"Control deals with the dark side of the aftermath of the 2000s in Turkey, where instincts collided with modernism. The story of a night in Istanbul includes sex workers, dog fights, gun violence and political armed conflict. At first glance these activities seem different, but once we delve deeper into these stories we can see that they are part of the same chain of motives." The country entered a new political climate after the 2000s — increasingly conservative, giving certain ideologies a platform while pushing people with opposing thoughts into the night.