She smelled of roses
and it almost seemed like the wind played
with her long and beautiful hair.
No other mother in town was as beautiful as she.
That would've been impossible.
She wasn't like other mothers.
Our home never smelled of food,
but she was the scent that wafts from a home-cooked meal.
She was like an ironed shirt, like finely combed hair.
She was a warm hug when you come home to school.
My mother, on the other hand,
was a princess of a sad fairy tale who'd been jailed.
Hello, brother.
We were my mother's jailers.
My sister Gulendam and I.
My mother was with us,
but her soul waited for someone who was far away.
And one day, he arrived.
Please!
Stay! Don't go!
Please!
What?
-Let go! -Please don't!
Let me go!
I'm not staying here!
He was strong and evil.
Dad!
Are you okay?
He stole our mother.
She didn't hesitate to go.
I read in a poetry book that one shouldn't look back.
My mother couldn't look at us one last time.
She didn't say goodbye.
Mom!
The last time I saw my father,
he was holding his executioner's picture.
She had a new family and was pregnant.
He couldn't take it.
It was the first time I saw her smile.
My mother had a beautiful smile.
At that moment,
I threw my hopes into a dark and bottomless pit.
On my first day as an orphan, I ran without stopping.
I had a single image carved into my brain.
My father holding her picture.
My mother, who'd never smiled at us,
was smiling in that picture.
I promised then my mother would never smile like that again.
I wish I'd never given birth to you!
I'll make sure to break your heart!
No woman will ever truly love you because you're not human!
From that day on, we were no longer mother and son.
I was a monster who'd been cursed by his mother
and she was my worst enemy.
I'm here, Mother.
I didn't die.
What are you doing here?
Why do you care?
Who are you? What do you want?
Stay back!
Leave!
And what if I don't?
-Are you going to shoot me? -Sure.
Shoot.
Come on.
I'm so sorry.
Stay away!
Don't let me go.
I'll fall!
You're in my property.
I didn't know it was yours. It won't happen again.
You pointed your weapon at me.
I'm afraid of the water. I don't know how to swim.
I don't know how to swim. Please!
Mom, help me!
Mom!
Mom...
Mom!
Mom, help me!
Mom!
What is it?
We're almost at the house.
Where are you? Everyone's waiting for you.
Tell them to wait.
I miss you, Mom.
I wish you were with me.
Deva?
What happened to you?
Get a towel, something to dry her with.
-I fell into the lake. -How?
How'd you fall into the lake? I don't understand.
What were you doing?
A man showed up and he said the lake was his,
that I was on his property, and he threw me into the lake.
I almost drowned in front of him.
I cried and begged, but he didn't help me.
He didn't care!
Everyone in Bursa knows you're under my protection.
Who'd dare to do such a thing?
I don't know who he is, but I know he's an awful man.
Maybe he's crazy. Who'd do such a thing?
I almost died and he didn't help me!
It could've been way worse!
Ms. Zafer, please don't tell my father.
I wouldn't, don't worry.
He'd be very upset.