i watch this movie at the 2006 toronto film festival and and enjoy it . however and i have be try to work something out . what do the people who be try to bribe muharrem want from him . do they want the order to give them construction contract . do they just want to get in his good book because he be a influential man in the community . if anyone who have watch this have any idea and please post . the director be present at the screening and and he be ask this question in the q and a after the movie . he do not really understand the question and i think it be lose in translation and a he only speak turkish . thanks .