Derin Devlet

"I feel like I am stuck abroad, in a foreign land; I feel that the desire to return to my place, my home, my source makes me faint like a hunger. I want to cry loudly, searching for Istanbul within the same Istanbul and realizing that I will not find it anymore. I am Istanbul, the old Istanbul. I was a child who knew the inside of that personable and beautiful Istanbul; I understood him very well... It was as if he opened his heart to me more than he did to everyone else. I am sorry for the loss of this body that I knew so well and loved so much. I miss you!”
In One Face of Istanbul, where Refik Halid Karay describes the conditions of Istanbul and the people of Istanbul after the declaration of the constitutional monarchy, he describes the life of people from different segments of society who changed from Turkish to Turkish, preserved their old customs and lifestyles, and were stuck between the "old" and the "new". He reveals his styles and personality traits with his master pen.



Number of Pages: 198

Year of Printing: 2011


Language: Turkish
Publisher: İnkılap Kitabevi

First Printing Year: 2011

Language: Turkish