Character Relationship Map: Baskin

Characters

• Baba / The Father (played by Mehmet Cerrahoglu) — protagonist

  The cult leader who captures the officers, orders the executions of Apo, Yavuz, and Remzi, and preaches his philosophy about hell. He is eventually overpowered by Arda using a key.

• Arda (played by Görkem Kasal) — supporting

  One of the five police officers and the young boy depicted in the opening scene. Captured by the cult, he receives a key from the dying Remzi, defeats The Father, escapes the village, and is ultimatel...

• Remzi (played by Ergun Kuyucu) — supporting

  A police officer who acts as a father figure to Arda. He is captured by the cultists, killed by The Father, and leaves a crucial key to Arda before dying.

• Yavuz (played by Muharrem Bayrak) — supporting

  One of the five police officers who causes a disturbance at a restaurant. He is later captured by the cultists and executed by The Father in the dungeon.

• Apo (played by Fatih Dokgöz) — supporting

  One of the five police officers. He is captured along with his colleagues and is killed by The Father alongside Yavuz and Remzi.

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Remzi → Arda (Family Father Figure) — Remzi provides Arda with parental protection and emotional guidance.

  Flashbacks reveal that Remzi took Arda in as a young man and became like a father to him.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Baba / The Father → Apo (Conflict Executioner And Captive) — Apo becomes one of The Father's executed prisoners.

  Apo is tied up with his colleagues and is killed by The Father.

• Baba / The Father → Yavuz (Conflict Executioner And Captive) — Their relationship is defined by cult imprisonment and execution.

  Yavuz is captured with the other officers and is killed by The Father in the dungeon.

• Baba / The Father → Arda (Conflict Captive And Captor) — Their confrontation drives the final escape sequence.

  The Father and the cultists capture Arda, but Arda later uses a key to overpower The Father.

• Baba / The Father → Remzi (Conflict Executioner And Victim) — The Father destroys Remzi before Remzi can help Arda escape.

  The Father orders and carries out the killing of Remzi in the dungeon.

• Yavuz → Apo (Alliance Teammate) — They remain connected through the police team's shared ordeal.

  Yavuz and Apo are two of the officers who leave the restaurant and later become captives in the same dungeon.

• Remzi → Apo (Alliance Teammate) — Their cooperation ends when both are imprisoned by the cult.

  Remzi and Apo are among the officers who investigate the abandoned police station together.

• Remzi → Yavuz (Alliance Teammate) — They share a police mission before being captured.

  Remzi and Yavuz dine together and leave the restaurant as members of the same police team responding to the emergency.

• Arda → Apo (Alliance Teammate) — Their shared mission places them together in the cult's trap.

  Arda and Apo enter the abandoned police station as part of the same group of officers.

• Arda → Yavuz (Alliance Teammate) — They are members of the same emergency-response unit.

  Arda and Yavuz travel in the same police van and investigate the abandoned station with the other officers.

Story Analysis

A police rescue mission becomes a cyclical descent into cult violence, psychological terror, and an inescapable vision of hell.

Plot Progression

1. A Warning in the Dark — Arda experiences a terrifying vision in his home. The story then introduces the police officers at a restaurant before an emergency call redirects them toward Inceagac.
2. The Road into Inceagac — A disturbing vision causes the police van to crash into a lake. The stranded officers walk to Inceagac, where locals warn them before they enter the abandoned station.
3. The Station Opens Hell — The officers find a catatonic policeman and investigate the abandoned building. Blood-covered cultists, surreal visions, and violent encounters transform the investigation into captivity.
4. The Father’s Dungeon — Flashbacks connect Arda to the boy in the opening and establish Remzi as his father figure. The officers are bound while The Father explains his philosophy and oversees their executions.
5. The Road Repeats — Remzi gives Arda a key before dying, allowing Arda to overpower The Father and escape. Arda is then run over by the same van, completing the film’s circular nightmare.