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THE JOURNEY OF LOVE

Fetch me a bowl of water, my Kasim.

You go...

...back to being a Judge.

There is a path for everyone.

Go back to being a Judge.

I have done whatever you have tasked me.

I quit my job as a Judge...

...came here and cleaned the ablution chambers.

I walked in the streets of Nallihan...

...where I was a Judge once, with shovels.

I searched for a dog like a mad man in front of the people.

I didn't say that it hurt my honor.

Then I did, but didn't care...

...and did all you asked from me.

But this isn't what I’m looking for...

...nor the respect I expect.

Son...

...we didn't tell you to quit your job as Judge.

We are not like other so-called Sheikhs.

We do not look for followers.

We do not invite anyone.

Even if these people are not on God’s path,...

...would we be on God's path to go inviting other people?

What is so special about us?

I am going, my Sheikh.

A comer is welcome...

...and a leaver is welcome too, Yunus.

My Kasim...

...you have the talk with the dervishes.

Bismillah.

I ask you not to enter or leave during the talk.

Maybe some of us would desire to...

...make use of truths we gather from our Sheikh.

It is abominable to distract a listener.

In our last talk we discussed about what violates the prayers.

Tonight let us discuss what violates being Muslim.

Who is a Muslim?

First of all...

...he who utters his profession is.

So...

...what distinguishes...

...a Muslim from someone else?

Let's suppose that you see a Muslim on the street.

How can you tell that he is a Muslim, except for his clothes?

Then, a Muslim is someone that you cannot hurt...

...from his hand, his tongue or his back.

Maybe you should speak and we should shut up, Gungor Efendi.

If I hadn't forced you to get out...

...you would have stepped out of dargah.

I told you, Kira.

I do not have the eagerness to go out or to study.

I know why.

What is it?

Tell us and we shall know too.

You ask and ask but if I told you, you'd get angry.

Tell me, I won't.

You know it too.

It's Yunus' departure that makes you sad.

What does he have to do with me?

They say walls have ears.

People gossip.

Gossip is about something that doesn't exist.

You are something, aren't you? You'd bring shame on me.

Why is that?

Do we Turks get ashamed when we love someone?

Why would we?

What then? Is it forbidden for a Sheikh's daughter to marry a dervish?

Maybe you should stop worrying about me...

...and ask yourself why are you single...

...if it's not forbidden in your religion.

If I had someone in my heart like you, I wouldn't waste a second!

You'll cause even more gossip, Kira.

Haven't you heard? Walls have ears.

CHAMBER OF JUDGES, KONYA

-As salamun alaikum. -Alaykum salam.

Do you remember me?

From Aksaray, right?

Let's see, were you a Subashi?

Applied for reappointment?

I was the Judge of Nallihan, Clerk Effendi.

It's been three months that I've been coming here.

Are you the only one?

They all come from all over the country.

Judges ask for reappointment, Regents wait for their duty.

There are a lot of them!

We beg your pardon.

Not at all!

I applied to return to my duty.

I remember now.

But...

...the Head of Judges was so busy.

I've been waiting for a notice for three months, Efendi.

You say that he is busy...

...but we cannot wait any longer.

We wish to see him in person.

You may wait here.

Tomorrow it will be decided, Yunus Efendi.

About our return or our new place of service?

First we shall see if the Head Judge approves your return.

He wouldn't make you sit idle.

There are others like you.

How are you, Karabash?

You are well, inshallah?

Here you are, my Father.

-Have you seen Mikel Efendi? -I have, my father.

He says I must be depressed, father.

Must be the season changing.

Did he prepare any medication?

He sent us to the herbalist.

We went with Kira and bought what he asked.

He boiled them and made a cure from their essences in a bottle.

He left this one here and took off.

Who, my father?

Yunus.

Welcome, Yunus Efendi.

Thank you, sir.

I see you applied for your return three months ago.

Yes, sir.

With the command from Head Vizier Muiniddin Pervane...

...himself, we reappoint...

...some of the Judges.

We make new appointments for empty seats...

...that are emptied for various reasons.

You were serving at Nallihan?

Yes.

Yunus Efendi...

...your return is appropriate for us.

Tomorrow you can learn your new place of service from Clerk Efendi.

May God be in your favor.

May He bless you.

You said that you served in Nallihan, Yunus Efendi.

Then you must know...

...the Sheikh called Tapduk Emre, in Nallihan?

I do, sir.

Does he have any influence on people?

He does, sir.

Our newly appointed Judge, Ilyas Efendi...

...asks for our permission to search his dargah.

I wanted to ask, since you served in Nallihan.

Yes, Clerk Efendi.

Sir...

...that Judge of Nallihan who was waiting for his appointment.

I remember.

He came here yesterday.

What was his name?

It's Yunus, sir, Yunus.

What of him?

He didn't show up to claim his license.

You said that he's been waiting for three months.

I am left confused too, sir.

He came here every day.

Now his papers are ready but he isn't present.

It has been months since our Sheikh has given any talks.

People have been wondering.

Haven't the villagers questioned us when we went into town?

Merchants from the marketplace too.

Everybody thinks that our Sheikh has stopped giving talks.

Won't you say hello, Guyende?

Yunus is back.

Judge Yunus?

-Where did you see him? -In the marketplace.

-Why did you come back? -Yunus is back.

Judge Yunus?

-Where did you see him? -In the marketplace.

Yunus Efendi?

Welcome.

Do you need anything?

I'd like to see Master judge.

Ilyas Effendi is in his chamber.

Yunus.

THE JOURNEY OF LOVE

You came here without finding out where you appointed, is that so?

I need your help.

What is it, Yunus?

We were only kids when we began madrasah.

You are my friend.

You started an investigation on Sheikh Tapduk Emre.

I heard it from the Head Judge.

In Konya.

Okay but what does it have to do with you?

I'd like to see my Sheikh.

I have important news to deliver.

Mollah Kasim would like to see you, my father.

Let him in, my daughter.

Permission, my Sheikh.

Let us boil rice, my daughter.

We heard something, my Sheikh.

From Guyendi.

He came back from the marketplace.

Everybody has returned.

Judge Yunus has returned.

Yunus Guyende returns.

Judge Yunus returns.

Is there anyone who doesn't return, my Kasim?

Just look up and see.

The moon turns, the sun turns, stars turn, planets turn.

The universe turns.

All heavens turn.

Of course he did. All realms turn. Wouldn't Yunus return?

But not to our dargah, my Sheikh. He returned to Nallihan.

We didn't say he would return to our dargah, son.

We said he'd return.

Just wait.

You will return, we will return.

And we think our dargah is in Nallihan, my Kasim.

We'd like to give you a task, my Kasim.

Command me, my Sheikh.

That is just not possible, Yunus!

How can I not implement the law just because you know him?

I do not just know him.

I vouch for him.

I heard you were attending his dargah.

But you speak as if you are his follower!

We shared bowls and meals with you for years.

For my sake, Ilyas.

It's a matter of the state, Yunus.

How can you ask this from me?

Didn't we share the same dreams in madrasah?

We weren't going to submit to any requests.

We were going to implement Sharia's laws as they are.

We weren't going to protect people's sake...

...and not Masters' and Sheikhs.

We were going to be a Seljuk Judge and not a Mongolian one.

Then tell me what is he accused of.

Why are you forcing me, Yunus?

You wouldn't tell me if you were in my place.

It is slander whatever it is.

All of it.

How can you say it's slander without even knowing what it is?

Isn't it late, my daughter?

For what, my mother?

Didn't you tell me you were going to Kira's?

It slipped my mind.

I was caught up in my work.

Let's go out together.

I’m going to see Gulsum Baci.

Can we not, my mother?

You asked for permission and now you don't want to go?

I feel tired out.

It has been months.

You are so depressed and exhausted.

Doesn't Mikel Efendi's potion help?

It helps, mother.

It is slander.

Whoever said this...

...it is slander.

I wouldn't be shocked if it wasn't coming from you.

Have you forgotten?

We are from madrasah.

We don't have anything to do with...

...dervish convents and self-appointed sheiks.

We are...

...men of science.

Forget about this.

We are bound to our superiors!

Are our superiors the law?

Why are you pushing me, Yunus?

What do you want from me?

Are you telling me to ignore a crime and not to investigate it?

We told you...

...the mandate from Konya isn't arguable.

We cannot object to our superiors.

Our superiors have superiors too, Ilyas Efendi.

We know that too, since we are...

...friends from madrasah.

Do you implement the law by listening to a false informant.

Who is the informant?

At least tell me this.

Look, Yunus!

Since your reappointment is accepted...

...I advise you not to waste time.

Go back to Konya.

Go!

And take your certificate!

I still remember. My Sheikh approached me.

He said, "Bayram...

...you take a look at our shovels."

But there was no shovel around.

Your Master hunted us like a pig.

Turns out we aren't the hunter, but the prey itself.

That's why he sent Yunus Efendi after us.

Times are golden for devil's deeds.

May it be fortunate, my fellow pir?

It is, Bayram Agha, it is.

Have some of our sherbet.

May God give you prosperity, Bayram. I need to go to ahi-order.

My fellow pir...

...will our Sheikh not give a talk soon?

He did not say anything.

Merchants and their good-wives are asking.

They wonder why our Sheikh doesn't give any talks anymore.

We are waiting, Bayram Agha.

We do not know when he will.

We are waiting too.

Excuse me, my Agha.

-Who is this dervish, Bayram Agha? -Consider him as our Sheikh's successor.

If he asks for anything, you treat him properly.

I know, my Agha, I’ll keep good relations with dargah.

Did your snake Master teach you this?

Keep neither good nor bad relations.

Keep your relations as you keep with me.

As you wish, my Agha.

What one endures comes not from the fellow but the path itself.

Very little of what I believe can be seen with eyes.

And with my half-blind eyes lesser than that can be seen.

What can I get you, sir?

I'd like to ask something, father.

What is it, my daughter? Go on and ask.

Don't dervishes ever marry?

Huh...I wonder about the reason of this question more than it itself now.

If a dervish in the dargah falls in love or a girl falls in love with a dervish...

Half of Nallihan, even all the people in this marketplace...

...are dervishes of Tapduk Efendi, my daughter.

Of course they get married.

They aren't like catholic priests.

Then what happens if a girl marries a dervish?

If they love each other then it's paradise but if they don't then it's hell.

Aside from all this...

...who is the reason of your question?

I need to visit Bacim, father.

-I thought she was coming here. -No. She can't.

I need to go immediately.

Now I know who the girl is.

I wonder who the dervish is.

I went and delivered your order to Mesut Agha, my Sheikh.

Not my order but request.

Can you forge iron with an order?

Haven't you got any other information?

I ran into Grainist Remzi. He said there had been a misunderstanding.

"I can't have peace without sorting this out with my Sheikh."

He wishes to see you tonight.

Tell him to come later.

For we wait for someone else tonight.

-Welcome, my dear. -Well received, aunt Hanim.

-Where is Sister Sultan? -She's in the back.

-Kira. -If you don't come then I will.

Have a seat.

I feel so exhausted.

I have bright news for you.

How can you know what is bright for me?

Yunus.

He's back. I saw him in the marketplace.

I know already.

-Dervishes were talking about him. -Is he back to dargah?

I don't think so.

Maybe he has some business.

Maybe he is stopping by the dargah.

We are friends. How can I not know while it’s right in front of me?

-Do you think I don't understand, Sister? -What? What is there to understand?

You tongue denies it but your eyes deny your tongue.

I am not denying anything.

It is you who is inventing things that aren't there.

If you don't deny, then I won't invent them.

Amin.

O God!

So, tell me.

What do they say about us?

You travel the marketplace, villages and other places.

Tell me what they talk about.

They ask why our Sheikh doesn't give any talks.

Everybody asks us, my Sheikh.

All Nallihan’s people talk about this.

And what do you answer, my Gungor?

Let them say what they want...

...and not what we haven't said, my Ali.

Let them do what they want...

...and not what we haven't done.

One day, Imam Shafi was traveling...

...the streets of Baghdad with his pupils.

One of his pupils, in that moment, sees...

...two people arguing over a religious matter.

One of them was trying to justify himself...

...and saying, "Look, my fellow, even Imam Shafi himself...

...does and says exactly as I do regarding this matter."

Of course he doesn't know Shafi. He only heard his name.

After hearing this, the pupil approaches and asks what is this all about.

The arguers tell him about their debate.

The pupil is baffled and says: "Look, brother...

...the Imam neither does or says anything like this."

He tries to intervene but the man does not go back on his word.

The pupil heads back.

He sees Imam Shafi in his chambers and says...

..."My Sheikh, I witnessed something...

...some man talking badly about you...

...and explicitly slandering you...

...I warned him but he didn't listen."

After hearing this, Imam Shafi decides to go and see for himself.

He arrives where the slanderer is.

He does not say that he is Imam Shafi at first.

Just like his pupil he says to the man that he is mistaken...

...the Imam wouldn't say or do something like this.

But the slanderer scolds the Imam too, and tells him to go away.

He insists that Imam Shafi says and does exactly as he says.

Seeing there is no other choice, Imam Shafi reveals himself.

"Look, brother, I am Shafi and I did not say or do anything like this."

The slanderer is not convinced yet again.

"Who are you to tell me? You can't be Shafi himself...

...Shafi is someone else and what I say is true."

Ignorance is blind.

We must try to see the truth in matters.

It is easy to talk but you must lift the curtains up and look.

There's a shepherd under the felt cloak!

Is there a better Shepherd than Guyendem?

Many thanks, my Sheikh.

So...

Come on now.

Leave the old man alone.

Welcome.

Welcome, Yunus Efendi.

Well received.

As salamun alaikum.

Alaykum saalam.

-Welcome, Yunus -Well received.

Come closer.

My eyes can't see far away anymore.

Did you see Karabash outside?

I did.

You came here to say something obviously.

There is an ugly slander about you.

So what? There is if there is.

A slander without any truth.

The Judge wishes to start an investigation on you.

Maybe you should do something about it while you still have time.

You care for our lives, son, thank you.

But does our life belong to us that we should protect it?

We do not give or take what is not ours.

But like everyone, we have a body too.

If someone wishes to take it then he should come and take it.

Free us from this burden on our shoulders.

The Judge asked for permission from the Head Judge in Konya.

I'm afraid he might do harm to you.

Don’t mind about us, mind your own life. Save your own life first.

If you excuse me then?

Stay here, be our guest.

My time is short. I need to get on my way to Konya tonight.

You will arrive, sooner or later.

Who is on his way reaches Fezzan, and who steps out of it loses himself.

You will arrive, you will.

So...

...you haven't told us. What are you up to in Konya? What do you do there?

-I was waiting. -We all wait, son.

Who doesn't wait for tomorrow?

Come on now, have a good journey.

Do not bother yourself with our lives.

Salamun alaikum.

Alaykum salaam.

He says that he was young, 18 years old at most.

-Welcome back, my Yunus. -Well received.

-Welcome, Yunus Efendi. -Many thanks.

-We heard that you were in Konya. -I was.

I have never been to the capital Konya.

I was there once. When the army came back from the Crimean campaign...

...Sultan Alaaddin organized a very big festivity.

We went there with my grandfather, Hadji Nadim.

I was just a boy then.

-Is Konya beautiful? -Everywhere is beautiful if you love it.

-Excuse me. -Many thanks.

-You leave as fast as you came. -I need to be on my way.

You gave our Sheikh good news, inshallah.

For him there is no good or bad news.

May your path be open, Yunus Efendi.

Welcome.

You found and brought him here.

He never escaped after you left.

You have been to many of my father’s talks...

...and you leave without helping him like a stranger?

My Sheikh father does not tell anyone about his troubles.

His duty is to be a remedy for everyone's troubles.

Don't you know?

I did all I could.

What more can I do?

Just coming here and informing is all you can do?

What else can I do?

You are an educated person who knows about...

...how state matters are done.

Even if my Sheikh father knew how, he wouldn't go there.

Herbalist Husnu's brother isn't properly educated.

-There are others too, sir. -No.

Have the men inspect stores one-by-one.

Identify everyone who practices without education.

What are we here for!?

-Salamun alaikum. -Aleykum salaam.

-Welcome, Azmi Agha! -Well received, my Sheikh.

No need!

Thank our Sheikh. If he didn't vouch for you, your store would be closed.

Thanks to him.

The mistake is ours and the forgiving is his.

We do not want to deal with such matters again, Azmi Agha.

You are tasked with maintaining the peace and wellbeing...

...of the people of marketplace, and yet you...

May God give you whatever you desire my Sheikh.

Not us.

Go kiss your Sheikh's hand.

You slander behind his back...

...and he vouches for you.

Go and kiss his hand and ask for forgiveness.

Hasn't the news from Konya arrived yet, Hasan Agha?

Not yet, my Master judge. But any moment the bird will come.

Yunus.

-Salamun alaikum. -Alaykum saalam.

If you excuse me, my Master judge.

Weren’t you on your way?

I thought you were on your way to Konya.

I came here to ask you one last time. Ilyas, can you not push Sheikh Efendi?

How many times do we have to debate this, Yunus?

You are mistaken.

How do you know I am mistaken? How can you be so sure?

I wouldn't believe you'd defend these Sheikhs who think...

...they are the sole source of truth.

Whatever you hear is slander.

Whoever said it is a slanderer.

How are you so certain without even knowing what he is accused of?

Everyone except Sheikh Tapduk Emre is a slanderer, is that so Yunus?

Not at all, Ilyas! That's not what I'm saying.

What are you saying then, Yunus?

It's not only about Tapduk Emre.

How can these Sheikhs lead people to the true way?

Are we out of wise people?

That I do not believe in, Yunus.

That I cannot understand at all.

We shared the same dreams back in Karatay.

Haven't we promised that we would get rid of these false Sheikhs?

What happened, Yunus?

How come you defend these uneducated...

...and ignorant people and their Sheikhs?

Just coming here and informing is all you can do?

What else can I do?

You are an educated person who knows about...

...how state matters are done.

Even if my Sheikh father knew how, he wouldn't go there.

Don't let my mother hear! I'd be done if you spill it.

Like she won't ever hear!

No, she'd be devastated.

I was going to check on the dog.

It’s not lacking anything.

I hope Yunus Efendi didn't bother you with inappropriate words.

No. They weren't inappropriate.

Why would Yunus Efendi say such words?

He wouldn't but I saw him speaking to you in a silent way, so I wondered.

No. He came back from Konya.

Came here to inform my Sheikh father about his matter.

What is this matter about our Sheikh?

Didn't you hear in his chambers?

No I didn't. What is this matter?

What can I get you, sir?

This is no tree shade, sir.

We are trying to make a living here!

-What can I get you? -Sherbet.

Maybe you should do something about it while you still have time.

You care for our lives, son, thank you.

But does our life belong to us that we should protect it?

We cannot give or take what is not ours.

But like everyone, we have a body too.

If someone wishes to take it then he should come and take it.

Free us from this burden on our shoulders.

-Welcome, my child. -Well received, father.

How is Tapduk Emre?

I have important news about him.

About Tapduk Emre?

Tell me then, don't leave me wondering.

-Judge Ilyas Efendi? -What of him?

He is about to investigate Tapduk Emre's dargah.

What are you saying, my child?

Do you hear yourself?

Who told you this? Who did you hear that from?

I spoke to Judge Ilyas Efendi again.

He says no. He insists on the law and justice.

What happens now?

I spoke to him twice. He will not listen to our word...

...nor will he recognize our sake.

I wish mother wouldn't find out about this but she will eventually.

Translation: Sublime Translation