The best Emrah Kolukısa’s movies

The film is set in a rundown, crime ridden neighborhood of Istanbul dubbed "Cholera Street" (Kolera Sokağı). Salih is a mechanic and son of a respected barber Ali. A woman Tina arrives at Cholera street where she takes up residence and works as a prostitute. Deniz is a ganster who gives himself the nickname "Reiss" ("Chief"), tries to take control of the neighbourhood through intidimation.

Meet Neslihan! Accomplished housewife, gifted cook. And suspected serial killer... Neslihan is a devout housewife. Born and bred in Istanbul, she spent most of her married life in Anatolia’s provincial towns due to the nature of her husband’s job. She is shy, but amiable, and a terrific cook. When the town is plagued by a number of mysterious deaths, Neslihan becomes suspect number one. The newly appointed deputy officer, a young, clever and ambitious man who has had professional training in the US, feels there is a link between the murders and Neslihan, but fails to find sufficient evidence. Neslihan keeps cooking the sheriff’s goose by playing the role of a slightly mad, quite innocent woman every time she’s about to be busted.

Eren and Reyhan had a love affair when they were 16 and 17, respectively. Eren is the daughter of a powerful member of the parliament while Reyhan is the daughter of the keeper in their summer house in Büyükada, an Istanbul island. Reyhan remembers it as “Rich girl falls for a poor... girl. A perfect melodrama!” When their relationship is revealed, Eren's family force them to separate, and send Reyhan and her father away from the island. They don't see each other for 20 years. Eren gets back to the island 20 years later. The film starts at this point.