What is happening in Istanbul's back streets? Which lives are flowing, in the shadow of poverty? Women, gypsies, transvestites, street children each are victims of another discrimination. A typical Black Sea family connected to each other will meet with people who are trying to cling to the loneliness of life in this neighborhood where they will be forced to survive after their migration to Istanbul.
Fırat is a television series that aired on Star TV in 1997. It stars Ibrahim Tatlises, Aydemir Akbas, Oya Aydogan, Elif Kramer, Funda Barin, Ece Uslu, Ekrem Bora, Yusuf Sezgin, Levent Inanir, Basak Sayan, Atilla Pakdemir, Savas Akova, Kazim Kartal, Dogukan Özbek, and Gulben Ergen.
The young and beautiful Muazzez loses the last member of her family, her dad, Hüsnü. On his deathbed he asks Ahmet, who he broke off contact with many years ago, to take care of his daughter Muazzez, who will be left all alone when he dies.