya passengers!

Stop there. Don't you know it's forbidden to walk out.

I didn't know. I'm a convict. I'm on leave.

This is my permit.

- What's this? - My leave permit.

Leave permit? Are you a soldier? Come with me!

It's forbidden to be on the streets 'til 5 o'clock. We have martial law.

There's plenty time 'til 5. Even 1 minute is too much for me.

Besides, my father is a night watchman.

Who cares about a watchman? We got orders. It's forbidden.

Don't waste your breath! Don't upset them.

They'll beat you too. They crushed to guys heads.

- Got any cigarette? - Yes.

- Give me one too, bro. - Don't you have any?

They sell it on the black market, to those who can afford it.

Can I have one too?

- So, are you a convict? - Yes, I am.

My son's a convict too. In Edirne.

I wanted to see him but I missed the bus.

- Will we stay here 'til 5 o'clock? - Yes.

It's the army. They don't care.

No use to object. We don't know what to do.

Mom... Mom...

I'm home. Your son! Seyit.

Thank God, I could see you.

I was afraid I wouldn't see you again.

Seyit, my son.

- Who are you? - Your dad got married.

What?

Don't you know? It's been almost two years. You have a brother now.

Where's my family? My wife, my son?

She turned out to be dishonorable. She disgraced us.

She left your son and ran away. Don't you feel ashamed.

You were in jail. Your hands were tied. Others should feel shame.

- Don't you take your things? - Things, yes.

Go right to the bath. Take a bath and pull yourself together.

He drank two bottles of brandy. He also had beer.

- God! What are we going to do? - We're splitting. I'll go to Urfa.

- Have a good leave. - You too. I'm not going to return.

Say "Hi." to the fellows.

It's up to you.

- So you eat without me? - Hey! Mehmet, come.

We've parted in Bursa, but we're united again.

- Did you buy a ticket? - No I didn't. First let's eat.

- That's how things are Mehmet. - How did it happen?

One night they took them. Said for work.

- Where? - Out of town.

- Who? - You know.

Then they pull out their weapons.

Execute them. The villagers found them in the morning by chance.

He laid there covered with blood. It was a miracle he survived.

He stays in bed now. Three months.

It make me sad, to see you like this.

- I don't know what to say. - I'm alive, just to spite the enemy.

How's your wife?

She's a precious person. Very devoted and brave.

What's bothering you?

Seeing you like this...

Whatever, your situation is much worse than mine.

At least... I'm still standing.

Tell me. We could find a way out. We've been through many hardships.

You know, I'm married and I've two kids.

I love my wife. I think she loves me too.

But my father-in-law, mother-in-law and their relatives don't want me.

I believe my wife's under their influence.

But she didn't break it off. She says in her last letter...

..."On the one hand my two kids...

...on the other my family." She's indecisive.

- Why don't they want you? - This has to stay among us.

Of course.

You remember my late brother-in-law. Once we came here.

- One of his eyes... - Is blind.

- I remember. - They blame me for his death.

They say that I left him and fled.

They say "If you hadn't fled he wouldn't have died".

But I ran away after Aziz was shot and he fell.

My wife asks me too if I was responsible for Aziz's death.

- How did it happen? - Let me tell you.

Aziz cam to me one day and said "There's a job. Would you help me?"

He was going to rob jewelery. I was driving a cab at those times.

I did such things, from time to time when I went broke.

But things didn't go well. The cops shot Aziz.

If a patient expects help from his physician, he has to be...

...open and honest. To give false info, would be misleading him.

I'm not a prosecutor, nor a judge. I'm your friend.

- Tell me the truth. - I'm telling the truth.

You're lying. Things did not go the way you said.

- You're right. - Why did you feel the need to lie?

It's hard to accept it.

Mehmet! Don't leave me! Mehmet!

I got scared when I heard the shots. I panicked.

- You could have waited. - Were I not afraid.

If I were not scared, I could have waited.

If I did wait, Aziz wouldn't get shot. He wouldn't have died.

He yelled at me after I moved.

He was shot long after I moved. I caused his death.

Thanks.

- What does your wife think? - I told her, I would come on leave.

She wrote that she'd make her mind after listening to me.

What are you going to tell her?

I don't know.

Search. Take out your ID's.

Come on!

Don't move.

Spread your legs.

Where have I put it? I can't find it.

- It was in my pocket. - Did it fly away?

He's a convict, just like us, sir. We're from the same dorm.

He's got no ID, no permit. How do I know what he is.

We went on leave together. He's our friend.

Shut up! Don't interfere.

- What's going on? - He's got no ID, sir.

You can leave. Move. Bon voyage.

- I had a permit but I've lost it. - Move.

- We went on leave together. - I said you can leave.

We'll ask the penitentiary, whether you're on leave or not.

You'll stay under custody, until everything's clear.

I'm only on leave for one week. My permit will end by the time you

find out about my situation. Today's Saturday, tomorrow Sunday.

Enough! You shouldn't have lost your papers. Take him.

Give the bird to Leyla. She'll understand.

- She'll get what I mean. - Don't worry, I won't forget.

Everything seems to have changed.

There used to be a small baklava shop here.

Hi, friends. Is there any free seats?

Surrender. This is your last chance. I don't want any bloodshed.

This is your last warning! Come out and surrender.

I'll count to three. If you don't surrender,

we'll destroy your house!

One...

Two...

Three.

Prepare to shoot!

Don't shoot! We surrender.

Hold your hands above your head and get out.

We surrender! Don't shoot.

Omer?

You.

Turn.

You. Over here!

Your ID.

Here you are. Search.

- Where are you going? - To Sancak.

Your destination appears to be Konya.

My wife and son are in Sancak. She went to Sancak to her sick father.

She didn't know I'd be on leave. I'm going to them.

- May he recover soon. Here. - Thank you.

- Is it like this every night? - Yes. These are bad days.

They search all around. Every day there's a raid.

Every day a couple deaths. Smuggling is a dead persons business.

The soldiers don't take any chances.

Fear is the guard of everyone's house.

You can't even claim your own bodies.

It's much more worse if you're a kurd.

He should surrender. It breaks my heart. I can't take it any longer.

I can't take it. One day they'll bring his body.

Shut up. Allah is with him. He won't leave him.

Does he have a secure place?

Which fugitive has a secure place? Today secure, tomorrow fucked up.

- There's plenty of informers. - I hope he doesn't hear of your arrival.

- Otherwise he won't resist. - Heaven forbid!

- They'll shoot him if he shows up. - Don't say that!

- The soldiers will shoot him. - I told you not to say that!

- My bride will... - That's enough! Enough!

Seyit.

- Such a surprise. What's up? - I'm going to Sancak.

It was necessary.

- Did you finish your job in Adana? - Almost.

Cigarette?

- I can't get no sleep. - Me either.

Are you educated?

- I finished middle school. - I left in the third grade.

In the primary school. I had an uncle, who passed away...

...he always said "Whenever you don't grasp something...

ask for advice." Can someone's own mind, be his enemy?

- Well, mine is. - How come?

Enemy.

- Let's keep it a secret. - Don't you worry.

Read only this part.

We've found her in a whorehouse in Sogukoluk.

We took her back to our region. She's sentenced to death.

She yield to temptation.

She didn't think of me, our son, our family honor.

When I was put in jail I called her.

I said "Zine. Look. That's the situation.

What do you say? Think about it and let me know." I said.

She said "It doesn't matter, I'll wait." she said.

"Don't you worry." But she couldn't wait.

Why, she should have waited and not embarrass me.

Did you love her?

We grew up together. In the same village.

She was my uncle's daughter. I was 3-4 years older.

I had a shepherds pipe. When I played the pipe she used to cry.

She couldn't resist.

I don't know how she yield to the devil. I don't get it!

- I don't get it. - Are you sure?

You've read the letter. Her family wrote it.

Would they have written it, if it were not true?

Would they disgrace themselves for no reason?

What do you think? Are you going to do what they want?

There's pity in one corner of my heart and hatred in the other.

After all those years there's Diyarbakir.

My poor children, my wife.

Those who love me despite everything.

The ones who'll feel happy to see me.

My father-in-law, mother-in-law and brothers-in-law.

That's weird. This is Diyarbakir.

Finally we've arrived. We'll part soon.

We've been on the road for two days now. You have arrived.

I have plenty to go.

- Let's say farewell. - Yes.

We may leave and not return, return but not see each other.

Farewell.

I came to kiss your hand.

I don't mean to defend myself.

I'm as sad as you.

Don't kill yourself with grief. I'm suffering too.

Let me kiss your hand.

Daddy. Don't leave again.

- Daddy. Don't leave again. - Alright, my daughter.

I'm telling Ahmet that we have a father,

but he won't believe it. See, we have a father.

If you're smart you'd leave. Don't get me in trouble.

I came to see my wife. My kids. If you allow me...

Your kids are there. Take them and leave.

What about my wife?

Your wife's there too. Take her too if she wants to come.

If she's that dishonorable to follow someone who's caused

her brothers death, then take her. If she's that dishonorable,

god damn her, she's not our daughter. Take her.

Your husband wants to take you. What do you say?

You goddamn dog! Coward! You fled.

He wouldn't have died if you hadn't ran away.

Emine, I came here for you, for our children.

What's your choice?

Is it true? Did Aziz die because of you?

I beg you tell me the truth. Swear on our children.

I want to know the truth. Did you really abandon Aziz and flee?

You didn't run away and abandon Aziz, did you? Answer me!

It's true. I was scared. I fled.

Aziz died because of me, my cowardice. That's true, but...

Don't but me. Don't you ever dare show your face again.

We're enemies 'til death!

Tickets please.

Like this.

Seyit Ali.

All three of us made the decision. My dad, me and Cinde.

My father said, "It's not just Seyit's honor that's been disgraced.

It's our honor too. The girl is ours. She's dishonorable.

It's up to us to clean this stain."

He said "The decision is yours. If you say that it's our duty,

it is ours. We'll take care of Zinde. But if you say it's mine,

that's your business. Think it through and decide.

I've decided already. It was my responsibility.

I'm dishonored more than anyone else. It's my duty.

Everything has its time. It's the winter that worries me.

So what?

How am I supposed to go to the village?

The winter was long this year. The cold is terrific.

And there's fog, blizzards and avalanches.

I'll give you my horse. But your clothing is very thin.

You need to wear thick clothes. You can't cross the Cobantasi pass.

You go like this, you'll freeze to death.

- Windy? - Yes. The pass is very windy.

You'll freeze in one hour.

Saliho's bride froze to death just 2 days ago. And her two kids.

You have a long way. At least five hours. Be careful.

Saliho's bride froze in two hours distance.

They sweat. They got excited and sweat.

Then they were exposed to the cold, got stuck in the snow and fell asleep.

This will happen to you too.

This would do.

I don't need a weapon.

Take it. Just in case. Do you have toothache?

- I can't stand the pain. - Open your mouth.

- This one? - Yeah.

Your tooth is cracked. The pain will go if I burn it.

- How are you going to burn it? - Our Barber Elim.

He knows what to do.

First you have to heat up a piece of wire until it gets red.

Then we'll stick it into the crack and burn your tooth.

- Can you stand the pain? - I don't know.

- Are you ready? - Yes I am.

Don't you shut your mouth or shake your head to left or right.

Hold him tight. Don't let him move.

Hold him tight.

We'll marry as soon as I get released. As the head of the family,

my word counts. You'll have to accept everything I say.

If I say it's black, you'll know it is black.

You won't talk to men or joke with them. I'll get mad.

You won't talk with other men except for you brothers and close

relatives. You'll do what I say. You won't go against my word.

No talk of let me put on this and that. I'll get angry, very angry.

I will determine what you will do and put on. Got it?

Alright. How nice you've put it. Did you learn all that, in jail?

Who knows when we'll meet again.

Write me letters. Long. Long letters.

Send them to your new house's address. Don't send them to us...

- ...or my dad will get mad. - He's an old fashioned man.

What age do we live in? I just don't get it.

Who's Meral? Who?

She's my fiancé. I mean, she's going to be my wife.

Is there anything worse than this?

This is our custom. Don't you know how people gossip?

Who cares about them? Do I interfere in their business?

- Don't drink, you'll get drunk. - What's it to you?

Call those two detectives too. Let them also interfere in my raki.

Two detectives, two watchman, moving right behind us.

Why? Just in case something happens?

What could have happened, I'm asking you?

Damn you, your two detectives too.

Come in.

Come in.

Don't look. Come.

Isn't that ours?

Come, baby.

- What's today? - Friday.

Come in!

- Go to number 4. - Number 4! I won't go to number 4.

- What's your number? - Are you crazy or what?

He's obsessed with numbers. Piss off.

Anything but number 4.

- I'm waiting at number 11. - 11 is okay. Don't be late.

Don't come late, come early.

Don't come late, come early.

I'm wondering... why did you not go to number 4?

4 is the number of my dorm at jail.

You know what? I don't like neither the dorm, nor the detectives. Got it?

No, I didn't.

I didn't enjoy this leave at all.

How could you flee?

- What happened, dad? - Emine has run away.

Cinde.

- Father, Seyit is here. - Let me kiss your hand.

How did you get here in this snow and weather?

- It was pretty hard. - How are your parents?

Fine. They've sent their regards.

- Did you talk to Sevket? - I did.

What do you think?

The same.

Tell me... when?

I'd like to take my wife and son tonight if you please.

- Where? - To Sancak. To Sevket's place.

You have something on your mind?

I have.

Did she see you?

She did.

8 months...

She's tied up there like a dog. Her leg is chained up.

She didn't see daylight for 8 months. It's forbidden.

She's forbidden anything but bread and water.

No water touched her skin in 8 months. That's what she deserves.

Are you happy to see me?

She wants to arouse pity for herself. Seyit Ali, don't you grow soft on her.

Don't let your hands shake.

She's blackened the name of our family. Don't you pity her.

I'm going to take you to your uncle. We'll take your mom too.

- We shouldn't take her. - Why?

She's filthy.

Your uncle said "Take Zine and my nephew." he said.

- Are you going to talk to Zine? - I will.

Well. Talk. But be aware. She's evil. Don't be taken in by her. Be brave.

Use your hatred and anger.

I'm ashamed of you Seyit.

I told you I would wait but couldn't. What shall I say?

What's done is done. What can I say?

I became thinner and thinner. What could I do?

What good would it do if I'd say I'm sorry?

What should I weep for, why should I complain?

What's gone is gone. I've deserved it all.

I'm in this barn for 8 months. Don't resemble a human anymore.

I just have bread and water. But you treated me like a human.

You know what I think. I have no more bread to eat, water to drink...

In this world. They were waiting for you, and here you are.

Don't kill me like this.

Let me take a bath, put clean clothes on, comb my hair,

purify myself and do my prayer.

What else?

- I'd like to embrace my son. - What son?

You know.

I came here to take you to Sancak to your big brother Sevket.

I'm not going to shoot you. May God punish you.

Whatever you say. I know how I'll end up.

I ask from you not to hand me over to somebody else.

Give me what I deserve. We've shared the same bed.

My Seyit. We have a right to each other. A marital right.

Please don't deny me my last wish.

I'm not the Seyit Ali you used to know.

I'm not the old Seyit Ali. I used to proud and honorable.

But now...

I don't have the nerve to go out in public anymore.

I'm burning inside.

I asked you. You said you could wait.

Is this how you were supposed to wait? But I swore not to harm you.

God will punish you.

Open the door!

What the hell!

Goodness gracious. Things have gone to the dogs. You rotten shits.

Excuse me. Get out of the way!

Mommy, Daddy!

God damn you.

You infidels.

Beat them up!

Mommy! Daddy!

Beat them!

Some things are hard to explain.

They're hard to explain and to understand.

So what? Are you going to understand it and we're not?

That's not what I meant?

What do you mean then? You've been busted in the restroom.

Isn't this shameful?

It's a shame for you. For me it's necessity.

Cut it short. What necessity? Do you have any marriage papers?

We're not officially married. But we have kids.

How shall I know if the kids are someone else's?

Let's hand them over to the security forces at the first station

with our report. There are rules and regulations in this country.

Let them be punished.

- Are the kids really yours? - They are.

You should be ashamed for your children.

Take the kids inside.

Come.

How are you going to go out in public now?

God damn you all. You wretch!

You should thank your children. Otherwise I wouldn't let you go.

Don't you go out. They will tear you to pieces. Stay where you are.

You better talk to the people at the door.

Okay people. Return to your places.

It's just a hastily couple.

Immorals!

You're evil!

You should have dressed down.

Alright. Evil, immoral, this and that. Break it up!

It's their own trouble. Break it up!

Seyit said "I will take you to Sevket."

That's what he said to us too. "Let Zine have a bath

give her clean cloth and a comb for her hair.

We'll set off when the moon rises.

So he had pity on me. He thought it over and...

...pitied on me.

I'm afraid. I'm afraid. I accustomed myself to death.

But Seyit said such things, I don't know how to put it.

A hope grew inside me. I wasn't Afraid of death in the past.

I wanted it. But now... now I'm scared.

Sefer. Don't shoot.

Seyit, wake up! The moon has risen.

Be brave my son. If you get soft on her and your hands shake,

I will hound you even in the next world.

Don't forget, these two hands won't leave you in peace.

Remove this stain from our faces. Clean our honor.

Farewell sister. Maybe we won't see each other again.

- You have so much on me. - Nobody has. May God forgive you.

I kept this for bad days. l don't need this anymore.

- Take it. - I won't.

Why?

That gold has your flesh and bone?

What?

You sold your flesh for that gold.

- Forgive me. - What's there to forgive?

May you have a good journey.

Zine is weak and ill. She can't endure this journey in winter.

Does she have the strength for the way?

She's ill, her clothes are thin. She'll freeze and cause them trouble.

Let her freeze and die.

You can't cross the Cobantasi Pass like this.

- If you go like this, you'll freeze. - I'll freeze?

You'll freeze. The pass is pretty windy. It will freeze a man instantly.

Saliho's bride froze two days ago. And two of her kids.

You have a long way ahead. At least five hours.

Oh my God. Give me strength.

Don't leave me here. Give me strength.

That's the Syrian border. The border is stuffed with barb wire, mines.

Those mines have blown apart my father's and hundreds of villagers

limbs and heads. The borders which are the grave of hundreds of villagers.

The Syrian territory is just 10 steps away.

But you can't go. Because you can't explain yourself.

Nobody wants to understand you. They say go, finish your sentence.

Abuzer is a fugitive, you're a fugitive. They ask, what are we going to do?

I wish I knew. I can't accept it anymore. I'm fed up being depressed.

They want to wed you. They say you'd be docile when you get married.

But they got no money.

I won't marry. I don't want to leave a widow behind me.

Halil, I saw a girl when I came here. I know her but I'm not sure. Her nose...

That's Muslum's daughter. Her name is Gulbahar.

She's a strong girl. She was a kid when you were put in jail.

- What's that father? - A horse carcass.

I'm worn out.

Oh God, give me strength.

Seyit!

Don't leave me here!

Dad!

What?

- Mom lags behind. - She'll catch up.

But she can't. She's shouting.

Seyit! Save me!

You wished she wouldn't have come with us.

You brought her. You shouldn't have.

I don't feel my legs! I can't walk.

My legs don't move!

Saliho's bride froze in two hours distance.

They sweat. They got excited and sweat.

Then they were exposed to the cold, got stuck in the snow and fell asleep.

My legs... My legs...

They don't carry me anymore.

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

Forgive me. I can't look you in the face.

Forgive me. Forgive me.

Don't let the beasts feed on me here.

I'm willing to be your slave.

My hands... My hands... I don't feel my hands.

My hands!

My hands!

I'm dying Seyit. I'm dying.

Forgive me. Forgive me.

I'm ashamed. Forgive me.

You were a very good man. You used to play the pipe so nice.

I wept when you played.

Zine! Zine! Wake up!

Wake up! Don't fall asleep, Zine.

If you sleep, you'll freeze.

Don't sleep. Zine!

Wake up. Zine, wake up.

Don't fall asleep.

Zine, wake up. Don't sleep. Zine.

Get up Zine. Get up.

Zine, don't sleep.

Don't sleep.

Zine, don't sleep!

Get up!

Mirza. Hit your mom so she won't sleep. Hit her!

Hit her!

What's up?

Are you Sevket?

- Your sister? - My sister.

She froze to death. My condolences.

- My father? - Heaven forbid! I hope it's not him.

My father?

My father?

God knows. We can't know. I hope it's not him.

Friends, this country is our country. We have no differences.

Yesterday night there was a clash at the border.

You must have heard the shots. 5 people died.

Yet we weren't able to find any identification papers.

Look at the dead, whether you know them or not.

We're going to give the corpses to their relatives.

Look and tell us if you know them. The corpses are in the truck.

Look at them. We're sorry about this,

but the law is the law. That's what happens to those who break it.

Cooperate. Look at the corpses and tell us whether you know them.

You'll be punished if you know them and don't tell us.

Do you know them?

No. I don't know any one.

- Is there anyone you know? - No.

- Is there anyone you know? - No.

Get out.

My condolences. You know, I'm your husband now.

That's the code.

Seyit!

Don't let the beasts feed on me.

Save me!

Seyit!

After all those years there's Diyarbakir.

My poor children, my wife.

Those who love me despite everything.

The ones who'll feel happy to see me.

My father-in-law, mother-in-law and brothers-in-law.

Those who hate me. That's weird. This is Diyarbakir.

Attention: The convicts who don't return to the penitentiary...

...after the end of their leave will be fugitives.

In case of disease, accident or any incidents, the convicts on leave

are to contact the district attorney or martial law

head offices and surrender. Any medical reports taken...

...during the leave are invalid. Those who come late...

...will be punished, despite medical reports and sent to...

the covered penitentiary. The Penitentiary Directorship.

Attention! The prisoners on leave are returning...

We'd like to thank our companions who worked with great

courage and self-sacrifice under difficult social and natural

circumstances to make this movie happen.

They will live on, as long as this movie exists.