Alef (2020): Season 1, Episode 8 - Episode #1.8 - full transcript

Previously...

You called me last night?

Who else should I call,
aren't you my partner?

I thought it was suspicious.

I think of you
when my heart was failing...

...and instead of being happy,
you're suspicious?

That abandoned building...

Circulation of World Science...

...and Knowledge Society
sold it to Abdullah Ceren.

What?

And the chairman
during the selling...



Rahmi G?rener.

Well, I'm listening.

Excuse me?

You didn't call me
for a romantic dinner, right?

No, no.

Kemal...

You can't lie.

I found G?ne?.

I found our son, Semiha.

Our brethren and friends
of the heart are invited...

Every Thursday - 20.30
Kad?yoran Lodge, Kad?yoran St.

The other day...

...you asked me Medieval deviant
tariqas still exist or not?

There are some that still exist.



I seek refuge with
the Lord of the Dawn.

From the mischief
of created things.

From the mischief of Darkness
as it overspreads.

From the mischief...

Please, don't trouble yourself.

Are you waiting for Mr. Doctor too?

Yes.

R?za Evengil,
I'm working at Novartis.

A Switzerland and
Germany association.

Is it very bad, sir?

Excuse me?

Your ache?

Mine is getting worse
since the last week.

It's becoming unbearable
especially in winter.

The cold effects badly on it.

You should keep away from moving
much and keep it warm, but...

...it's not possible.

Traveling is the nature
of my occupation.

They gave me this job 32 years ago.

Right after I came back
from military service.

They planted the tracer between
T6 and T10 vertebrae in my spine.

What can I do? I have to endure.

Because people need us.

They need chosen people like us.

At least... You have to live
for your daughter, sir.

God bless her.

-Welcome, Mr. R?za.
-Thank you, sir.

-Please, don't bother yourself.
-Not at all.

If you'll excuse me,
I have a meeting...

...you can wait in my room
if you please.

Of course, sir.

-Go on, please.
-Go in please, please.

I'll wait.

Mr. R?za goes back
than anybody else in here.

He believes that he's working
for a secret organization...

...that aims the well-being
of the world.

He checked in here when he was
a medical representative.

He responds to treatment...

...but when he leaves his fantasy
world and encounters the reality...

...he shows a major depressive state.

Unfortunately,
he has terminal bladder cancer.

And we've decided that not
disturbing his fantasy world...

...in his last days is
the best thing to do.

And what does it good for this
bitter reality world anyway, right?

Please, here.

The patient's communication was
limited in his psychiatric exam.

Therefore, we couldn't evaluate his
perception and thinking process.

His mood is generally broken.

His emotions are blunt.

The clinical diagnosis is
catatonic schizophrenia.

Did he say anything at all?

Nothing else than some words
in Arabic...

...similar to the verses
of the Quran.

Do you have anything about his ID?

Is there any similar record
in another hospital before?

No, I'm afraid.

Did you noticed anything out of
the ordinary you found interesting?

In the abdominal radiograph
that we checked also his femurs...

...we found second degree
burn marks on all over his body.

We consulted with the dermatology.

And?

Burns are old but deep.

And some layers of the dermis...

...and almost all of the epidermis
is injured.

Those burns,
could they be caused by fire?

It's possible.
Because it's very large and wide.

And the dermatology report...

...says rather than boiling,
it's been exposed directly to fire.

-May I see?
-Of course, here.

You can keep it if you want.

I have a copy.

Call me from this number
if he tells anything.

Good morning, folks.

-Good morning.
-Good morning, Lieutenant.

Is Settar still not here?

No, Lieutenant.

Is the Crime Scene Investigation
report on the boat out yet?

It will be out by noon, Lieutenant.

Lieutenant,
we talked to Mrs. Neyyire too.

We asked if she knew anything about
that deranged person on the boat.

The man is an old friend
of Nusret I??k.

But then,
he lost his mental health...

...and started to live
at G?ksu cemetery.

Nusret I??k couldn't convince
him to check in a hospital.

He insisted that he's dead,
and his place is the cemetery.

And out of pity...

...Nusret I??k let him stay
on the boat sometimes.

Or out of remorse.

Because he caused
his injury in the fire.

Have a good day, folks.

Oh, Lieutenant?
Are you going out?

Yes.

Is it okay if I leave these to you?

What are those?

New radios. For Captain and you.

They'll come from IT
and set them later.

They're saying they have
very wide range.

I hope they won't fail you
like the other night.

The other night?

The Captain, actually.

Excuse me?

Captain Settar requested backup
from us the night he fainted...

...but he couldn't give us
the location, unfortunately.

I mean, I hope we won't have that
trouble with these new models.

I hope, Filiz. Thank you.

Lieutenant?

Hi, Reyhan.

Yes?

I need a city surveillance record.

Lieutenant, I'm sorry.

I'm only doing stuff
on audio related things.

Oh, right.

I'm sorry.

I'm joking. It's a joke, a joke.

Don't mind the writing on the door,
I do anything.

I won't let you bother
yourself with them.

What are you looking for?

A city surveillance record.

The Anatolian Lighthouse.

What's up, Kemal?

Did you miss me so much?

"Neither a patient
waits for the morning"

"And the grave for a newly dead"

"Nor the devil waits for a sin"

"As much as I've waited for you"

I hope I didn't make
you wait outside too long.

And I'm sorry, I don't have
anything else to offer.

Thank you.

I wanted to see how you are.

And I was just thinking that they're
already looking for an excuse...

...and I fell, so nobody would give
two fucks about me anymore.

I called you before.

But your phone was off.

Actually, I'd come
to the station today, but...

...I was tired.

I'm just resting.

So, what's going on?
What's the news?

You've heard Rahmi G?rener, surely.

I did. How did it happen?

He wasn't tied.

Before killing him, took his
eyes out with the same tool.

Maybe he saw something
he shouldn't?

Maybe.

Poor soul.

And we talked to the man.

What are you doing now?

We're investigating more deeply
the connection between...

...Faik Ahlat Karaca
and Rahmi G?rener.

You went to G?ksu last night again,
and found a man on the boat.

Who was he,
have you found out?

You heard about everything I see.

Your other channels are not
like your radio it seems.

The world is small.

News travels fast.

Just a homeless.

It seems he got on the boat
to take shelter against cold.

I don't think he's
anything to do with the case.

You brought me a gift?

Filiz gave it to me.

New radio.

I was managing with the old one.
Was that so necessary?

These have a wider range
of frequencies.

It should have a reception
from anywhere.

It won't fail you like
the other night on the Lighthouse.

Filiz told me you wanted backup...

...to the Anatolian Lighthouse
the other night.

So?

Why didn't you tell me?

Why should I?

Don't blend French shit
with a British spoon, British.

An animal stole the bag
of a woman and ran away.

I heard that and chased him.

And when I ended up
in a tight spot...

...and you know,
when you didn't pick up...

I'll be leaving now.

Stay a little more.

It's late, I have things to do.

Let me drive you.

No need, you should rest.

Friend, I'm not a watermelon
to grow by lying down.

My Gosh,
I'm sick and tired of resting.

Let me go out and
have some fresh air.

Maybe I'll go to the pub.

-There is no deity but Allah!
-There is no deity but Allah!

-There is no deity but Allah!
-There is no deity but Allah!

-There is no deity but Allah!
-There is no deity but Allah!

-There is no deity but Allah!
-There is no deity but Allah!

-There is no deity but Allah!
-There is no deity but Allah!

-There is no deity but Allah!
-There is no deity but Allah!

-There is no deity but Allah!
-There is no deity but Allah!

Thank you.

Sir, the files you asked are ready.

Thank you, Mr. Murat.

Billur.

I want backup
to the Anatolian Lighthouse.

And send a Crime Scene Unit.

Dad.

Tonight, G?ksu cemetery.

Lieutenant, what's going on?

Is there any news on Settar?

He's still on sick leave,
Lieutenant...

...he should begin tomorrow.

Is his radio on?

I don't think so.

Check it.

What's up, Lieutenant?

Is there something to do with...
-Lieutenant, I found something!

Nusret I??k
Kandilli, Sinem St. No 2

Servant, Housekeeper?
Gardener, Off on weekends!!

Abdullah Ceren (Contractor)
Head. Police Force. With whom?

Body. Sarayburnu, Ak?nt?burnu.
Look with the boat!!

G?ne?!

Son!

It appears that all of the victims
are tied through a tariqa...

...that banned during the Ottoman
era because assumed as heathen...

...but lived for centuries
by hiding themselves.

It seems members of this tariqa,
managed to hide themselves...

...in officially accepted tariqas.

Mustafa Diri, Nusret I??k,
Rahmi G?rener...

They're all murdered
by the same killer.

And the person you see
on this photo is G?ne? ?zt?rk.

The son of Settar ?zt?rk,
the head of the Homicide Bureau.

He committed suicide...

...by jumping off The Bosphorus
Bridge two years ago.

And despite all search efforts,
his body couldn't be found.

And I think he has
connection with those people...

...through the same tariqa.

We see on this photo,
Mustafa Diri, Nusret I??k...

...Rahmi G?rener and G?ne?
?zt?rk all together.

You didn't put Abdullah
Ceren there, Lieutenant.

I don't think that Abdullah Ceren
involved in this tariqa or lodge.

Abdullah Ceren is murdered because
he bought and possibly burned...

...a controversial property
from a foundation...

...that Rahmi G?rener
was its chairman.

What are you trying to tell us,
Kemal?

It's clear that this building
Abdullah Ceren bought...

...is an old lodge that
was in the center...

...of many controversies in the past.

This building was used by followers
of the Sheikh Ismail Ma?uki...

...who was executed
because of his dangerous ideas.

This group,
calling themselves Mashukis...

...took shelter in tariqas
accepted by the state...

...so ownership of this building
passed on to Mevlevis.

And by a foundation
that's close to Mevlevis...

...by Circulation of World
Science and Knowledge Society...

...sold to the contractor
Abdullah Ceren.

And it seems,
he burned the building...

...to eliminate its status
as a historical building.

But...

...there is something he didn't
took into account.

Dervishes staying in the building.

Some people died
and got injured in the fire.

But unfortunately,
this incident was covered up...

...as a fire caused
by homeless people.

You're thinking the killer
is one of those dervishes...

...who's taking revenge against
the people caused this fire.

Exactly.

The killer,
after the first murder...

...asked us to publish the serial
novel of Faik Ahlat Karaca.

The novel is about an era of great
oppression against radical tariqas.

And the protagonist of the novel...

...is a dervish
who's taking revenge...

...of his burnt lodge
and death friends.

So Abdullah Ceren is
responsible of the arson...

...Rahmi G?rener
sold the property...

...and Nusret I??k is
an important name of that society.

All of their murder
fits in this logic.

And the first victim? Mustafa Diri?

I can only guess about it for now.

As far as I learned,
there were ideologic differences...

...and conflicts in this tariqa.

Between those who want to...

...embrace being Mevlevi fully
and leave their secret lives...

...and those who want to continue
their traditional radical ways.

Mustafa Diri, most probably,
was a member of the radical side.

However, his tongue being cut...

...makes me think that
he changed sides...

...or was an informant
for the other side.

Go on.

It seems, Settar met someone at the
Anatolian Lighthouse two days ago...

...and then chased this person.

Who was he?

I don't know.

And what's Settar saying about it?

Settar kept that meeting from me.

What do you mean kept from you?

Settar...

...told me that it was
an ordinary purse snatching...

...and then had a heart attack
chasing that person.

But why would he do that?

That's exactly what I wonder.

It seems that he protects
that person for some reason.

Wait.

You're saying that
the man committing...

...all those murders is G?ne??

And Settar protects his son?

Maybe.

I found the photo of G?ne? ?zt?rk
with all victims in Settar's house.

I mean, only Settar can give us
answers for all these questions.

But how could it be, Lieutenant?

Is it possible to not die after
jumping off from a bridge?

There are more than 20 cases
have been reported until today.

And where the hell is Settar?

Does anybody know?

Both his radio and phone are off.

We're trying to reach him.

-Edip.
-Yes, sir.

Bring Settar's wife
Semiha right away.

Now! Run, run!

Yes, sir.

Thank you very much.

So you're Settar's last partner.

May Allah make you successful.

Your face is shining.

But you seem like
to had many troubles.

Settar came to the lodge
this night.

And he came to my brother's
house then.

God forbid,
he was like something got into him.

He was like somebody else.

He came in.

"Semiha, pack your things,
we're going out of this house."

He caused a scene before.

I said, "No."

"That's not home for me anymore."

"It's a perished place."

He grabbed my arm...

...and said, "Semiha...

...G?ne? will come."

"I'll bring our son back."

"Do you want our kid to
come back to an empty house?"

Like he had a strange
look in his eyes...

I said, "No, I don't want that."

And then my brother came.

And I tried to prevent a fight...

He just turned his back and left
without saying anything.

Why were Settar and your son
couldn't get along with each other?

My G?ne?...

...was something else.

I mean,
even when he's just a baby...

...and then he grew up...

...he was always different.

He was a sun, just like his name.

Shining bright.

Settar never could
get along with my G?ne?.

He always...

...wanted him to go hunting,
wrestling...

...I don't know, accompany himself.

But G?ne? wasn't like that.

He had a gentle soul.

He took interest in sufism
at one point.

Settar yelled and got angry
with me and my brother.

Saying that we poisoned him.

He pushed G?ne?.

But G?ne? was different.

Different how?

Allah created him differently.

He was different.

Was he gay?

When did Settar find that out?

I don't know. He heard somehow.

But even before,
he always told me...

...that I'm bringing him up
like a girl.

And what happened when he find out?

They had a fight.

I begged him...

...but once he got mad...

...he never listens.

He kicked G?ne? out.

Did you get in touch
with your son after that?

At first, he called a few times.

But then he stopped calling.

They said he took
refuge in Allah's way.

Where?

In the Mevlevi lodge.

But then...

Then?

One night, he came home, in rags.

I don't know how to tell...

Like he survived a fire?

Yes.

Like smoke, all black...

Arms and hands burnt...

I said, "What happened, my son?"

"Let's go to the hospital."

Settar heard what happened.

Then I couldn't make him listen
no matter what I did or said.

He said,
"Go where you were all this time!"

I didn't saw my baby since then.

Then on TV...

How is it going, guys?

Didn't we heard anything
about Settar yet?

No, I'm afraid, sir.
All units are outside.

They couldn't find anything yet.

Where did he go?

God damn it!

Kemal?

Open the door, it's me.

You scared the shit out of me!
What's going on?

Stop lying to me!

Are you crazy? What is it?

Do you remember this necklace?

Stop lying to me.

Who's this?

G?ne? and Celal.

I want you to tell me
everything you know, right now.

-Kemal, I'm really...
-We don't have a second to waste!

If you don't talk right now,
we can't prevent one more death.

We met one day
when I went to my father.

With whom?

Celal.

The one beside G?ne?.

Celal was charming,
full of life and very attractive.

He said that he was a doctor...

...and decided to leave everything
he has and his family behind...

...and go on a new journey.

To be honest, I didn't care
what he does or who he is.

I believed in him
with all my heart.

He made me feel like
I was really loved.

Everything was so great.

For a while, everything was
too great to be true.

But after the marriage
he started to change.

Then I got pregnant.

He said that he couldn't
be a father...

...and we can't be
together anymore.

He discovered something
very different about himself...

...a new way, and he didn't have any
choice except following that way.

I asked him why,
but he didn't answer.

I begged, yelled, cried...

...no matter what I did,
couldn't get any results.

When I told what happened
to my dad...

...my dad told me that Celal started
to fall under the influence...

...of a young dervish,
one of his followers, a while ago.

This dervish, with other
dervishes he gathered...

...was challenging my dad's
accommodationist attitude.

Trying to bring back Mashukism
to its old radical way.

G?ne?.

G?ne?.

G?ne?'s case was already
controversial for a long time.

They were some who think he
had to go away immediately...

...but my dad was
hesitant about it.

I told everything to my dad.

That G?ne? didn't
care about sufism...

...and he aims nothing
but seducing men.

If he could send G?ne? away...

...he could regain his control
on his followers...

...Celal would come back to me,
and be like it used to...

...we could be a family again.

My dad was all alone on this.

In the end,
partly with my influence...

...he kicked G?ne? out
with the reason...

...of having immoral relations.

But right after that,
Celal disappeared too.

And then...

...I learned that they joined a lodge
with G?ne?...

...that its followers called
"Where The Sky Meets The Earth."

Alef.

Alef.

And the more my dad's
illness advanced...

...he started to lose his ability
to talk and write.

To keep his illness
from the congregation...

...I started to run his duties
regarding the foundation.

Then one day, by coincidence...

...I learned that the lodge
G?ne? and Celal took shelter in...

...belonged to the foundation
where my dad is chairman.

Some contractor persistently
wanted to buy it.

And everybody wanted
to sell except my dad.

I couldn't cool off.

I was deeply in love.

I felt humiliated.

Imitating my dad's signature...

...I sold the building.

I didn't want anybody to die.

I just wanted to disturb them.

How could I know the contractor
would arson the building...

...to get construction permit?

Why didn't you tell me before?

How could I?

Kemal...

I caused my dad's death.

But I didn't know anything,
I didn't know any of the victims.

Until the death of
my dad I never...

I couldn't connect those things.

When you mentioned
the burnt lodge...

...I figured that Celal is
behind all this, wanting revenge.

I knew that G?ne?
committed suicide after the fire.

And Celal was missing
since the fire.

Celal...

...was taking revenge
against people...

...who pushed G?ne?
to commit suicide.

Billur!

We're not after G?ne?.

We're after someone named Celal.

Got me?

The man we're after is named Celal.
Celal Turan.

Help!

I'm here!

Help!

Help!

I'm here!

G?ne?...

G?ne?...

How is it going?
Any news on Settar?

Where are you?
Where the hell have you been?

The person we're after
is not G?ne?.

His lover. Celal Turan.

Celal is taking revenge against
people who caused his death.

And now it's Settar's turn.

Lieutenant, Chief!

We have the Captain's phone signal,
but there is something strange.

Strange how?

The signal is in the middle of
the Bosphorus.

In the middle of the Bosphorus?

What is he doing in the middle of
the Bosphorus?

His phone's signal was on
G?ksu cemetery the last time.

G?ksu cemetery.

Nusret I??k's boat.

God damn it.

How couldn't I think that?

What is it, Kemal?

-The message, the killer left.
-What message, son!

Settar is in the middle of the sea.

And he's about to be
food to the whale.

What whale?

Call the Coastguard, immediately.

Find out if there is a boat
dangers the Bosphorus traffic.

Where is the signal coming from?

Off the Beylerbeyi.

-They should look at Beylerbeyi.
-Okay, Lieutenant.

Man, what's going on?
Tell it properly!

Settar is on a boat in the middle of
the Bosphorus.

And it's only a matter of time
to be ripped by a big tanker.

Billur, Cihangir, come with me!

Coastguard to ?stanbul Police.
Coastguard to ?stanbul Police.

Copy, Coastguard. Over.

A vehicle reported dangering
sea traffic off Beylerbeyi.

Greek flagged Nikolaidis
reported that. Over.

Tell them to stop ship traffic!

I said stop ship traffic
in the Bosphorus!

Stop ship traffic in the Bosphorus!

I repeat, stop ship traffic
in the Bosphorus! Over.

We can't stop it without
Mr. Secretary's approval. Over.

What's this bullshit!
What Secretary?

Sir,
according to the Montreux Convention.

Montreux Convention. Over.

Call the Sea Police.
We have to go to sea, immediately.

And tell the Coastguard, to warn
tankers on the Bosphorus, at least.

4555, 4555.
Sea Police.

Sea Police. Copy that.

Cihangir, step on it!

Chief.

Coastguard and Sea Police
units are...

...directed to off the coast
of Beylerbeyi.

And Lieutenant Kemal
is nearly there.

Call all units on the radio...

...Kemal is the only one
who's in charge of the operation.

Announce that on the radio
right away!

Go on!

There!

There!

The tanker is coming.

The tanker is coming right at it!

Isn't there a way to warn them!

Lady Rania. Lady Rania.

It didn't hit.
Tanker razed it, didn't hit.

Oh, thank God. Thank God.

What now, Lieutenant?

He's playing with us.

But why?

Why did he bring us here?

Settar?

Son?

Settar, it's me, Kemal.

G?ne?...

We met finally, Lieutenant.

Celal...

I thought maybe you'd
want to say goodbye.

Celal, stop, don't do it.
Just listen.

How is it, Lieutenant?

Do you like your seats?

I thought maybe you'd like
to see every detail.

Celal, don't!

Let's talk a little.

I know why you're doing all this.

But you're making a big mistake.

You did a big mistake before.

Rahmi G?rener didn't know anything.

Let me explain.

You're about to make
a big mistake again, Celal.

Don't waste your breath
trying to convince me, Lieutenant.

I don't want to kill Settar.

You heard it too.

He wants to join his son.

His son, he pushed from
here with his own hands.

Celal, look...

I understand you
and what you're doing.

I know everything, the whole story.

G?ne?, your other friends...

I understand very well why
you're punishing those people.

Celal!

You can't understand us,
Lieutenant.

We died a long time ago.

We died that night,
by burning, by whirling.

Just like Mashukis.

Just like Pir Sultan.

Some of us raised to the heavens.

And some of us became
unrestful spirits.

Trapped in our bodies.

Walking among people.

But it's time for me to go too.

Like my other fellows...

...it's time for me
to be one in Allah.

Celal, wait, don't!

Farewell, Lieutenant.

Celal, please!

This dickhead has a special
interest in the Bosphorus water.

He made us freeze to the marrow
in the morning.

I'll go for some rest.
You let me know.