Fifteen-year-old meryem lives in a rural village in eastern anatolia, turkey. Her simple, conventional way of life changes dramatically after her uncle, a sheikh in a dervish order, rapes her--and condemns her to death f...Fifteen-year-old meryem lives in a rural village in eastern anatolia, turkey. Her simple, conventional way of life changes dramatically after her uncle, a sheikh in a dervish order, rapes her--and condemns her to death for shaming the family. Asked to carry out the "Honor killing" Is his son cemal, a commando in the turkish army.