Hakan and Nihal live in Istanbul and have been married for many years. As time passes, Nihal begins to yearn for a child but fails to become pregnant. The various fertility treatments she receives are ineffective. The tides of change seem to have been awaiting one particular day: the day Nihal learns she will never have a baby. Hakan spots Nihal as he is having a business lunch with his colleagues. He jumps up from the table and begins pursuing her until he sees Nihal entering an apartment building with a strange man. The man and Nihal appear to be on intimate terms. Hakan goes home and waits for his wife. However, she never arrives. His search for his wife finally leads him to the dismembered body of Nihal. Everyone involved in the story of Hakan and Nihal seems to have blood on their hands.