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Don't be so severe. You

have to understand people.

- I'm not going in there.

- Ok, you wait here.

- Selam aleikum.

- Aleikum selam.

Two boxes of film.

- How are things?

- Not bad. How are you?

I get by...

Otherwise I would've printed

your photos, why shouldn't I?

You were my best customers.

You know that, right?

Of course.

I don't have any problems with you

guys and I like your paper, too.

You coward!

Alian, pull yourself together.

We're not like this.

If I hadn't gone into that photo shop

this wouldn't have happened.

You can't blame yourself. What will the

others do when they see you like this?

This is when we have

to stand our ground.

The doorbell's ringing,

somebody open the door.

- Go on, go go.

- On your feet!

- Move!

- Come on, come on!

- Keep your head down!

- Come on!

- This way!

- Go go!

We received a complaint against you.

This place is to be searched!

Get over here, move.

There, ok! Move.

Go and catch the murderers

instead of bothering us!

You're trying to tell me

how to do my job, huh?

You're looking for the murderer here?

Shut up, we already have

too much work to do.

Don't give us

more problems.

If you behaved like the other journalists

this wouldn't be happening.

We only report the news. But to kill

people because of the news they report...

Shut up! Giving us

the same story...

Like we don't know

what you are.

This is not some underground

operation. This is a newspaper office.

But you don't have a

search warrant...

Search warrant, you say...

What about it?

You can't come in without

a warrant! You have no right!

Shut up, a**hole!

You look at me!

- You have no right!

- Shameless son of a b*tch.

Stop, you sons of b*tches!

Stop! Stop!

Stop! Stop!

It's no use trying to help them.

We'd get beat up for nothing.

- Are we just going to watch?

- Didn't I tell you to shut up!

- Let go of me!

- I said shut up!

What are you

doing, let go!

Frat have you

seen my typewriter?

Alian, the letter

"V" is broken.

Ok, never mind...

Alian, Kadir can write the story

about Faysal if you like.

No need.

Come on guys. Let's

pull ourselves together.

We have news to

prepare for Istanbul.

Frat, my phone's not working,

will you look at this?

Frat!

- Yes, Alian.

- Come here, look at this.

I don't know how

this works, Alian.

Come, look. It's

slipping here.

They tortured me...

In the morning he took

the sheep out to graze.

Then the news came:

They killed your son.

Who saw it happen?

The shepherds.

Why was he killed?

How should I know?

They said he was a terrorist.

He just went to the fields...

They killed him and then

said he was a terrorist.

Are you going to sue the soldiers?

How can I sue them?

So you wont do anything for

your son? Is that justice?

The whole world's full of wolves.

Everyone is against each other.

What can we do?

So what will you do?

We'll migrate. We'll

leave this place.

Ok, thank you.

That was good.

May I take a photo of you?

Here hand me that.

Look at me.

The flash isn't working.

That's ok. We can print it

in the newspaper like that.

My condolences.

How old was he?

He was 18.

His mother...

You son of a donkey! Don't touch

that. What are you doing?

You're messing with

other people's things.

It's all right, it's ok.

He's always meddling

with such things.

What's your name?

Frat.

How old are you Frat?

I'm 17.

How did you do that?

I stuck a cigarette paper in here.

- Cigarette paper?

- Yes.

Well done.

I have a proposal for you...

JOURNALIST KILLED WITH SINGLE BULLE

Come on, friends.

First eat something

and then let's begin.

Frat, come on, dear.

Frat, this machine's

lopsided I think.

No Songl, there's a problem with

its mirror. That's why it looks a bit...

Fine, but how can

we use this thing now?

We write our faxes on the right

side of the paper, that's all.

And how are we going to read

the left side of the faxes we receive?

You'll just guess. The Emergency State

Governorship always makes...

...the same statements anyway. You can

read the beginning and guess the rest.

Ha, you rascal

Get out of here!

Where did you

take these photos?

In Silopi. They caught a wounded PKK

member and dragged him behind a tank.

Where's the

PKK guy now?

I don't know... He's

dead I guess.

Did you get

his identity?

I couldn't find out. But you can

find out from your own sources.

If we print these wouldn't

it cause problems for you?

I sent these photos to my own paper last

week and the bastard wouldn't print them.

On top of that they interrogated me,

asking me where I got the photos.

Do you want anything

for the photographs?

No. What could I want?

But...

...I can't take

it anymore.

- The film's here, Kadir.

- Thank you, Frat.

Stop, wait, Kadir. I know this guy.

It's Ekrem. He's a shepherd.

- They say he's joined the PKK.

- That must be someone else.

Why Frat?

He's a little slow. They wouldn't

even let him in the army.

Frat, this shepherd Ekrem, could he

be a messenger for the PKK?

How could he? He's just a poor

guy who's not all there.

We'll write a story about a crazy

shepherd who was mercilessly killed.

That'll be more compelling.

The guy might have been crazy but

they killed him because they thought...

...he was with the PKK. So we

should say he was a PKK member.

- How do we know they thought that?

- How do we know they didn't?

They could have mercilessly killed

a shepherd because they were bored.

Then why did they drag his body down

the streets to intimidate people, Kadir?

How should I know, are we going to

sit and discuss this now?

Of course we are. We can't ignore

the political side of the story.

The murder of a crazy man and the

murder of a PKK member are different.

That's enough!

The story will be written about

a member of the PKK.

Can you send the same page but

this time turned upside down?

No no, not the other side of the page,

turn the page upside down.

You might think it's nonsense, sir,

but this is how our machine works.

It's the latest technology!

Look Songl, you see?

From now on I'm going to put you on

when someone wants to send a fax.

- Are you almost finished typing?

- I just started.

Frat, any luck

with my typewriter?

Songl wouldn't let me do anything

else, but I'll look at it now

What can you do with

the broken letter "V"?

Frat has all the answers.

He'll tell you to write a

story without the letter "V".

We'll work something

out Alian... Let me see.

Come on.

- It's done, Alian.

- Ok, let's give it a try.

Now, you won't use the "V" key, Alian,

you'll use the upside-down "M."

- Upside-down what?

- Upside-down "M," Alian, upside-down "M".

- You mean the "W".

- Yeah, that one.

But where did you

put the "W," Frat?

- What do you mean where?

- I mean where did you put it?

There's no more "W"

key anymore, Alian.

How come?

Because I turned the "W" into "V"!

No "W" Frat!

Alian, were you even

usingthe "W" before?

All of a sudden it's so important. It

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