The documentary tells the story of Sami Mermer’s native town, Xalko, one of the very few Kurdish villages in the heart of Turkey’s Central
Anatolia. Deserted by its men who have gone to Europe or America, Xalko still survives to this day thanks to those who keep the fort: mothers and children who do what it takes to keep it alive while they wait and hope for the return of their husbands, their absent fathers who too often do not come back.
(Kurdish Film Festival)