Journey of Hope

10/15/2026

"Haydar" (Necmettin Çobanoglu) and his wife "Meryem" (Nur Sürer) live a stable enough but unpromising life with their seven children on a smallholding in Kurdish Turkey, and he is determined to improve their lot. To that end, he convinces his wife that they ought to sell up and try to make it to Switzerland. Initially she is reluctant, especially as they won't be able to take their kids, but when his father suggests that they take one of their sons - "Mehmet" (an impressive effort from Emin Sivas) to hopefully be educated she agrees and so they set off. Of course, they have no papers nor really any hope of obtaining any so it's to the black-market they must look to get them out of Turkey and into Switzerland via Italy. Initially, things actually go to plan but when they arrive at the Swiss