Desperate Housewives episode 1 summary:

Handan, a housewife living on Gül Çıkmazı Street, commits suicide one morning. As her close friends try to unravel the mystery of this sudden death, their own lives become complicated. Nermin, a fastidious woman, is devastated by her husband's sudden request for divorce. Trying to cope alone with her four children, Elif looks for someone to help her, but can't find anyone. Zeliş, the former beauty queen and new housewife, is confused by the interest of Levent, the young university student of the neighborhood. Yasemin, whose husband left her for a young girl, meets Sinan, who has just moved to the street. Seeing this, her ex-husband goes crazy. Yasemin also has to fight with Emel, the neighborhood's merry widow, and is caught in the middle of a big disaster.