The Yellow Mercedes

The film is based on Fikrimin Ince Gulu a novel by Adalet Agaoglu which depicts a first generation gurbetciguestworker returning home It covers his land journey in short bursts from Germany to the Turkeys west border and extensively from thereon to his village close to Ankara capital of Turkey He begins his journey purchasing a second hand yellow Mercedes possibly his first car using his meager savings working as a laborer Offering deep insight into the mind of a manual laborer Bayram Ilyas Salman making his first trip back home resorting to flashbacks in highlighting Bayrams motivation and experiences from his childhood right up to the events leading to his first departure from Turkey to Germany