A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES
POLICE
[talking over radio]
[atmospheric music plays]
[Erhan's mom] Erhan! Clear that off now so I can set the table.
I have to finish before Poppa comes home.
-I promised him I would. -Erhan. Come on now.
-[dogs bark outside] -[baby cries]
[loud rumbling]
Momma! Why's the house shaking?
[shrieking]
[baby cries]
-[young Erhan] Where's Poppa? -[crashing]
-[young Erhan] Where's Poppa? -[screams]
[dramatic music plays]
[gasping]
[atmospheric music plays]
Sit.
[Nazım sighs]
Now listen.
Now, when was it that all the pregnant women started to die?
After the earthquake.
Göbekli Tepe and all these deaths are somehow connected.
And you caused the earthquake to happen?
[chuckles] She told me…
keep it a secret.
She said not to tell anyone about what I'd found, but I didn't listen to her!
Course not because I'm… I called everyone on the committee,
I called the press…
Told them my discovery would change history.
But, as it turns out, I couldn't show anyone what I'd found
-because of-- -Because of the earthquake.
Because of the earthquake.
The one that…
killed hundreds of people.
[Nazım] And my wife.
That my children survived and were found was a miracle.
Why haven't you told them you're alive?
You think this is living?
Every day, the same remorse and…
every night, the same nightmares.
This is how I pay for my sin, by staying away from them.
Maybe this is all going on because the wrong person found that cave,
and that's why pregnant women are dying.
Erhan can't find it because he's working for the wrong man.
"Finding the door is Erhan's destiny.
Opening it is Atiye's."
That's what Zühre said.
And now, here you are.
We could find it.
But you'll have to tell him. Your son needs a lot of convincing.
N-n-no way. I… I can't.
[barking]
You've been followed.
[suspenseful music plays]
[reporter] Police have cordoned off the area
while they search for the driver responsible for the hit-and-run accident.
PROFESSOR FOUND DEAD!
-Widely respected… -[Nazım] Forget you ever saw me.
-Don't tell anyone. -…an authority on the Urfa earthquake
and had written a number of influential academic papers on the subject.
-[knocking] -A spokesperson for the university
expressed shock and dismay at the professor's sudden…
They're after us. They want that place for themselves.
[news report continues]
[knocking]
I give you this on one condition.
Erhan can't know that I am alive.
-You have to promise me. -[knocking]
Everything you're looking for is in here.
-Go on! -[knocking]
What is it?
Is Mr. Tevfik at home?
Wrong door.
-My mistake. Sorry about that. -[door slams]
[tense music plays]
[man] I followed the girl to an apartment building.
Okay, Mr. Yılmaz.
[atmospheric music plays]
Who are you, Atiye?
[sighs]
-What are you doing here? -We have to talk.
How did you get my address?
[soft music plays]
[sighs] So, what is it?
[Atiye] I brought you something.
Let's see it.
-There's one condition. -Oh, is that right? What would that be?
You can't tell anyone about it. Not Serdar, not anyone.
Why?
You wanna know why that tunnel collapsed?
Why after all these years
you still haven't found that thing you've been looking for?
Oh, now you're an expert in geological structures.
[soft music continues]
[atmospheric music plays]
No one can know. No one.
[baby crying]
I'm here, honey. Don't cry.
Thanks for looking after your sister, son. You did good.
Now let's get out of here.
Erhan, hide under the blanket. Quick!
[people shouting]
[people] Die!
Stay there. Don't move!
Erhan! Stay with your sister!
[shouting continues]
-[people] Die! -[echoing] Erhan!
How did you…
-[atmospheric music plays] -Where did you get this?
-What happened? Serap's gone. -The police took her for questioning.
Why wasn't I told about it?
You were told. That's what they said.
[scoffs]
[atmospheric music continues]
[Erhan sighs]
I've been… looking for this for years.
This notebook will show us the way.
This symbol!
I've seen it before.
Yeah, that's it! Okay, this…
represented birth in some ancient cultures.
A sort of fertility symbol.
That means that this place could hold the cure for the world's infertility.
[static, distorted audio]
Atiye?
-I'll take care of it. -[static continues]
Just leave it to me.
Dad?
Is something wrong, Ozan?
No, no. Nothing at all.
[tense music plays]
[panting]
I've seen this, too.
You know what this is?
In the 16th century,
the Ottomans built the Istanbul Observatory,
their first and last.
And then, and no one knows why, they turned around and destroyed it.
But legend has it the books and papers from the observatory
were saved and put in a secret library.
Look at this plan of the observatory.
It's mirrored in this diagram of the library.
And you've seen this somewhere?
On a building. It could be where they ended up.
We'll need official permission. Wait here.
Erhan, what are you doing? Don't!
[tense music plays]
It's me.
We're close. You were right.
I found my father's notebook.
[soft music plays]
You're neve gonna believe it.
It was that young woman.
She's the one who brought it to me.
Yeah, Atiye.
Atiye?
Atiye!
Shit.
She left with the notebook.
[birds caw]
[soft music plays]
[Mustafa] Here we are.
Sorry to put you to all this trouble.
No trouble.
I'm grateful to you for taking me out of that place.
You're welcome.
Why did you say you were in danger there?
Who is it you're afraid of?
You don't need to know that now.
-Take my word for it. -[chuckles]
It could take some time getting you officially released.
It might be a good idea to get in touch with someone.
A relative or custodian. Do you have someone?
My mother used to say…
"Sooner or later, the truth will always be brought to light."
I looked into your case.
That was quite a scene you made,
at Urfa.
I tried to dissuade them.
But they wouldn't listen.
[Mustafa] To stop working on the mine, you mean?
[scoffs] That's what they say it is.
Look, I'm willing to do what I can to help you,
but you have to help me as well.
You've been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia,
your records say, in addition to affective disorder.
[atmospheric music plays]
Are they important, these words they use to describe me?
Don't worry.
Atiye will take care of it.
Why didn't I ever think of this?
Your son thought of it.
-We should hurry. -Right, yeah.
[atmospheric music plays]
-This place is huge. -[child's laughter]
This way.
[creaking]
[door creaking]
Atiye, are you sure?
[sighs]
-Look, maybe we shouldn't-- -Trust me.
[eerie music plays]
-It's here. -Huh?
Right here.
[hollow knocking]
[knocking]
Here. Here, hold this.
Look at that.
[scraping]
[lock clanks]
[creaking, echoing]
[ominous music plays]
Oh!
[atmospheric music plays]
Wow!
Everything begins with this.
[Nazım] These books are centuries old.
-No! Careful! -[both gasp, sigh]
I'm sorry.
Oh, I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
-[creaking] -[Nazım shouts]
[lock clanks]
[Nazım] Great.
[atmospheric music plays]
[Nazım] No one even knows we're down here.
Maybe we should look around then.
Who knows what we'll find?
[Atiye] Maybe there's a clue here that'll make giving birth possible again,
or another passage to the cave.
Wait a minute. This isn't a random pattern.
Help me with this. Let's shove it over to one side.
The cave's been utilized for thousands of years.
Maybe they knew something about it that we still don't.
That symbol!
[atmospheric music plays]
[Atiye] All the tunnels Erhan finds keep collapsing.
What if that happened centuries ago too and they found another way to get there?
Maybe even a passage outside of Urfa.
[Nazım] There's been a network of tunnels under Anatolia since ancient times.
This is Göbekli Tepe!
[Nazım] I always thought there must be a way there from Nemrut, but this is…
Cappadocia!
There are tunnels running from Göbekli Tepe to Cappadocia.
Zühre said, "Finding the door is Erhan's destiny."
You have to convince him to go there, Atiye.
I know…
But…
[creaking, clanking]
[loud creaking]
[atmospheric music plays]
Is anyone here?
Erhan?
Atiye!
-This place… -The library.
[Atiye] The one in your father's notebook.
Where is it? The notebook?
Forget about the notebook. This is more important. Look!
[classical music plays over stereo]
[music continues]
[Melek, muffled] Serdar.
-Serdar! -[music stops]
-Did you do it? Hmm? -Do what, dear?
Serap was released.
Supposedly for police questioning.
No one even bothered to tell me about it.
All of a sudden,
they wanna question a woman who's been in a hospital for years? Hmm?
What woman, Melek?
What woman?
You listened to her.
Maybe you didn't like what you heard.
Meaning… I had her kidnapped? The crazy woman?
-[Melek] Yes. -[laughs]
[laughter continues]
[coughs]
Dear, you're making me worried.
You need a break from those sessions.
[soft music plays]
-What else? -[Melek sighs]
Go to bed.
You look exhausted.
[footsteps recede]
Serap's gone missing.
Find her!
If this is Cappadocia
and that's Göbekli Tepe,
what exactly is the connection then?
Your father had a theory,
that tunnels run between Göbekli Tepe and other places.
Someone drew this centuries ago.
It proves that your father was right all along.
The tunnel would have to be hundreds of kilometers long. That's nuts.
Erhan, please. I want you to…
try to forget about what's logical for just one second
and look at this.
[music intensifies]
You should never have come here.
Just leave it alone.
Shit! There's no reception down here.
[soft music plays]
[phone vibrates]
Yeah?
[man] Inspector, I've found something that, well, it's weird. I mean…
Well, spit it out.
[man] According to the records, that woman Serap died
when she was 16 years old.
The hospital has a forged ID on file.
Uh… I told you it was weird.
[tense music plays]
That's it? You're leaving after what we just found?
I'm getting married. Okay?
Oh, swell. Congratulations.
[engine starts]
[grunts]
This is not right! You need to talk to your children.
Take them in your arms. How can you not want to do that?
You son needs you back in his life again.
Erhan needs to believe again.
I'm scared, Atiye!
I'm a coward!
[sighs]
I just… The thought of coming back,
once I saw how well they were doing without me,
I can't do it because I'm a goddamn coward!
It's not too late.
[atmospheric music plays]
[breathes shakily]
[dramatic music plays]
[breathes heavily]
-Good morning. -Morning!
-Thanks. -You're welcome.
[sighs]
Psst! You okay?
[groans]
It's just…
My brother getting married.
He's… He's all I have in the world.
He'll be gone too now.
Don't worry. Nobody's gonna be going anywhere.
You never know.
You could be dead tomorrow.
-[soft music plays] -[sighs]
I'm… sorry.
But I grew up not knowing my father and mother.
There was just Erhan.
And my step-parents, Melek and Serdar.
And Ozan.
You love him a lot.
He was my childhood crush.
When I was a little kid, I fantasized about marrying him.
[chuckles]
What about Erhan? You think he loves his fiancée that way?
[chuckles] Erhan?
I'm pretty sure he doesn't love anything but his work.
They're together because Hannah puts up with him.
I don't think he's in love with her.
You know that look you get when you're madly in love?
He doesn't have that look, not at all.
The only thing I want for him is to find
whoever or whatever it is that makes him happy.
-Atik! -[echoing]
[Cansu] Atik!
[dramatic music plays]
You are coming to the wedding, right?
I don't wanna go alone, and you'll meet my brother.
-[laughs] You want me to? -Mm-hmm.
-Of course I will. I'd love it. -Good.
[mellow music plays]
-Oh… -Serdar, how are you?
-Thanks for coming. -[man] Congratulations.
-Thanks a lot. -Thank you.
-[coughs] -[man and woman] Cheers!
-Bottoms up. -Ozan.
-Yeah? -Go easy on the booze. Hmm?
I can't have a drink at my own brother's wedding party? Oof!
Just keep it together, you hear me?
I talked to Erhan. They're on their way.
Don't you look gorgeous? You should be getting married.
-[all chuckle] -After Hannah, you're next, huh?
Ozan, is this the right time, you think?
For what?
Elif's come up with a new collection, and this one's for men, right, Elif?
Yeah, it's a collection--
-[Serdar] Ho! Thanks so much for coming. -[man] Hello. How are you?
-[Melek] Lovely to see you. -[woman] We wouldn't have missed it.
[woman] You look absolutely divine.
[Erhan] How do you know my name? Who are you?
[Atiye] The question is, do you know who you are?
[sighs]
[knocking]
[sighs]
Here they are!
-[soft music plays] -[applause]
[cheering]
No, thank you.
[mellow music plays]
Atik! You look beautiful!
-Only because you loaned me this dress. -Happy to do it.
You look great, too.
Oh, why thank you.
But I am so sorry, there's something I need to check on.
-So stay here, don't move. -I will.
[tense music plays]
Serdar, right?
Atiye.
Good to meet you, Atiye.
Uh…
It's funny…
Elif and you being such friends, it's curious we've never met before.
-I've been overseas for a while. -Hmm…
Well, glad you're here now.
-Would you like something-- -Pardon me, Dad. Mind if I interrupt?
Shall we?
Why don't we have a seat?
-Champagne? -Ah.
-Thank you. -Certainly.
Thanks.
How come I can't stop thinking about you?
Who are you, Atiye? And where are you from?
Here you go!
Oh! You're looking so handsome!
That woman loves you very much.
[atmospheric music plays]
You don't deserve her.
[inhales]
I only wish Mom and Dad could have seen you today.
I wish they could have seen you looking so pretty.
Anyway, I hope you'll let yourself be happy now.
Life is so short.
Don't waste it playing around with old rocks and bones.
[soft music plays]
I'm gonna take a walk.
Uh… [sighs]
Don't hurt her.
[sighs]
[atmospheric music plays]
[man] Here's the file on the kids.
[doctor] The mother's family came and claimed her body,
but the children…
[Serdar] Don't worry. I'll look after the children.
At least, until their father can be found.
Thank you.
Hiya…
I'm so sorry, son.
[voice breaking] It killed me leaving you both… all alone.
[sobs quietly]
Then why did you?
I wanted to come back so many times.
[sobs]
I watched you from afar, growing up.
I wanted to come back so often.
But I'm not what I was.
Half of what I was!
I'm half a man! And I don't deserve you, son.
[sobs softly]
So, why'd you come now?
Well…
Atiye convinced me to come.
So that's where you got the notebook?
You knew he was alive all along.
[tense music plays]
Erhan…
Listen to her.
Trust her more than anyone else.
She's the key to discovering the place you're looking for. Hmm?
-[Elif] Erhan! Everyone's waiting! -Coming, Elif!
I'm coming! Just a minute!
[Nazım] My daughter!
[soft music plays]
All these years and that's why you came back?
You vanished from my life.
Then you show up on my wedding day to say, "Trust this girl"?
You've really come here just for that?
Erhan.
Please…
Uh…
I'd better get in there. My family's waiting.
Wait, Erhan. Those guys are not on your side. Trust me.
Hannah and Serdar are lying to you. They're up to something.
You're dead.
-[atmospheric music plays] -Uh, uh…
[applause]
To all my dearest friends and family…
we've come from nearby and from far away
to celebrate the marriage of my adopted son, Erhan,
and his fiancée, Hannah.
[soft music plays]
Unfortunately, in the world as it is now,
to have children, to make a family,
takes a miracle.
But today,
Hannah and Erhan have shown that they're willing to take that leap of faith
and I'm proud of them for that.
So, good fortune to them.
[faint traffic noise]
He's right!
I'm dead to him. Dead! I shouldn't have come.
I'm sorry. I didn't think he'd take it that way.
That's it. I'm through.
Good luck with it.
You're just giving up?
I gave up a long time ago.
Goodbye.
[knocking]
Ozan!
Elif, what are you trying to do?
[Elif] Listen!
I said I would tell them.
Why can't you leave it at that?
-[sobs] Because… -Yeah?
-Because I don't trust you. -Why not?
Because I really don't think you are going to tell them.
-Come on. -Ozan, I'm tired of lying. You promised!
You promised me!
Elif, don't push me too far. Stop it now.
So, I am the one who's pushing you too far?
-I said we'll talk later. -Do you hear yourself, Ozan?
I'm pushing you too far?
I'm pushing you? Are you kidding--
-Elif! I said we'll talk. -[tense music plays]
Come on, we're together. Isn't that enough, goddammit?
-Don't do this. -Listen to me!
Do you know what would happen to us?
What do you think they'd do if they found about us?
Just say it! We all know that you've been lying to me.
You never had any intention of telling anyone about us!
[yells]
-Ozan, wait. I'm sorry. -Get off my back.
[dramatic music plays]
[sobs]
[screams]
Elif?
Are you okay?
-[Atiye] Huh? -God, it hurts so much.
Did Ozan do this?
He can't love. [laughs softly]
No.
[Elif coughs]
He hasn't learned how. I'm not sure he ever will.
How do you know, huh? Hmm? Do you know him?
-[gulps] -Do you know Ozan?
[retches]
-Atiye… -[vomiting, coughing]
-[spits] -[Elif] What was…?
-[sighs] -Here.
[groans] Thanks.
What the hell was that about?
[groans] I don't know. It came out of nowhere.
-Uh… -[Atiye groans]
[gasps]
Atiye, you're not pregnant?
[soft music plays]
[dramatic music plays]
[laughs]
[exhales]
Subtitle translation by Büşra Külahcı