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Good morning, Mahmut. They said you call us.

-Sir, The Undersecretary... -Get out!

Sit down.

You know what?

You made this guy like yourself in two days, Settar. Bravo.

I got some information yesterday, incidentally.

An evidence came to us from Izmit Police.

A tounge... No owner, no nothing...

Fortunately, our guys found the owner.

You must've guessed it.

Yes.

Its owner is Mustafa Diri.

But what I couldn't understand is...

...this tounge...

How could it go...

...that far away to Izmit.

Settar?

Anyway...

There is much more to say to you, but...

Now is not the time.

But let me tell you this...

We have wounded with our friends...

...and we bleed with them.

The friendship is long gone, Mahmut.

The file is on the table.

Take it, and leave.

Edip will tell you more.

Well... Captain Settar is going to lead the investigation.

And his partner Mr. Kemal is your new squad leader.

Mr. Kemal came here through Lefkosia.

Before then he worked in London at Scotland Yard...

...on a special unit for a long time.

He's been in London since he was a kid.

He got education there.

Is that right, Mr. Kemal.

Ahmet...

Our computer genius.

Billur...

The top of the police academy.

This will be her first assignment with us.

And this is Cihangir...

We love him very much.

Files are on your tables.

Let us be alert.

Any question?

Then good luck to you.

I know what they're saying behind my back.

So, if you're gonna believe something...

...I'll prefer you talk to me first.

And let's get to the point...

I want everybody do their job right.

I won't care about the new regulations, your rights...

...your time cards, end of your shift...

...I'll fuck you all up.

My girl Billur, you see...

You won't take offence and I won't have a pitty on you.

My kind of justice.

Well, that's all I have to say. Now, my partner...

My new partner Kemal...

...is going to tell you what this asshole did.

First of all, we lost four days.

Four days is a long time for a homicide investigation.

We have to get to work before losing anymore time.

The first victim, Mustafa Diri.

A transvestite sex worker.

Know by the name Merve.

Her tounge was cut before being murdered.

The killer, probably drowned the victim in a bathtub...

...and then chained under the pier.

The second victim, Nusret Işık.

Found in the Haliç Dock.

He was still alive when we got to the scene.

His lips were stitched.

When we removed those stitches...

...the lost tounge of Mustafa Diri was in his mouth.

He's a famous bestseller writer on his 40's.

There is no apparent connection between these two victims.

This exactly what we have to investigate.

We have to learn what Nusret Işık wrote and did...

...and what kind of connection they might have with Mustafa Diri.

We took that shot with ultraviolet light at Mustafa Diri's house.

It's written with blood and then cleaned.

I want to know what thhis means, and everything about this.

Take samples from the crime scene send to analyze them immediately.

I'll do that, Lieutenant.

And the second thing, the recording...

It's been recorded by the killer for us.

There is a transcript on your files.

The killer says if the novel "Rainbow" by writer F.A.K...

...isn't published in a week...

...there will be new victims.

I want you to study it closely.

Ahmet... Will you do it?

Yes, Lieutenant.

Cihangir...

We need to organize here.

According to dates, start from up left...

...counter clockwise, and nothing should touch others.

Cihangir?

Yes, sir?

Just put them there one by one, okay, son?

Okay, sir.

Good.

Okay, good luck everybody.

We'll go to see some books.

You can't eat a simit like that at any other place in Istanbul.

Bastards use a China dye instead of grape molasses.

But this guy didn't spoiled it.

We were eating here when we're students.

Was the school nearby?

Just back there, across the library.

Then you must know the library well?

I'll went there once because I had to.

Hello?

Nusret Işık?

Did you cross-checked it with the database?

I see.

Okay, Ms. Billur, you can drop it on my desk.

Nothing for now. Thanks.

Samples from the symbol on the wall aren't matching...

...with samples from Mustafa Diri or Nusret Işık.

And it doesn't belong to anybody in our system.

Hello. We're looking for a book.

Did you fill up a form?

What form?

No. We have an urgent business.

Sir, everybody have urgent business.

Here, your form. Homicide.

We're looking for a book.

Are you solving murders by reading books, sir?

Man, look...

We're looking for a book. A novel named "Rainbow" by a writer F.A.K.

I'll check right away.

Faik Ahlat Karaca. "Rainbow". 1963.

Mürekkep magazine. Serial novel. Just one print.

Yeah, can we take it?

Unfotunately, sir. You have to go to the old records department.

And where is it?

Downstairs.

Good morning.

Yes?

We're looking for an old book.

A serial novel "Rainbow" by Faik Ahlat Karaca.

Let's see. Serialized at where?

Mürekkep magazine. 1963.

Okay.

No. No.

Let's check here.

Faik Ahlat Karaca. 1963. -Yes.

Yes.

All of those magazines are taken.

And return date is over.

Isn't there another copy?

No, there is only one.

There is no other copy or photocopy?

-No. -There is only one print...

...and it's missing, is that it?

It's not missing, it just didn't returned to us.

When it should have returned?

It says...

September 24th, 1984.

-For God's sake. It's long overdue. -Yeah, it appears so, yes.

Who took it?

It's erased, I can't read.

-May I? -Sure.

No, no.

What can we do?

Well...

You can wait if you want.

Or it's probably sold to second-hand booksellers.

You'll find it in the library of a bookish person if you're lucky.

Call me from this number if you learn something.

Okay.

Don't worry, we'll give it back to you.

Give me that book card.

Is it okay if I drop you here?

Aren't you coming to the second-hand bookseller?

No, I have something to do. I'll find you.

Give me the card.

There.

Hello, Fevzi?

What's up, sir? You haven't been calling for a long time.

I'm gonna ask you something. I need a forger, who would you recommend?

Sir, you know, I'm out years ago.

Watermarks and all that were the end of this job.

If I may, sir, why do you need it for?

I have an erased writing that I need to get it read.

I see. New generation can't help you then.

But there is Toros Monster. He can help you.

Who's this Monster?

Mehmet is retired.

He's breeding birds now, sir.

Where can I find him?

He has a place in Tophane, sir.

Come on, girl. Come on, girl. Come on, girl.

-Hello. -Hello.

No need.

It's obvious that you're a cop.

What's wrong with her?

Because of those Syrians.

They only brought trouble and disease.

This is third this week.

Sir, is there a mistake?

It's been very long since I retired.

No, no, there is no mistake. Fevzi sent me here.

He said only Toros Monster can help me.

My Gosh.

There was a play I did once...

...and it stuck with me. Go on, girl.

When we're inside...

...there was an actor friend of ours. He insisted to do a play.

The management wasn't approving, saying Aziz Nesin is a communist.

So we persisted.

We played.

They made me play the Monster of Toros.

I was putting down anybody I hit back then.

On the day of the play, there were journalist, audience, cheerings...

They brought a newspaper a few days later...

...and on the front page...

...it says, "The Great Play of 'the Monster of Toros'".

So the name stuck.

Sir?

You're standing there, please sit down, let me offer you some tea.

Thanks, but it's urgent.

We need to read this name.

70 grams, Indian.

If it didn't go through the back...

When should I come?

Is tonight okay?

Come tomorrow, sir.

-See you. -See you.

Huh? What did you do?

Where did you go?

I visited the Toros Monster.

Toros Monster? Who's that?

Never mind. Have you found the treasure?

No. They'll let me know if they find anything.

Good. Hopefully.

We're waiting to hear from you. Okay. We're waiting. Thank you.

Hello, guys.

-Hello, Lieutenant. -Hello.

How is it going, guys?

Sir, I investigated this symbol.

It looks like the first letter of hebrew alphabet, "aleph".

There are som mismatches, but I think that's it basically.

It has many meanings...

It's the first letter of Greek, Hebrew and Egyptian alphabet.

To ancient Egyptians it's the symbol of "Ra".

To Cabbala it's "the breath of God".

And to sufism it means "the beginning".

One of the meanings is "the place where the earth and sky meets".

There are many more meanings.

What do you think about the way they were tied?

It's clear that there is a connection between...

...the way victims tied and this symbol, but...

Yes?

But I don't know what it is.

Neither do I.

Add it to the file, please. -Of course.

Did you check the recording?

It's an analog recording, Lieutenant.

I sent it to digitalize this morning...

...they'll send a detailed report tomorrow.

And the magazine? Is there another copy?

I couldn't find anything, sir.

I looked on websites selling rare books...

...and second-hand booksellers' databases, but there is nothing.

I just found a little clue.

When I was searching on libraries...

...I found an article that mentions Faik Ahlat Karaca.

The name of the article is...

"The Radical Sufism Tradition in Our Literature".

As far as I gather, it's an article that examines...

...the works of Faik Ahlat Karaca.

The writer of this article might have a copy.

-Who's the writer? -Yaşar Turan.

Associate professor of Islamic studies at Istanbul Uniiversity.

Good. Let's go check.

Good luck. -Thank you, sir.

I'll go to the morgue first.

All those dead people weren't enough to you, Kemal?

I'll take a nap in the car. Let me know if something comes up.

Didn't you read the report?

I did.

But still you had to see?

Settar was like you in the past.

I had a anathomy professor at the university.

He said: "You'll be doctors...

...when you learn how to be unable to asleep...

...not when you learn what I teach."

After I graduated...

...I was tired of watch duties.

I tought that I'd be forensic doctor and rest.

And I bought a house with a loan like a sucker.

I couldn't take Settar into account.

I could rest more if I'd be a doctor...

...in emergency at Şişli Etfal Hospital.

Only I know how many times I came here...

...from far away at the dead of night.

"For whom are you going?"

"They're already dead," grumbled my wife grumbles.

And I say "I'm not going for deads, I'm going for livings," but...

...I couldn't make her understand.

She still can't understand.

Well, she's even happy now when I leave.

You can leave it like this.

Just turn the lights off when you're leaving.

Good day.

I want to see Mr. Yaşar, Yaşar Turan.

-Ms. Yaşar? -What?

She's in the class now.

May I learn where the class is?

The big lecture theater upstairs.

In the middle of the 8th century a thinker school emerges...

...that questions the traditional Islam in every way.

Those theologians known as "Mu'tazilites"...

...are looking for a syntesis between Islamic thought...

...and the ancient Greek rationalism tradition.

That means they were suggesting intellectualise...

...everything in Quran and understand it by logic.

And their idea was appealing to Caliph al-Ma'mun.

Caliph al-Ma'mun followed the Mu'tazila...

...and he adopted a dogma that contradicts the traditional view...

...that Quran is the word of Allah. Okay?

Now... According to this idea...

...Quran was created by Allah, but it wasn't His word.

As you know, "Word" is a name of Allah...

...thus it's considered eternal and endless.

So, if Quran isn't the word of Allah...

...and just a created word... What does it mean?

It means it can change and be changed like every other creation.

According to some historians, for a ruler like al-Ma'mun...

...this idea provided a big space to move against Ulama...

...who were trying to limit him with references from the holy scripture.

Hence, exactly because of this...

...al-Ma'mun raised Mu'tazila to state's religion...

...and his strong move caused a big reaction among people and Ulama.

Next time we'll talk about Ahmad ibn Hanbal...

...and a more orthodox theology school, Ash'arism.

Have a good day.

-Hello, Ms. Yaşar. -Yes?

Istanbul Police, Homicide Bureau. Kemal Tekin.

Homicide?

May I ask you a few questions if you have time?

Sure, yes, but I don't have a lot of time, I have a plane to catch.

It won't take long.

You wrote an article about the work of Faik Ahlat Karaca, yes?

Yes.

We're looking his novel named "Rainbow"...

...and we thought you might have a copy of it.

-Very strange. -Why?

First of all, this is the first time...

...a cop takes interest in my articles.

Besides, I'm after that novel for a long time.

Yeah?

I've found almost every work of Faik Ahlat Karaca...

...but "Rainbow" is his only work that I couldn't find.

Unfortunately, the only copy in Beyazıt Library is missing.

-I know. -I wish I could be of help.

Why are you taking an interest of a forgotten writer nobody cares.

For an investiagation. What's the writer's works about?

Didn't you read my article?

I'm afraid, I didn't have time, but I'll read it as soon as possible.

In general, Karaca's works are about sufism movements...

...that considered heretic in Ottoman.

And he even chooses his characters from these movements.

Heretic?

Opposes common interpretations of Sunni Ulama.

Movements, even doesn't recognize shariah on a lot of subjects.

Mr. Kemal, I'm really sorry, but I need to catch my plane.

Sure, sure, please.

I can try to help you in a more convenient time if you wish.

I'll be glad.

How can I find your article?

I can send you online.

That's very kind of you.

Thank you.

Are you going to a conference?

Yes, to London.

My favorite city.

What a coincidence.

I'm from London.

I was raised there since I was 13. -Really?

When did you come back?

A short time ago.

If you call me when you're back, I want to talk to you about...

...your article and to listen to your expert opinions.

Sure, absolutely. See you.

Semiha?

Recep, I asked for water.

Hello?

Yes, that's me.

When?

Okay, thank you. We're on our way.

See?

East is a place you stand and wait.

Everything comes to you with a little patience.

When did they bring it back?

I don't know, Zeki found it in the return shift this morning.

-Did he see who returned it? -No.

He found it on his desk.

Nobody wants to pay for 35 years of overdue, right?

Where are magazines?

In the return booth.

-Hello, Cihangir? -Yes, sir?

Can you take the last 24 hours CCTV recordings...

...of Beyazıt Library, and bring it to the station?

Yes, sir.

Thanks.

I have some things to do. See you. Keep me posted.

Oh, sir.

Careful.

You'll slip if you won't stand firmly.

Yeah. You'll slip.

How did it go, Toros Monster. Do you have good news for me?

Hello, Cihangir?

Yes, son, it's me, who else it can be?

Is Ahmet there?

Okay. Tell Ahmet that we're looking for a person...

...first name starts with "R" and last name starts with "GÖ".

No, the last name isn't "GÖ", it starts with "GÖ".

Tell them to make a list includes everybody...

...born before '70 and still lives.

Okay, okay.

Ziya Mahir Sultan Hakkı

Faik Ahlat Karaca Rainbow

Hello, Ahmet?

Okay, I'm coming right away.

Facial recognition couldn't find anything.

So?

Cihangir brought Nusret Işık's phone records...

...from Telecommunication Bureau.

He's been called by only one number three times...

...one day before he was found in the dock.

We asked his records from his service provider.

The suspect is a male.

Moussa Moseiv. Nigeria, 1986.

Entered from Atatürk Airport in 2008.

Taken into custody two times for migrant smuggling...

...but they couldn't find anything and released him.

Do we know his address?

Barber

Come.

Lads...

Does this guy lives in the building across?

Take a good look.

Don't make me take your passports. I said take a good look.

Stop!

Stop!

Stop!

4552, dispatch. Over.

Dispatch listening.

The suspect I'm following...

...got in the Kadıköy ferry from Karaköy pier. Over.

Roger that, sir.

Careful.

You'll slip if you won't stand firmly.