A tenant several months behind on rent, whose son İlyas damages Aydın’s car. He suffers financial hardship due to unemployment and a past prison sentence. After police confiscate his appliances for resisting debt collection, he lives with his brother Hamdi. He violently rejects Nihal’s charity by burning the donated money, viewing it as a guilt-payment.
Aydın is the landlord of İsmail, enforcing rent collection through agencies and police.
Nihal attempts to financially aid İsmail, but her gesture is rejected as hypocritical charity.
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