简介：SerçeMehmethadbeenateacherinavillagenearSiirtinSouth-EastAnatolia.Banditshadkidnappedhiswife,aftersevenmonthstheyreturnedherdeadbody,shehadcommittedsuicideoutofshame.Mehmetthendecidedtoleavethevillageandtodevotetherestofhislifetohuntingbanditsdown.Herethefilmsetsin. Inanothervillage,banditsforcethevillagerstopaythemlargesumsofmoney,threateningthevillagersbykillingsomeofthemenandabductingsomeofthewomen.SerçeMehmetarrives,killsseveralofthebandits,givinghimselfthename"Azrail".Everybodyisafraidofhimbecauseofhisreputationasamercilesskiller. Hefreeshoweverawomanwhohadjustbeenraped.Mehmettakesherbacktothevillage,butherhusband,alsoateacher,doesn´twanttohaveherback.ThewomanimploresMehmettoshoother,heanswersthathewillnotwasteabulletonherifshedoesn´tpayforitfirst.Sinceshehasnomoneyshecollapsesinthesnow,thenshefollowsMehmetatadistance.Mehmethelpsherafterallandevenconvincesthehusbandtotakeherback.(Anotherwomanisrapedbythebandits,herhusbandisforcedtositinthenextroom,afterthebanditshaveleft,hehandsherarevolverwithwhichsheshootsherself.) SerçeMehmetfinishesoffthebanditsoneafteranotherandregularlyvisitsthevillageinnbringingintheirheadsandcrossingofftheirnamesfromawanted-list.Inafinalshow-downinthemountainsdeepinsnow,heawaitsthem,theysurroundhimbutarenomatchforhim.(Theirdeadbodiesareeatenbywolvesinthenightanddiscoveredbythesurvivingbanditsinthemorning.)FinallyacommandoofgendarmesarriveandsurroundtheshedMehmethashiddenhimselfin.HepourshimselfalastglassofRakıandprepareshimselftodieintheflames,asthegendarmesthrowpetrolovertheshed.Theflamesalsoconsumethepatriotic,progress-praisingpostersonthe…