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Fifty year old, Suna has no income and finds a place to live by marrying an old man. She takes care of the man but hates going to bed with him. She gets depressed and starts drinking secretly.

Are people in a city racked by unemployment, and their lives and problems, as ordinary, random and insignificant as myriad floating particles?

Settling down outside of the city seems more appealing every day but how will it work in reality? Kivanc Kasabali, who wants to turn the idea of moving into a village into a real experience, will be faced with special people and stories.

The Last Gatherers focuses on the stories of people across Turkey, meters above the ground or in the sea's blue depths, struggling to survive amidst nature's challenges.

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This is the story of three fishermen who put their lives at risk to remove the ghost nets that threaten the sea-life off of Istanbul's Buyuk Ada Island.

Kivanc Kasabali will experience what would happen if one day he decided tried to live in Bahçeli village of Nevsehir.

Kivanc Kasabali will learn every detail of sheep shepherding in Cukurca village, located in the Ancient Phrygian valley hidden in the heart of Anatolia. Kivanc has a lot to learn in this colorful and cheerful village.

Kivanc Kasabali will learn the secret of happy cows from cute twins Nursemin and Yasemin in the village of Bardakci in Eskisehir. Zahide, Alime Sister, Bedis, Muhacir, Ilayda, Melek, Kaan, climate... There are so many animals to meet on this farm, so many things to do.

Kivanc Kasabali is in Taslica Village, the last village in southwestern Turkey. No job is easy in this village, both the stony land and the thirst will force Kivanc as well as the villagers.

Kivanc will harvest beetroot in a picturesque village on the shore of Lake Van, opposite the legendary Akdamar island. After all the agricultural machinery he used, the tool he will use to remove the beet will be really challenge for Kivanc.

1.5 tons of beets are waiting to be peeled in Gundogan, Sakarya, on the Sogutlu Plain. Kivanc will help 24 hours of their long shift, which started after the sugar beet harvest and lasted for 2.5 months.

Kivanc will learn how to make a traditional hive from basket in a challenging but magnificent view of high mountains in Van. The milking women of the village, namely beryvans, should go to the plateau and milk them. Finally, yogurt will be made from the milk of goats. They will make a ball of genuine wool for the traditional gogan game that is about to be forgotten. The claim that Izzettin's put on the checkers is big. Let's see who will win.

Peak times of cotton harvest in Bismil plain. Cotton as far as the eye can see is waiting to be picked before the rains begin. It is not easy for Kivanc to fill a 20-kilogram bag from 5 grams of cotton grains. He will learn which one is heavy: a kilo of iron or a kilo of cotton.

Kivanc participates in the olive harvest in Doganli village of Mardin. Time to sow wheat and reap corn in the fertile Mesopotamian lands.

Kivanc Kasabali will learn about the trade in the village of Ormankadi, a district of Bursa's Kemalpasa district. Harvest time for melons and peppers in this plain of Anatolia, which is known for its wild horses.

Kivanc, will run the farm work and prepare for the bench they will set up in the Kucukkuyu market in Ahmetceli village of Canakkale together with "Sevinc Abla" and her family.

The work does not end in Bozyaka Village of Nallihan District of Ankara. Kivanc will harvest tomatoes. They will electrify the field where the pigs are infested. Straw bales should be loaded on the trailer, Kivanc Seyfettin will do it with the crane system together with the trailer. Young people from Bozyaka, the rope champions of the surrounding villages, are also ready for the horse rope pulling competition.