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No, Cihan. C'mon!

Well, well, well!

You old goat, Tuzsuz!

-OK, l'll give it back.

-Good night. -Good night.

Tuzsuz!

ls she still alive, Tuzsuz?

Out with it!

ls Saniye still alive?

She's here!

-Get up!

- Dad?

-Dad, what's going on?

-Quiet! You'll wake her.

-Who's that?

-Miss Emily. Didn't you know?

Get up! Do something, anything!

Just sort this out.

-How, dad? -Don't ask me!

l've shelled out forEnglish classes

all these years, now get practising!

-But l'm busy, dad. Not now.

-Get up! Now! For goodness sake!

Step back, kids.

Miss Emily.

Miss Emily.

She's waking up, you know.

Good morning, teacher.

OK, OK, that'll do.

Welcome to ourtown.

l'm Mehmet Altintas, the headmaster.

l know we haven't got off

to a great start...

...but l promise to make up this

as soon as possible. Go on, translate.

-Merci beaucoup.

-She said thank you. -l got that!

First let's get you settled in yourflat.

Then we'll go to school together

and you can meet your students.

Translate!

-My students? -Sorry? l didn't get that.

-What do you mean? -HerEnglish is weird, dad.

l think you're mistaking me

for someone else.

-Wake up, son. What did she say?

-Dad, she's not speaking English!

-How do you mean?

-Well, she isn't.

Teacher...

See? She's speaking English.

C'mon, let's go!

Look. l need a phone.

-She said ''phone''.

-lt's urgent. Telephone?

-Right away. Right away.

- Great! Telephone. Teacher.

She said telephone again.

OK, no problem, teacher. No problem.

Please, come this way. Let's go.

-Dad, you don't need me any longer.

-You couldn't even make two sentences!

You show that girl around all day

and speak nothing but English!

-l want you fluent by this evening. Now get going

. Move! Lead the way. -Dad.... -Shut up!

Celal?

Thanks.

-What's yourfavourite flower?.

-Carnations.

Ragip, go put on youruniform.

There's a ceremony at school.

-Can't l skip it?

-No, son. lt's a ceremony. C'mon.

You can go on your own, can't you?

l am going to stay here with grandpa.

l'll take him.

lt's lovely.

Sorry...

l can't speak English much.

Don't look...

Don't look.

Bride! Are you looking for Tuzsuz?

Haven't you heard?

Tuzsuz and Ferit had a fight

in the mosque.

What's up? Where are you rushing

at this time of day?

l'm late, sorry.

l found the CD you wanted.

So you didn't forget.

Thanks a lot.

l'll get some extra-strength of this.

No 100 mgs, l'll get you the 50 mgs.

Lozenges, yes. Syrup.

And those come in 200 mgs.

Morning, Ferit. Welcome.

How can l help?

Ragip says he wrote you a letter.

Then he lost it.

He's wondering if you got it.

He's outside.

-OK. Have a good day.

-You too.

lt's OK. No problem.

Morning, bride!

What did he have to say?

Emily, you sit here.

l'll be right back, OK?

-Hamit, did you give herthe letter?.

-Sure, yes.

-Well? What did she say?

-What could she say? Nothing.

No kidding!

When did you get back?

l didn't see you.

-l came the back way. -Hamit!

Three teas forus! -OK!

Hamit, what happened to your eye?

-l banged it.

-You banged it?

-On the way this morning.

-You got caught, right?

-What does that mean?

-Where's the letterthen?

The letter...

The goddamn letter...

'Gulbahar, l've had it with this.

l'm coming to get you tomorrow.'

'lf you still want to run away, hang a

handkerchief at yourwindow.

-Seriously, did anyone see the letter?.

-l nearly lost an eye so they wouldn't!

-Hamit, where's ourtea?

-On its way! Here, take this.

-Doesn't look so bad though.

-Get out of here!

lf l'd told you the truth,

you'd neverhave gone!

So that's why you dump the job on me.

You're talking about eloping.

You know what? You'd never

have the guts to do it.

-So you don't want me to?

-Did l say that?

Then why didn't you say

you'd got beaten up?

Because you wanted me

to get caught, right?

Thanks a lot, Hamit.

Ahmet!

-Ahmet! Hey, Ahmet!

-What?

l took that beating so you could run off

with her. Look, just forget the whole thing.

Forget the letter,

forget everything you read!

Go ahead, run away and

spare me this sh*t.

We'll take you whereveryou like.

We'll show you around.

-Merci.

-Hope to see you again.

Grandpa has to go, Ragip.

Where?

To see an old friend.

Ragip!

-Don't tell, OK?

-OK.

Testing, one, two, three...

Don't shout, son!

Testing, one, two, three...

Yourface lights me up like the sun.

Your eyes shine like a thousand stars.

Dumb Romeo!

See who's there?

Give back that letter orl'll tell her

how you watched herin PE classes.

-That's a dirty lie!

-l'll tell her, believe me.

l don't have the letter.

l swearl heard it from the others

So you mean one of

you has the letter?.

-Where's youruniform?

-l'm starting next year.

What are you doing here then?

Testing, one, two...

Ah, here they are.

C'mon, kids!

Quick! Gathertogethernow!

-Good morning, kids!

-Thanks!

Today l'm going to introduce you

to ournew English teacher.

Why are there so few of you?

-Where are all yourfriends?

Why aren't you in uniform?

How can you be so slack?

Parents, it's not on!

Look, ourteacher arrives

from the other side of the world...

...we lay on an international ceremony

and no one turns up. lt's plain rude!

Mr. Celal...

OK, go back to yourplace.

Anyway, we'll discuss that later.

Ourtreasured teacher, Miss Emily!

-l don't understand.

-Of course. As you like.

-What do you want me to do?

-Thanks

Bravo!

- Thanks.

- Ready forthe national anthem!

Why are these still here?

They were recalled months ago.

-Yes. l guess l didn't notice.

-You didn't notice!

-Suppose you'd sold them to someone by mistake?

- lt was a slip-up, Volkan.

-You're responsible to people here.

-l'd have noticed before selling them.

-Suppose you'd slipped up again? Who knows?

Maybe you've sold some. -Volkan...

What do you plan to do? Go knocking

on doors and ask them back?

You can't tell anyone

if there's an emergency.

You tell no one anything anyway!

-Zeynep, quick!

Help! -What's wrong?

-Zeynep, what's up?

-Volkan, l'll be right back.

-Can you take charge fortwo minutes?

-Why don't l come too? -l won't be long.

Come along! So here we have

the second grade classroom.

We've just had the floors varnished

and the board painted.

We were also going to get the desks

varnished. But afterwriting to the Ministry...

-The phone! -...they said that

they'll send new ones. -Dad.

-What?

-She's asking about the phone.

What can l do, son? Just

fudge it. lt'll be fixed by tonight.

Before would be betterfor everyone.

Please, teacher. This way.

Let's show you the computerroom.

Make way forthe teacher. This way...

Ourteacher, Naci Altintas

had built it forus.

Where's Zeynep?

l don't know.

Zeynep's a bit sensitive these days.

Don't talk herinto making

the wrong decision.

She already made the wrong decision.

lt may be wrong to yourmind,

but Zeynep belongs here now.

l happen to be an old friend

who knows herinside out.

Friends here don't make secret visits

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