Watchtower (Gözetleme Kulesi)

WATCHTOWER

Where are you getting off?

Osmancik.

Osmancik.

You?

Karli.

Karli.

Where are you getting off?

Tosya.

And you?

Tosya.

Where are you getting off?

Tosya.

Tosya.

You?

There's a turnoff to Dipsizgol.

Before Tosya, I think.

After Tosya.

Can you let me know

when we get there?

Where are you getting off?

Yorukkaya here. Situation normal.

Harmanli here. Situation normal.

Dagli here. Situation normal.

But it's a little foggy here.

Sugozu here.

It's a little foggy here too.

Dagli here.

Anyway, it will probably clear soon.

Dipsizgol?

Dipsizgol, are you there?

Dipsizgol? Everything's normal?

Dipsizgol?

Dipsizgol here. Situation normal.

Dagli here.

Welcome, Dipsizgol.

Good luck with the new job.

Thanks.

You started today, huh?

Yes.

Good luck to you.

Are you staying up there alone?

Yes.

I'm alternating shifts

with another guard once a week.

You mean Muzaffer?

Yes.

Have you been a guard before?

No.

So you're new to this place.

What brings you to the wilds?

It just happened that way.

Ladies and gentlemen,

we'll be serving

tea and coffee during the journey.

And at Bolu, we'll make

a 30-minute convenience stop.

If you need anything,

please ask for assistance

by pressing the button overhead.

Thank you for choosing to travel

with Tosya Travel. Have a good trip.

Always the same music, always!

I have music on my phone.

You do?

Go on then, let's hear it.

The radio reception is lousy too.

I have some music on my mobile.

Hook it up to the microphone.

It won't be too loud at the back?

We can turn it off if it bothers them.

It's nice music.

So you listen to this kind of thing?

I like it, yes.

You're a student at university?

Yes.

Where?

Bolu University.

Bolu.

I'm studying literature.

Literature.

I used to write great poems

at high school.

Really?

Sure.

High school...

Right, that's the time to write poems.

After that... life gets in the way.

Run, lad! Get the bags.

I'm going.

Hello.

Welcome.

Thanks, boss. How are you?

Fine, thanks. You?

Fine, not bad.

We're back in one piece.

Good, good.

Talk about cold for a summer's day!

Well, it's 1400m above sea level here.

Even in summer, we light the stove.

We froze on the way.

Had to turn on the heating.

Have you had the suspensions checked?

No, but we need to.

Look, they're losing air again.

Okay, take the bus to Hayati.

He'll get it fixed.

How many passengers for Cebeci, girl?

Ten.

Ten?

Good.

Come on, let's have some tea.

Right, and warm up a bit.

Attention, all passengers to Cebeci!

Your transfer bus is about to depart.

Please take your seats.

Attention, all passengers to Cebeci!

Your transfer bus is ready to leave.

Take your seats.

Have a good trip!

What's up?

Nothing. I'm going to the toilet.

You aren't in bed yet?

No, I can't sleep.

I have soap in my room if...

No, I have some, thanks.

Hello?

Hello.

How are you guys doing?

Did I wake you? Sorry.

I didn't realize it's still so early.

Shall I hang up?

I had to leave Bolu in a hurry.

I'm sorry, I couldn't tell you.

I'm in Tosya.

I got a job.

You know where my uncle

used to work?

That place

between Kastamonu and Tosya.

We stopped off there once on the way

to your parents, remember?

The owner treated us to a meal.

Yes, right. That place.

The guy has a bus. I'm the hostess.

He also runs a small bus station.

He gave me a room there.

I don't know.

It just happened that way.

When are you going down into town?

Tomorrow, I hope.

I'm out of food at the tower.

So the wife's standing in for you?

Yes.

Isn't she scared on her own

at the tower?

She's used to it. I also taught her

how to use a shotgun.

No kidding! Can she use it?

Sure.

There's a new guy at Dipsizgol,

did you hear?

What, the carpenter?

Yes, I spoke to him the other day.

From Amasya or so.

Fuck knows

what he's doing out here in the wilds.

Hey, quiet. He might be listening.

So? Did I say anything bad?

Dipsizgol, are you there?

Dipsizgol?

He's taken over from Cafer.

He and Muzaffer rotate shifts.

Dipsizgol, are you there?

Stuff it. I expect he's gone to bed.

Okay, I'm off to bed too.

And the bread.

There's pastries too if you want.

No, this is fine.

Okay.

Sixteen. Fifteen will do.

Here.

There you go.

Have a good day.

Goodbye.

Kadir Abi, do you have a tea for me?

Sure.

Mind taking this to the guy there?

Which guy?

The guy by the window.

Here you go.

Thanks.

Enjoy it.

Aren't you leaving yet?

Soon.

Once the bus has been washed.

Any spare seats on the bus?

Yes. Where are you getting off?

Down by the Fadira Mosque.

Didn't you get off there the other day?