The island consists of Christian Greek Cypriots and Muslim Turkish Cypriots. Since the establishment of terrorist organization EOKA in 1955, the constitutional rights of Turkish Cypriots have been infringed and they have been forced to leave the island. They want an intervention from the guarantor powers of Cyprus (Turkey, Greece, and the United Kingdom) in order to end this chaos. They try to do their best to show what is happening in Cyprus and how Turkish Cypriots are slaughtered. Fazil Kucuk (Hakan Guner) ask for international assistance to protect the Turkish Cypriots. Meanwhile, representatives of Turkish Cypriots, Rauf Denktas (Devrim Saltoglu) and Dr. On this difficult journey, Kemal shows a great courage together with his childhood friend Dervis (Hasan Kucukcetin). While Turkish people start to migrate to a safe zone (pass through green line), Kemal does his best to protect them. Kemal becomes a leader for a group of people who are forced to leave their lands where they were born and grew up. However, he cannot leave his parents and other Turkish people behind. Thus, Kemal wants to go there in order to save his wife and his daughter. Kemal thinks that all captives are sent to Lefkosa district. He does not know what will happen to them for this reason, he feels hopeless. He becomes devasted when he learns that his wife Inci and his daughter Muge are taken captive. He witnesses that many Turkish Cypriots are killed in his hometown. When Kemal returns to his hometown, he finds himself in the middle of chaos. Dereli family torn apart all of a sudden, Inci and her daughter Muge are taken captive while father Salahi gets injured. When Kemal leaves his hometown to sell his products, his hometown is attacked by EOKA. The life of Dereli family turns upside down due to a terrorist organization named EOKA. Kemal Dereli ( Ahmet Kural) is a successful gum merchant who lives happily together with his wife Inci ( Pelin Karahan), his two daughters, his father Salahi (Ahmet Somers), his mother Sitkiye (Deniz Baytas) and his sister Pembe ( Miray Akay).
The story takes place in the island of Cyprus in 1963 and shows how the island is divided into two: Turkish part in the north and Greek part in the south.ĭereli family is a well-known family in Cyprus. English Title: Once Upon A Time in Cyprusįilming Locations: Gazimagusa town of Northern Cyprus