The Festival of Troubadours (Âşıklar Bayramı)

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Over here, please.

Ready.

One, two, three.

Good evening.

Would you accept a houseguest?

Don't mention it.

Come in.

My shoes, they're wet,

so, I wouldn't want to, uh…

Never rained like this before.

The whole way,

a dark sky with endless rain.

Is that your balcony?

No, you can smoke in here.

Knock yourself out.

I smoke in here too.

So, you're smoking too, huh?

Want some water?

Thank God.

I came to Kırşehir to visit your mother's grave.

I thought I shouldn't leave without seeing you.

Well, that's good for you.

After 25 years.

I'm sorry to bother you this late.

I won't be here for long.

I'll set out for Arkanya tomorrow.

What for?

I have a few things to do there, and then I'll travel to Kars.

Fine.

Fine. I guess you're all weary from the road.

I'll set up a bed for you. Get some sleep.

Maybe we can talk tomorrow.

Do you, by any chance, have a plastic bag or some old rags?

Are you bleeding?

It starts to bleed if I move too much.

No, it's obvious that you're bleeding.

It's nothing important.

The doctor said it'd be fine in a few days.

Fine, if you say so.

I need to go to the courthouse first thing. I have a trial.

I'll make some breakfast for you tomorrow.

[melancholy string music plays intermittently]

You could stay another day if you want.

I have to go.

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LONE PINE TOURISM BUS TICKET

ARKANYA ALİ ÇAKIR

MEDICAL LAB TEST RESULTS

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF JUSTICE

-How you doing, Hülya? - Yes, partner?

KIRŞEHİR COURTHOUSE

I have a quick question. How busy are things?

Would it be okay if I didn't show today?

Absolutely. What is it? Something wrong?

I just feel a little overwhelmed. I need a breather.

I'm gonna take some photos, blow off a little steam.

Then I'll head to Avanos.

Could you email me the case file for the client in Erzurum?

Then I won't have to come back on Friday and can go to Erzurum from Avanos.

Got it, I'll send it right away.

Salim, how are you, buddy?

Thanks, Yusuf. How are you, bro?

Doing the best I can. And autumn is almost upon us.

How's the weather like in Van?

We've been feeling the cold for a while now.

Well, the reason I'm calling you is--

Oh, right. Um, the test results.

How does it look? Anything important?

Well, the results for this patient don't look good at all.

I got curious and checked him in the system.

He's been to almost every hospital in the country.

Recently he was admitted to the research hospital in Ankara for a week.

Halfway through his treatment, he left on his own accord.

I'm sorry, but I have to tell you this.

The disease has spread everywhere, even to his bones.

Yusuf? Yusuf, are you there, bro?

Yusuf?

There's nothing more that we can do?

I mean, do you think it's really that serious?

It is bad, bro.

It really is.

But you could always ask Bahri at the research hospital.

Maybe he'd have something else to say.

I'm in Van, so…

Well, Salim,

it would all be okay if I could convince my father,

but he's just too damned stubborn.

- Your father? -Well, it's a long story.

Last night he showed up.

Bro, I'm at a loss for words. I figured it was for a relative of yours.

No, no, no, you really don't need to dwell on this.

Thank you, Salim. Later.

Later, bro.

Ma'am, excuse me, excuse me.

This is the Arkanya coach, right?

It just left, sir. You can ask the office.

-Information desk? - Inside.

Excuse me. The coach for Arkanya that just left.

-Could you call them back, please? -Sorry, we can't do that, sir.

-How the hell are we supposed to do that? -I've no idea.

You show up after 25 years,

knock on my door like a goddamn houseguest,

but disappear out of my life without a fucking word!

What? He's supposed to go to Kars. Then go to Arkanya.

Who knows what you're chasing this time.

LONE PINE

I need to take one of your passengers in the back.

It's urgent. Just pull over.

-Open the door. -Dude, what the hell?

-You almost crashed into us. -I have family in there.

I need to take him. Forgive me.

-Seat number? -I want number 17.

Come on.

I'll take you to Arkanya. Come on.

Come on.

You don't seem well.

Maybe we could go to a hospital.

It's nothing too important. I'll be fine in a couple of days.

You're suffering from a serious disease.

I need to get you to a hospital immediately.

I have doctor friends here. They'll take care of you.

I'm on borrowed time.

I know the treatments won't make a difference.

How can you say that?

All that effort and burden would be in vain, you know.

Drop me off at Arkanya, would you, please? That's all I need.

What are you doing in Kars? What do you have there?

Before that, I'll go to Arkanya.

To the Festival of Troubadours.

I wanna see my friends at the Festival of Troubadours.

The Festival of Troubadours?

Every year, troubadours from all over the country gather there,

and we play and sing folk songs and do battles.

At school, we had a music teacher,

Mr. Bedih.

I remember him telling us about the Festival of Troubadours.

He used to talk about you, always.

He knew all your songs by heart.

Bedih was a good singer.

Are you okay? Are you in pain?

There should be a gas station up ahead there.

Let me wash my hands and face, and you can rest a bit if you want to.

Muhammed! Where are you, kiddo?

Welcome, mister.

- Fill it up. -

I hope you're well, my friend.

I don't want to run out of gas on the way.

I have a couple of gallons left. There's something special.

- Sir. -Yes?

A guy just walked past here with a bağlama in his hand.

Did you see where he went?

There's a graveyard around the corner. Maybe he's there.

-Graveyard? Behind here? -Yeah, it is.

SÜMBÜL ARIKAN AL-FATIHA FOR HER SOUL