Turks, Greeks, Armenians all the people in Keskin were uneasy , hopeless and furious.

There was an insidious hostility developing among the people except the common sense ones. Tacettin was the one of common sense people. He kept on being a friend of Aris and Artin.

Meanwhile, Tacettin and Patricia have a baby. Tacettin gives him the name “Ali” which is the name of his father. Ali is their last hope.  

The Great Attack began on 26th August,1922 and continued until 9th September. At the end of the war, the Greeks had to recede.

One day, Tacettin takes Patricia and Ali to the Photographer and they have a family photo taken, but none of them was smiling except Ali.

A long time passed. Tacettin married to a girl A long time passed. Tacettin married to a girl from Istanbul, but it was very difficult for him from Istanbul, but it was very difficult for him to decide to marry. He didn’t know whether he to decide to marry. He didn’t know whether he did well or not. He could never forget Patricia did well or not. He could never forget Patricia and his son, Ali.and his son, Ali.

Patricia didn’t marry like Tacettin, she Patricia didn’t marry like Tacettin, she continued her life with the love of Tacettin .continued her life with the love of Tacettin .

Ali became a young man, but his name had Ali became a young man, but his name had been changed as “Andoni” and he didn’t know been changed as “Andoni” and he didn’t know what happened in the past. His mother and what happened in the past. His mother and grandmother told him that his father had grandmother told him that his father had been a Greek farmer and died at the early been a Greek farmer and died at the early age.age.

This love story happened many years ago, showed us that love doesn’t know the borders and the power of love never gets lost .Both the separation of two lovers and leaving from their homeland ,the place where they were born made us upset.From this book, we got that social and political events occurred at a period of life can change the destiny and life of people suddenly. Therefore , we understood that we should think the aftermath of the decisions concerning our future. If you want to understand what is real love, to be touched and even to cry a little, you must read this book.

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