Four friends get together to have fun in a country house. Upon the unexpected suicide of one of them, the others panic and decide to hide it from the police.
An orphan, Yusuf, is adopted by Selahattin Bey, an idealistic district governor. Yusuf falls in love with Muazzez, the daughter of Selahattin Bey. When Shahir, the son of Hilmi Bey, wants to marry Muazzez, a great conflict arises between him and Yusuf.
The landowner (Agha) of the Haraptar village marries off his old father with the young and beautiful Kiraz. But on the nuptial night, his father dies and everthing starts to go bad for the Agha. Due to the long drought and provocations of Kekec Salman (big brother of Kiraz), the peasants steal the crops and run away to Istanbul. Without the peasants and crops, Agha is also forced to sell the village and move to Istanbul. But he cannot keep up with the big city life and consumes all his money and belongings. Agha's wife and relatives leave him during this downfall.
