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