In Amisos the arrests of Christians are followed by torture and hanging. Osman invades the house of the Paulidis family and offends Vasiliki. Turkish gendarmes arrest and imprison Themis. The command is death. In jail, the Metropolit secretly gives a chop to Them, urging him to flee. Themis, Panagiotis, the teacher and those who can stand on their feet flee for the mountain but some of them will not. Vasiliki's teacher and father lose their lives. The Turks put on hangers. The command is one: they will hang alive and dead. Kerem sends Iphigenia an anonymous letter urging her to call her family in Paris. She decides to return to Constantinople and is arrested by Kartal.
May 1895. Our story begins when the family of George Pavlides engages their 12-year-old son, Miltos, with the 9-year-old daughter of Michalis Nikolaidis, Ifigenia. The attacks of fanatical Turks will force the two families to flee their homeland. The two youngsters will meet again in Istanbul 11 years later. Unaware of the family relationship that binds them, they instantly fall in love. The two lovers try to live their love, while being dragged by the whirlwind of historical events of the time.
