seeing with eyes unclouded by hate

despite not being turkish, i am still a girl from a little conservative village in the mountains. this film felt like watching my life, and my mother’s life, and my cousins and my sisters and aunts play out on a screen.
i know this film is widely despised by turks for its unrealistic plotline and foreign accents. i didn’t think it was unrealistic. i think i’ve seen all of these aspects play out in life back home. the strict conservative…