A Turkish mortician in his 30s, Baki is an introverted man content with his isolation from society. However, when he comes up against death at close range, a troubling question strikes him: who would wash his body after he dies? This realization pushes him to venture out into the world, hoping to connect with people and perhaps even find a spouse. Yet, his life-changing decision proves difficult to go through with, leading to a series of awkwardly humorous and sometimes bizarre situations.

Selahattin is a math teacher in his 40s. He has a passion for poetry, lives alone on the lower floor of an apartment building, and is in platonic love with Ms. Alev, who lives on the top floor. He writes poems on scraps of paper and deposits them secretly in her mailbox, but his life soon spins out of control when duplicitous family members try to extort money from him for their business.