8-year-old Efe goes to İzmir with his family to visit his grandfather, Hakkı. While his popular sister Hira has exciting plans, Efe feels bored and out of place. At the market, he meets Ceren and her friends, skilled chess players who challenge him to a game. Determined to impress Ceren, Efe seeks his grandpa’s help, but Hakkı refuses, thinking Efe will give up like his father once did. Feeling hopeless, Efe discovers the magical White Pawn, who helps him learn chess and build a team.
Nazlı is a poor, single and young mother who lives with her son Memo. Memo's powerful and rich uncle Demir takes action when he learns that his deceased brother has a son. When he finds out about Nazlı's profession, he starts a big war to get Memo. Nazlı, who finds herself in this struggle, has a bigger secret.
The lives of an army captain, a war correspondent and a young man with links to the PKK intertwine in the southeastern Anatolia Region in 1993.
Eight documentary makers decide to go to the location of Elsalam Ship which sunk years ago to make a new documntary where they face unforseen dangers.