The tension in the mansion gives way to small conflicts. Mrs. İsmet supports Cevat's decisions, which leads to an invisible tension between her and Şakir Pasha. Following İsmet's advice, Aniesi makes an effort to attract her husband's attention, but Cevat's mind is caught between his own dreams and his family's expectations. The emotions simmering beneath the calm days of the mansion create new balances between the family members and pave the way for unexpected secrets to come to light. The series, which tells the story of the lives of the Şakir Pasha family, who lead a life ahead of its time, full of intrigue and secrets, begins in 1912. When Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı, who made Bodrum famous as the Fisherman of Halicarnassus, returns to his family's home in Büyükada with his Italian wife, everyone's lives change radically. This change will not only affect the period in which he lived; it will also lead to the emergence of successful names such as Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid, the master of modern painting, Aliye Berger, the first Turkish engraver, and Füreya Koral, the first Turkish ceramic artist.