Naim Süleymanoğlu is the central figure, followed from his introduction to weightlifting at age ten through the 1988 Seoul Olympics. He sets world records, wins European, World, and Olympic titles, and becomes the youngest weightlifting world-record holder at fifteen while resisting forced name changes and seeking to expose the persecution of Bulgarian Turks.
Gaza is a fourteen-year-old teenager who lives with his father in a small coastal town and dreams of leaving to continue his education in the big city. His father involves him in human trafficking and forces him to spy on immigrants, leaving Gaza torn between accepting this criminal life and becoming an immigrant himself.
Hayat Van Eck has 6 screen credits in a career dating back to 2017. Signature works include Pocket Hercules: Naim Suleymanoglu, Bi Umut, Sevince. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
