Vezir Parmağı

THE VIZIER'S FINGER

All Characters in This Story Are Entirely Fictitious

Only God stands alone.

The girls in our village are withering away day by day.

I feel sorry for them. They don't deserve this.

It can't go on like this.

Our women are not doing well. They are all miserable.

I really don't know what we can do.

Safiye, I am unhappy about this too, and we need to find a solution.

When I see them so sad and gloomy, it breaks my heart.

We should ask the men in the village for advice.

If you brought me here for the same reason, send me back immediately.

Grandpa, please don't.

You have travelled everywhere and experienced many things.

You buried three wives. Pay attention to us a little, please.

What? I don't understand what you're saying.

You are looking for trouble again.

Yes, we are asking for it, but we are not getting it.

Who is the "bandit"?

-Girls, watch your tongue. -What do you mean by that, Dilbeste?

You did all kinds of things.

Is it considered a shame only when we do it?

What did we do, you suckling cow?

Don't make me mad! -I'll tear out your hair!

Stop! Stop!

This is neither wrong nor shameful anymore.

It's unbearable now!

-Unbearable! -Unbearable!

We want to get married and be happy too, right?

-Yes! -Yes!

Don't we have the right to give birth and become mothers?

-We do! -We do!

Are we going to "God"?

Grandpa Ali! You always go deaf when you don't want to hear something.

Did you say that the cattle are here?

Ibis, please take me away.

Grandpa Ali! Look over here! Why don't you hear our voices?

Don't make me bring the old Nurdane back.

Look, my silence is out of my respect.

Now, I'm speaking for the last time. This is a dire situation.

My daughters and our womenfolk need some peace in the village.

They need husbands!

Do they need a "teacher"?

Oh! He is of no use from top to bottom.

He's talking nonsense.

Why do they need a teacher?

We all will have an affair with the teacher.

Grandpa Ali, please show us the right way as an elder person.

What shall I show you? God forgive me.

If only I had the strength... I'd know what to do with you.

Oh my God!

This old geezer has no conscience! What kind of a person is he?

Listen to me.

If we ask help from Grandpa Ali, we'll never be happy.

We need to find a solution for this issue.

You're right. People used to bury baby girls alive in the past.

If we trust this old geezer, our daughters will be buried alive.

If he makes me mad again, I would bring up the past,...

...and enslave all the guys in the district,...

...but I'm not the person I used to be.

Mom, we'll be left to rot in this village!

We are tapped out. We are doing men's work.

Is it fair?

My heart doesn't beat anymore. It's wasting away day by day.

Herding the animals, plowing the vineyards and orchards...

My beauty is gradually wearing off!

Look at me!

I want kids. I want to become a mother and a wife.

Enough is enough!

Why would I need a huge mansion if I don't have a husband?

Why would I need a field or a plower? Why would I need a house? Tell me!

We'll keep grinding our gears for this village!

We just want husbands!

Isn't there anybody in this village who understands how we feel?

That's right!

Women!

Sisters! Hey, you tramps!

Listen to me now. I have an idea.

What?

Let's share our problem with the state, not with that cold fish Ali.

And?

Who is the most powerful person after the sultan,...

...who is our fellow townsman?

-The Vizier. -Look! This is true!

If we tell our problem to our grand vizier in a proper way...

And say that we want to make babies for our country,...

...this might be the solution our women need.

What will we say to the honorable grand vizier?

"We are horny and want to get married.

Please send us some studs to have babies with." Is that it?

Right, the vizier will leave all his important duties...

...and search for men for us, huh? Are you kidding me?

Women!

Women!

Pay attention to us now.

Did the infidels not kill Gulbahar's parents...

...and our relatives?

They did.

Did our husbands, fathers and twelve or thirteen-year-old sons...

...not fight to save the homeland?

They did.

Did they not sacrifice their lives to protect our sultan and the Muslims?

They did.

Did our martyr warriors...

...not leave behind grieving, tearful mothers and wives?

They did.

Did anybody among the 56 men come back?

No, they didn't.

We feel that our vizier will find a solution for this problem.

Nobody will be able to gossip about it because of fear.

People are having difficult times.

They too have the right to love,...

...to become mothers, and raise dutiful children for our empire.

We'll do everything possible for these villagers who are my countrymen.

But who will be charged with this duty...

My vizier.

Mustesna, you don't have any relatives, right?

-I don't, my vizier. -I'll assign you a crucial duty.

We're always ready for our vizier's orders.

But you'll have to leave Istanbul for this duty.

This duty has to be kept in strict confidence.

Yes, my vizier.

You must find five men to accompany you for this mission.

Yes, my vizier.

You're going to a village and there is a magistrate in the district.

Keep an eye on the magistrate, Mustesna. -Yes, my vizier.

My vizier, if you need me, I will also go to that village happily.

Denizens! Our master is coming! Make way! Make way!

Listen, denizens of the town!

We came here by the command of the vizier who is the servant of our sultan.

We came here with Mustesna Pasha, who is the governor of Baghdad,...

...to select, not porters,...

...but five warriors to take on the road of no return.

Yes, sir.

What pasha?

Be cool, father. They are both porters and very naïve people.

Here, sir.

We'll offer our lives for our sultan and our homeland.

We will!

We are at our sultan's service!

We are!

We are ready to go to war!

We are!

Honorable pasha, please pick me, for God's sake.

I'm ready to be a martyr.

Pasha, please pick me first if you are recruiting for the army.

Denizens! Your love for our sultan and our state deserves respect.

But now, follow me to the inn.

Alright. For this crucial duty,...

...you'll need to divide into two groups: single and married.

Now, the married ones who have children,...

...go back to your initial places.

Now, those from the Black Sea region and Caucasia, divide as a group;...

...the Kurds and Zazas as a group; the Arabs and Persians as a group...

...those living on the coast, the Rumelians and Thracians, as a group;

...and those from Anatolia and the nomads, as another group.

What is your name, son?

Nazik, sir. I’m from Kayseri.

Move over there.

Pasha, I'd like to die on the battlefront for my country...

...instead of dying here.

I'd like to take you with me,...

...but it seems that you've already completed your duty for your country.

May God give you a long life.

What is your name, son?

Hamdullah, sir.

I'm from Diyarbakir.

-You too, move over there. -Yes, sir.

What is your name, son?

I'm from Erzurum and I'm the brother of all people.

I'm Ekmelettin the Arabian, sir, your majesty.

-You too, move over there. -Yes, sir.

What is your name?

Hizir, sir. I'm from the Black Sea region.

-You too. -Yes, sir.

My dear Ahmet.

It's the same duty. Does it matter who is doing it?

What is your name?

Dilaver, sir. We came from the Balkans.

I'm from the Thrace!

You too, move over there.

Yes, sir.

Now, make your preparations...

...and say your goodbyes to your friends as you'll never see them again.

We'll set off in ten days.

-Takbir! -Allah is the greatest!

-Takbir! -Allah is the greatest!

-Takbir! -Allah is the greatest!

Denizens, everybody should give as much as they can...

...for these warriors will sacrifice their lives in battle for us.

Let's do it.

Fahriye, I'm now here as a state officer...

...given special authority assigned by the vizier.

I've been working for him for 40 years.

Why didn't he ask me if I would want to go or not?

Okay, I'll go,...

...but who will shovel the snow over my dear Fahriye?

Who will clear the weeds?

Why am I going, you ask?

Well...