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different countenance。 In this way; by the twelfth year; when I returned to my

city at the age of thirty…six; I was painfully aware that my beloved’s face had

long since escaped me。

Many  of  my  friends  and  relatives  had  died  during  my  twelve…year  exile。  I

visited the cemetery overlooking the Golden Horn and prayed for my mother

and for the uncles who’d passed away in my absence。 The earthy smell of mud

mingled  with  my  memories。  Someone  had  broken  an  earthenware  pitcher

beside my mother’s grave。 For whatever reason; gazing at the broken pieces; I

began to cry。 Was I crying for the dead or because I was; strangely; still only at

the beginning of my life after all these years? Or was it because I’d e to the

end  of  my  life’s  journey?  A  faint  snow  fell。  Entranced  by  the  flakes  blowing

here and there; I became so lost in the vagaries of my life that I didn’t notice

the black dog staring at me from a dark corner of the cemetery。

My tears subsided。 I wiped my nose。 I saw the black dog wagging its tail in

friendship   as   I   left   the   cemetery。   Sometime   later;   I   settled   into   our

neighborhood; renting one of the houses where a relative on my father’s side

once lived。 It seems I reminded the landlady of her son who’d been killed by

Safavid Persian soldiers at the front and so she agreed to clean the house and

cook for me。

8

I set out on long and satisfying walks through the streets as if I’d settled not

in Istanbul; but temporarily in one of the Arab cities at the other end of the

world。  The  streets  had  bee  narrower;  or  so  it  seemed  to  me。  In  certain

areas;  on  roads  squeezed  between  houses  leaning  toward  one  another;  I  was

forced  to  rub  up  against  walls  and  doors  to  avoid  being  hit  by  laden

packhorses。 There were more wealthy people; or so it seemed to me。 I saw an

ornate carriage; a citadel drawn by proud horses; the likes of which couldn’t

be  found  in  Arabia  or  Persia。  Near  the  “Burnt  Column;”  I  saw  some

bothersome  beggars  dressed  in  rags  huddling  together  as  the  smell  of  offal

ing from the chicken…sellers market wafted over them。 One of them who

was blind smiled as he watched the falling snow。

Had  I  been  told  Istanbul  used  to  be  a  poorer;  smaller  and  happier  city;  I

might  not  have  believed  it;  but  that’s  what  my  heart  told  me。  Though  my

beloved’s house was where it’d always been among linden and chestnut trees;

others  were  now  living  there;  as  I  learned  from  inquiring  at  the  door。  I

discovered  that  my  beloved’s  mother;  my  maternal  aunt;  had  died;  and  that

her  husband;  my  Enishte;  and  his  daughter  had  moved  away。  This  is  how  I

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