He is Ali Rıza Bey's eldest son, in his twenties. He takes the emotional and financial burden of the family on his shoulders at a young age and starts working as a clerk at a bank. At first, he is a noble-spirited and promising young man, much like a copy of his father. However, the increasing misery of the family and the insatiable desire for luxury of his new wife, Ferhunde, wear Şevket down. He struggles beyond his means to both keep the family together and make his wife happy; when he hits a dead end, he sacrifices his honesty by embezzling money from the bank. He is caught and goes to prison; this disaster paradoxically becomes his salvation, protecting him from the exploitation and destruction at home.
He is a clever young man who was expected to be a man of European standards, well-versed in languages and trained by his father, but was forced to quit higher education early due to economic hardship to provide for the family.
Initially a healthy, handsome, naive, and light-brown-haired young man. Under the weight of debt and responsibility, his color gradually fades, his eyes become sunken and dark, he grows thin, and he eventually transforms into an invalid.
Ferhunde
He is bound to his wife by a blind love; he does not resist even though saying yes to her whims destroys him.
Ali Rıza Bey
He holds a worshipful respect for his father and considers pleasing him his life's purpose, yet precisely because of this, he commits a crime that runs contrary to his father's principles.
Hayriye Hanım
He looks at his mother with love but also pity, avoiding burdening her.