Ali lives with his mother, halime and his sister,Inci. He lost his father, a laborer, two years earlier in a suspicious train accident. When he isn't at school, Ali works at a tire repair shop on the motorway. Fahri owns almost all the land in the town. Like everyone else in the town, Ali's father also worked for Fahri before he died. Two weeks into the school term, Fahri's grandson, Emre, is enrolled at the school. Thereupon, the newly appointed school principal relieves Elif, Ali's platonic love for the last five years, of her elected duties as class president and replaces her with Emre.