The Yusuf trilogy focuses on the changes in the social and economic life in provincial Turkey within the framework of a mother-son relationship.

Yumurta: A poet returns to his village on his mother's death to find a distant relative awaiting him with his mother's dying wish. Süt: Yusuf, a recent high school graduate, must come to terms with his mother's affair with the town stationmaster, while the family's dairy business struggles in the midst of rapid industrialization. Bal: The quiet life of a boy and his family is endangered when his father does not return home from his work collecting honey in the forest.