Böcek (The Cockroach)

The hero of the story is Recai Bey a vulgar and uncivilized police chief with an aversion to women and intellectuals. As a result of his deep down rage hastened by his childhood and bad living conditions, he perceives everybody around him as a cockroach and plans to purify society by destroying them all. However, following his dismissal from his active police job, he believes not to be able to realise his mission. One morning, he sees a cockroach in his bathroom. This encounter and his desperate struggle against the insect speeds up the degeneration process ...