Three Broken Branches

“Sometimes you keep it inside. Then the things you have accumulated are piled on top of each other. You become unable to carry it. Especially if you are alone in a cell, captive... Either the things inside you will eat you up, or you will spill them, by doing and saying. The voice of such inner pouring is heard in the novel you have.

The most important feature of this book is that it is written. A brave man who devoted himself to the cure of social and individual troubles did not fit into a two square meter dungeon cell where they were tried to be squeezed. It is because those who came out of that cell met with their people despite all the obstacles. Well, what more? Open the first page of the book, Idris will take your arm and take you on a unique journey through the walls, corners, loves and fights of Diyarbekir.

While the love of Gül and Ciwan and the conflict in Cengo's inner world are intertwined in the painful geography of a real war, there is a message for all of us from this story that does not neglect a concise questioning.

“Blessings to you, my brother, my friend, my comrade.”

- Selahattin demirtaş -

“The official history that talks about the winners and the losers; It misses the power of resistance and solidarity that sprouts deep down at the bottom. In this novel, Idris Baluken, through the stories of three comrades, tells us that this resistance and solidarity has blossomed as a way of life. Love is a must for this life. I think I will never forget Mother Keje.”

- Ahmet Telli -