Based on the true story of Cevat Sakir, a Turkish writer who, just after Turkey's defeat in World War I, fell foul of the authorities when he wrote about deserters from the army. At first sentenced to hang, he was later sent to a distant part of the country to serve a prison sentence and eventually allowed to live in a rented house.
Based on the novel by Cevat Sakir Kabaagacli. |
