My unhappiness protects me from life.

...a nation could change its way of life, its history, its technology, its art, literature, and culture, but it would never have a real chance to change its gestures.

Mankind's greatest error, the biggest deception of the past thousand years is this: to confuse poverty with stupidity.

My hero wants to belong too, but he doesn't want to give up all the things he came to value in the west.

Suddenly Ka realized he was in love with İpek. And realizing that this love would determine the rest of his life, he was filled with dread.

Well, on the one hand the Turks have the legitimate need to defend their national dignity - and this includes being recognized as a part of the west and Europe.

As much as I live I shall not imitate them or hate myself for being different to them