The film follows the lives of those who immigrate to the city, leaving their families behind. Ahmet and his friends came to the city with great expectations, but soon confront the difficulties of adjusting to life there. After days of job hunting, they finally find employment in the harbor.
Poor welder Mehmet and manicurist Nermin, who works in a high society hair salon, fall in love. When Nermin is obsessively haunted by a spoiled rich guy, their unadulterated love is disrupted.
Ekrem who lost his wife on his wedding day, He meets a woman who looks like his dead wife. However, she does not like him and finds him ugly. He tries every way to make her like him.
Osman falls in love with Türkan, the daughter of a wealthy family, but he cannot open his feelings to the young woman. During Osman's military service, his brother Ekrem becomes lovers with Türkan and gets engaged. Although Türkan really loves Ekrem, his plans are completely different.
Naciye sings on the streets to live and one day she is discovered by a famous casino owner. Then Naciye falls into love with her piano teacher Cuneyt. Casino owner Ekrem starts to make a trouble.
Ali Riza, a very respectable man, retires and moves to Istanbul with his wife and 5 children. His children quickly lose identity in degenerate big city and his family, once close-knit, begins crumbling away.
A man who wants to raise his daughter, Aysegul, away from modern life moves to a mountain with his daughter. One day a handsome, bankrupt man comes to mountains. Aysegul falls for him, which led her to join the corrupt modern life.
A brooding composer longs for his late wife, oblivious to the fact that mysteriously she is still alive since she has restarted her life as an alcoholic drifter. After a late night concert the two come across each other.
Suleyman works at a gas station. One of his customers Kenan, who is a businessman, asks him to be his bodyguard. Suleyman is in love with Oya. Kenan wants to prevent their marriage and makes a plot with his brothel girl Cicek. Cicek has an affair with Suleyman and Kenan takes their photos. As Oya...
