Bab-i Marijuana

I brought to you what is yours.

Karen Kimya, who lives in England and is the child of an English mother and a Turkish father, ends up in Konya for a business trip. Struggling with worldly problems that she needs to solve in both her work and private life, Karen finds herself in the middle of otherworldly mysteries in Konya. A big dervish holds Karen's hand as she tumbles from linear time flowing like a river into an ocean where all times are intertwined. This dervish is Şems-i Tabrizi.

"There was blood on the stone. Hatred in people's hearts, deep calm in the full moon..."

Although the usual detective writing expected from Ahmet Ümit does not lose its effect in Bab-ı Mısır, he takes a step back with a conscious decision and the novel opens up to a mystical world full of secrets. Bab-ı Mısır, which reveals the relationship between religion and love, faith and love, from a completely different perspective, is a bright, deep novel that stands at a different point among Ahmet Ümit's works.

Often the issue is not what God is, but what we see in him. Those who are loving see mercy, those who are cruel see violence. Intelligent people see reason, stupid people see blind faith, scholars see science, ignorant people see miracles.

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Number of Pages: 440

Size: 13.5 x 23

First Printing Year: 2019

Number of Printings: 1st Edition

Language: Turkish