Character Relationship Map: Three Monkeys

Characters

• Eyüp (played by Yavuz Bingöl) — protagonist

  Eyüp is Servet's regular driver and the husband of Hacer and father of İsmail. After Servet causes a fatal road accident, Eyüp agrees to falsely claim responsibility and serve nine months in prison in...

• Hacer (played by Hatice Aslan) — protagonist

  Hacer is Eyüp's wife and İsmail's mother, working as a kitchen assistant while worrying about her son's future and behavior. She asks Servet for an advance payment, then reluctantly accepts his ride h...

• İsmail (played by Ahmet Rıfat Şungar) — supporting

  İsmail is Eyüp and Hacer's son, who fails his college entrance exam again and is injured in fights with dubious acquaintances. Seeking money for a proposed driving job, he asks Hacer to approach Serve...

• Servet (played by Ercan Kesal) — supporting

  Servet is a wealthy businessman campaigning in an election and employing Eyüp as his driver. After accidentally killing a pedestrian, he persuades Eyüp to take the blame and promises payment for his f...

• Bayram (played by Cafer Köse) — supporting

  Bayram is a very poor man who works and sleeps inside a tea house in the neighborhood. After İsmail confesses to killing Servet, Eyüp approaches Bayram with the same proposal Servet once made to him:...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Eyüp → Bayram (Power Criminal Recruiter) — Eyüp attempts to recruit Bayram into a paid criminal cover-up.

  Eyüp speaks with Bayram and makes him the same proposition that Servet made to Eyüp: taking responsibility for the crime committed by his son.

• Eyüp → İsmail (Family Father And Son) — Their family bond becomes central when Eyüp considers taking responsibility for İsmail's crime.

  Eyüp lives with Hacer and their son İsmail, and later confronts the consequences of İsmail's confession.

• Hacer → İsmail (Family Mother And Son) — Hacer attempts to guide and protect her troubled son.

  Hacer worries about İsmail after he fails the college entrance exam and suffers injuries from fighting.

• Eyüp → Hacer (Family Husband And Wife) — Their marriage is destabilized by imprisonment, secrecy, and Hacer's affair.

  The plot identifies Hacer as Eyüp's wife and shows them living together with their son.

• Hacer → Servet (Romantic Lovers) — Their affair fractures Hacer's marriage and intensifies the family's secrecy.

  İsmail discovers that Hacer is having an affair with Servet, and the plot states that Hacer is in love with him.

• Servet → Eyüp (Professional Employer) — Servet's employment relationship with Eyüp enables the criminal bargain.

  Eyüp is described as Servet's normal driver, and Servet promises to continue paying Eyüp's salary while he is imprisoned.

Story Dynamics

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

• İsmail → Servet (Conflict Killer And Victim) — Their hidden conflict culminates in Servet's death.

  After the police announce that Servet has been murdered, İsmail confesses to Hacer that he killed Servet.

Story Analysis

A family's small compromises grow into lies, betrayal, imprisonment, murder, and the repetition of moral responsibility.

Plot Progression

1. A Death Beneath the Rain — Servet causes a fatal accident while campaigning and fears that public exposure will destroy his political career. He asks Eyüp to accept the legal consequences in exchange for money and continued wag...
2. A Family Under Strain — While Eyüp is imprisoned, İsmail fails his entrance exam again and struggles with injuries and questionable acquaintances. His need for work and a car pushes Hacer toward Servet for financial help.
3. Secrets in the Household — Hacer visits Servet's office and reluctantly accepts his lift home. İsmail discovers their affair and keeps the revelation from Eyüp.
4. The Return and the Murder — Eyüp is released after nine months and senses that his home has changed. Servet rejects Hacer, then is murdered, bringing the hidden affair into the police investigation.
5. A New Scapegoat — İsmail confesses the murder to Hacer, while Eyüp seeks calm at a mosque. He then offers Bayram the same kind of criminal substitution that Servet once offered him.