She is Raif Efendi's wife and the mother of Necla and Nurten. A woman who has withered before even reaching the age of 40, exhausted by housework and the endless cleaning rituals of a crowded household. There is no love or attempt at understanding between her and her husband, Raif Efendi. Life has numbed her and put her on autopilot to such an extent that she finds no fault in her relatives acting as if they are the true masters of the house.
She is the daughter of a civil servant from Balıkesir. Following the death of his father and his bankruptcy, Raif Efendi was forced to live in Ankara and married the young woman out of desperation, upon the recommendation of a distant relative.
A woman who aged before turning forty, possessing loose skin and a peculiar obesity, appearing neglected in her outer appearance. She is always dressed in work clothes.
Raif Efendi
The foreign husband whom she keeps entirely apart from her daily life and whose incomprehensible habits she endures.
Nurettin Bey
An elite relative whom she secretly obeys and panders to because he maintains the atmosphere of wealth in her home.