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Previously...

We have some urgency.

We have to publish this book by the weekend.

I'm sorry. It's impossible for us to get you back in such short time.

We're not even one step ahead from where we started.

We're wasting time.

The guy saw Nusret Işık three times before he died...

...brought back magazines that are lost for 35 years...

...and you say he doesn't have to do with anything?

Are you going to a conference?

Yes, to London.

My favorite city.

What a coincidence.

I'm from London.

Look, daddy, I found some beautiful stones.

Better than my mother's.

I didn't wait for the time to end.

Because I'm sure you can't publish the book.

No publisher would accept that.

Eyes will be blind, ears will be deaf...

...to the call of the truth.

Don't worry, the likes of Nusret Işık...

...and Mustafa Diri, will be reincarnate in new bodies.

Don't worry...

...the evil will be forever.

September 1656

You know us, Master Nurettin.

We don't approve your way.

According to our religion...

...we see whirling and dancing as sin and innovation.

Of course, we know, Master Hodja.

But the Mevlevi are respectful to the sharia.

However, them, Qalandaris, Haydaris, Bayramis...

They assume the guise of Mevlevi and they cost us our lodge.

They filled our lodge with sacrilege.

If we don't stop them immediately...

...God forbid, the days that sharia will be in danger are close.

Give us your blessing, and help us take our lodge back.

We have a quarrel with evil!

Followers of Muhammad, gather under the banner!

-There is no deity but Allah! -There is no deity but Allah!

We have a quarrel with sacrilege!

Followers of Muhammad, gather under the banner!

-There is no deity but Allah! -There is no deity but Allah!

Whomever not comes, is and infidel, and their marriage is null.

-There is no deity but Allah! -There is no deity but Allah!

Apocrypha and apology...

-Are innovation and forbidden! -Are innovation and forbidden!

Handshake and bending...

-Are innovation and forbidden! -Are innovation and forbidden!

We have a quarrel with evil!

Followers of Muhammad, gather under the banner!

-There is no deity but Allah! -There is no deity but Allah!

We have a quarrel with sacrilege!

Followers of Muhammad, gather under the banner!

-There is no deity but Allah! -There is no deity but Allah!

Apocrypha and apology...

-Are innovation and forbidden! -Are innovation and forbidden!

Handshake and bending...

-Are innovation and forbidden! -Are innovation and forbidden!

Whirling and making a cycle...

-Are innovation and forbidden! -Are innovation and forbidden!

You, misbelievers, that embraced sacrilege!

End this meaningless and untruthful dispute, right now!

Restore your faith!

-There is no deity but Allah! -There is no deity but Allah!

-There is no deity but Allah! -There is no deity but Allah!

-There is no deity but Allah! -There is no deity but Allah!

-There is no deity but Allah! -There is no deity but Allah!

-There is no deity but Allah! -There is no deity but Allah!

We couldn't find a silver tray...

...but please accept this, Your Majesty.

The first time I saw something like that...

...it was on a symposium in America about the history of identification.

And I was proud of our ancestors.

Arap, cut it short.

Don't be shy, come closer.

Closer.

Touch it.

-Honey? -Exactly.

And it's high quality.

He poured honey on the man's head?

He put it in honey, to prevent decomposing.

Come.

See, expressions are almost frozen.

Executioners were keeping the heads of criminals in honey...

...they executed outside Istanbul.

To prevent decomposing on their long journeys.

Those heads that their faces being preserved carefully...

...later being shown on silver plates before the padishah.

To leave no doubt about identification.

When did he decapitated?

It's hard to tell.

Aminoacids in honey, delayed necrosis.

And lipids formed when subcutaneous structures hydrogenated.

We call it saponification.

Because of the density of lipids, tissue almost not decomposed.

I can say something definite after the toxicology test.

But I have a hunch that says it's decapitated...

...at least three months ago.

Three months?

After decapitated, he kept it for three months?

So it seems.

Do we have any record about it?

There is no match for blood and DNA samples on our system.

But if there is a missing report...

...his relatives can identify him easily.

Could you be able to identify the cutter?

The cut seems the same on the first victim's palate.

Is it post mortem?

It's hard to know.

But if you want me to guess roughly...

...I can say that the strike on the neck was the cause of death.

Chief wants to see you both, sir.

Sure.

Let us know.

While officials didn't make any statement...

...about the possible connection between two murders...

...it's stated that the Nigerian citizen suspect Moussa Moseiv...

...who's still under treatment is living for 12 years in our country.

Come, come.

These fuckers can get the scent of a dick from far away.

Look at them.

They even built a tent here.

Look at me...

Don't speak a word about the murders.

Don't answer anything whatever they ask.

Just say "We're investigating. We'll share information soon."

I'll send a general order when the time comes.

Settar!

Look, I'm saying especially to you...

...this time I'll do nothing if hell raises.

Is identification done?

We're waiting.

If they find the other half of this man...

Let me tell you, we'll get fucked.

Is it certain that this is the job of our maniac?

Why did that motherfucker emerge?

Why did that son of a bitch became a problem to us?

Yes, Governor?

Get up, get up.

Of course, sir, of course.

You're right, sir, of course.

Yes, sir.

We had still two days until the end of the time he gave us.

It's still not ended, so what, Kemal?

It wasn't a law anyway.

He's sick. He sent it just because he wanted to.

Remember what he said on the recording?

"Why wait? I do whatever I want. I'm can fucking mess around."

I feel like he was very different than the other recording.

It was like his mental state was completly changed.

The dickhead must have a guilty conscience...

...after cutting all those people.

He defines a typical mission to himself...

...but on the other hand, he believes that evil won't end.

But serial killers generally believe they can do that.

A hopeless serial killer.

What else would you expect from a serial killer in this country?

What do we have?

Blood and DNA tests are negative.

We're on missing person reports, sir.

Is there any news on the rest of the body?

All units are aware. I talked to the gendarmerie and coast guard.

They're trying to find it soon.

Who brought the box?

It came with a courier, Lieutenant.

He's entering the Harbiye gate on 22.32 p.m.

And leaves in one minute.

Good. You picked that guy up, right?

We're trying to identify him, sir.

Trying to identify? He came here, didn't he?

Yes, sir, but...

Don't tell me he just left with his cock dangling.

Who received it?

It's brought on İsa's watch, sir.

Didn't you talk to İsa?

He says, a lot of documents and mail comes...

...they leave them in the room, we don't see them.

My Gosh! Anybody saw him?

Didn't that dickhead İsa said, they put me here to grow my ass!

Is this is a fucking open house!

Well, sir...

I found some interesting things on "R. Gö."

-What is that? -Trade registry gazette.

That society, Nusret Işık was a board member...

Circulation of World Science and Knowledge Society.

There is a corporation tied to this society.

I was taking the list of the corporation's board members...

...and Rahmi Görener was the chairman...

...of the society until two years ago.

"R. Gö."?

Yes, sir, and there is more.

Rahmi Görener is also an amateur miniature painter.

He was selling his own work on society's exhibitons.

The work you saw at Nusret Işık's house...

...was bought from a society auction...

...and made by Rahmi Görener.

Good job, girl.

Tell me we have the address.

Bravo Billur.

Kemal, this way.

İstanbul Police Department

Dude!

Utility meters are back there!

-Is Rahmi Görener lives here? -Who are you?

Police!

We have a few questions to ask.

Welcome, sir.

Miss will be here soon.

Is Mr. Rahmi home?

What's up, sir?

It's nothing, dude, nothing.

Is he home or not?

He is, but mister is ill, sir.

He doesn't remember. You should ask to miss.

Maybe he remembers when he sees us.

Miss will be here soon.

Like I said, you'll learn anything you want if you talk to her.

Sir, what can I offer you by the way?

Thanks, we have some urgency.

Okay, go in please.

Rahmi Görener?

Sir, these gentlemen are police officers.

They have some questions for you.

Do you know Faik Ahlat Karaca, sir?

Did you make this painting?

Is this your signature below it?

Did you sign anything without us knowing, sir?

What do you know about Faik Ahlat Karaca?

Oh, miss is here.

It will be said...

"Go back behind you...

...and seek light."

And a wall will be placed between them with a door...

...its interior containing mercy...

...but on the outside of it is torment.

Those are the ones who have disbelieved in their Lord.

...and those will have shackles upon their necks...

...and those are the companions of the Fire.

Filiz, not understood, girl. Over.

I repeat, a headless male body found at Kireçburnu, sir.

It seems it's a match with the victim.

I bring them here, because they said mister signed a bill, ma'am.

Or I wouldn't do that.

Okay, Yahya, thank you. Take those bag, please.

Okay, ma'am.

What's happening? What bill?

Miss Yaşar?

Hello. We've met the other day.

Yes. But why are you here?

We're here to ask a few questions related to a murder case.

My father is ill, and getting tired is not good for his health.

Yahya told you that already.

Young lady, we just asked a few questions.

No need to make a fuss.

What did you want to learn?

We learned what we need. If you excuse us, we're leaving.

Kemal.

I'm sorry for the inconvenience.

What was that, British? You couldn't leave the girl.

Do you know who Rahmi Görener's daughter is?

Who?

The one who wrote the article about Faik Ahlat Karaca.

The professor I visited at the university the other day.

Well, well...

Sir, welcome.

How did that happen?

Mussel hunters found it this morning.

İstanbul Police Department

-Chief is coming. -They're coming!

Chief is coming!

-Chief is coming! -Chief!

Hello, folks.

Sorry, we kept you waiting in this cold for long.

Let me tell you this...

...I won't share any information about the investigation.

As all of you know, it's a delicate matter.

Everyone must know that...

...we're investigating this with our best crew, folks.

Sir? Do you think one killer committed all these murders?

I can't answer that now.

What's the connection between murders?

Are victims connected? -Look, folks...

...this is a very delicate...

About the symbols the killer left on crime scenes...

Like I said, this is a very delicate matter.

We're investigating it very thoroughly.

That's all for now.

I'll inform you again very soon.

Thank you, thank you very much.

Is that all of your statement?

-We're waiting information, Chief! -Chief!

What's up?

The body is sent for autopsy report, sir.

Do we have any news on the ID?

A stent compatible medical apparatus was found at the victim's chest.

According to hospital records...

...the stent was applied to Abdullah Ceren's heart...

...registered in Kunduzhan District, Center, Çorum in 2011...

...during a routine angiography.

But from Kadiköy, İstanbul...

Wait, wait, wait. You lost us in details. Okay.

Abdullah Ceren.

Is the head and the body a match? What did Arap say?

He said he's waiting for tissue analysis report.

But according to preliminary findings...

...the head and the body is a match, yes.

Wasn't there a missing person report?

No, Lieutenant.

Are you sure? He's been missing for three months.

Doesn't he have any family or friend?

The record says he's a widow.

His wife Hasibe Ceren died in 2012.

He has two adult children.

İbrahim Ceren, born in 1984.

He's in Edirne Prison since 2014.

And Kübra Su Alkan, born in 1986, is in Switzerland.

Nothing else.

What's that?

They sent this from downstairs, sir.

-Arap sent this? -Yes.

It's from the body's stomach.

Autopsy continues, but they sent it, because it's important.

There are some numbers.

Carved by hand?

So it seems.

Ahmet.

Let's look into this.

285812-1.

-285812-1. -What is this?

It sounds like utility meter numbers, sir.

We have a software we can search every registry number.

We can check if you want.

Information Technologies Department All Databases Search Window

It's not compatible with any number form.

Could it be ayah number, sir?

-What? -Ayah.

Ahmet, would you look on the internet for Quran?

There are 6,236 ayat in total.

It doesn't match with our number.

Not like that. I mean...

We should look as section, surah and ayah.

That makes a six figure number.

And we have six figures here.

I mean, section 28, surah 58, ayah 12.

The surah is Al-Mujadila, ayah 12.

Read it.

O you who have believed...

...when you wish to privately consult the Messenger...

...present before your consultation a charity.

That is better for you.

But if you find not the means, then indeed...

...Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

We can't just randomly gather things and find a result.

There is another number after dash.

I mean, it could be page number.

-I don't think so. -Read it again.

285812-1, sir.

Give it.

-Where are you going? -Come with me.

Dress right, dress! Get in line!

What are you doing, Lokman?

No, I'm retiring, you know.

I thought to open a brothel to keep busy.

They showed me a place, but I couldn't trust them.

And I thought, Lokman would know better.

Thanks.

I'm telling you the parcel.

Yes, British?

-285. -285.

-812. -What?

-812. -812. 285812.

Peace be with you.

Peace be with you too.

Our little mosque is being renovated.

If you're here for afternoon prayer...

...there is a mosque just a little further.

You have to go there.

No. I brought a guest.

This British is fond of old mosques.

If he's looking for something special, I'd like to help.

No, just an amateur enthusiast.

He'll just take a few pictures.

This is Kayalar Mosque, right? -Yes.

When did it built?

-It's quite old. -Quite old.

Good.

Finish?

May God protect you.

Godspeed.

I told you before, this is not a library.

"Those will have shackles upon their necks."

And now, this mirror.

Numbers have been carved on the mirror with a similar cutter.

Put in the body carefully and stitched.

But why?

Because this dickhead enjoys us going door to door.

We should go around, so that dickhead do whatever fuck he wants.

Maybe...

Can you drive me to Aksaray?

I want to talk to Rahmi Görener's daughter again.

You do have a taste, British.

But be careful, girls in our country are not like foreign girls.

Miss Yaşar, hello.

I came to visit you.

Yeah?

I want to apologize for my partner about today.

It's okay.

I overreact, because Yahya said something about bill and signature.

And to be honest, I'm surprised when I saw you.

Yes, me too.

You have a different surname...

...so I didn't connect you with Mr. Rahmi.

My surname is from my ex-husband.

I see.

Meeting in two different ways in a short time...

...an interesting coincidence.

They say coincidences are God's way of revealing himself.

Then I suppose, I'm chosen to do God's will.

Can we have a chat if you have time?

Sure, please.

I'm wondering, what brought you tou my dad's house exactly?

During an investigation some evidences took us to your dad.

Or rather, my guess is...

...the person we're looking for led us to your dad.

The person you're looking for?

You're talking in riddles.

Did you know Nusret Işık?

The writer who's been murdered?

No, I didn't.

It seems he was very close to your dad.

I mean, my dad knows quite a lot people.

Let me ask you something...

The serial murders on papers led you to my dad?

What's your dad's illness exactly?

Dementia.

Diagnosed last year.

And then it progressed rather fast.

Most of the time, he doesn't know me.

And what was the relation between your dad and Faik Ahlat Karaca?

I know he's a friend of my dad from university, that's all.

And my dad helped me to get his works.

Except "Rainbow".

Yes, he doesn't have a copy of that unfortunately.

This is so interesting.

Because the person who took the book...

...from Beyazıt Library in 1981, and didn't bring back, was your dad.

My dad?

Didn't your dad tell you about it?

No. On the contrary, he always said he was so sorry...

...because the book is missing.

Faik Ahlat Karaca committed suicide at a very young age.

Do you have any idea of why?

Or does your dad?

No, I'm afraid.

I mean, when that happened, they were already not seeing each other.

Let me ask you something, what are they anything to do with murders?

Can't you explain me more?

I'm afraid, no.

I can't give you more information...

...because of the confidentiality of the investigation.

I see.

And may I ask you a few questions related to your area of expertise?

Go ahead.

Have you ever saw something like that?

A dervish mirror.

Travelling dervishes, like Qalandaris...

...were carrying long handled mirrors like this...

...and they hold it against people they met.

And then they said, "Look, and think of you'll become...

...a different person you see here in a very short time."

"So, be modest and religious."

"Think of the well-being your soul."

Who are these Qalandaris?

An asceticism movement.

Meaning they were denying the worldly blessings...

...and the Ottoman order that time seeing them as heretics.

One of the radical movements you told in your article?

Yes, exactly.

What are basic aspects, distinctive assertions of those orders?

Where can I begin?

You know, sufism aims, rather than religion's formal rules...

...reach Allah, by ecstasy, love, some kind of losing oneself.

In Anatolia, until 15th century...

...there is no serious conflict...

...between official versions of Islam...

...and sufism based traditions what we call people's Islam.

But when Ottoman Empire become powerful and rised...

...orthodox sunni view defined by the ulama at the center...

...became the only valid version on the whole Balkans and Anatolia.

And that's the first time the Ottoman ulama defines...

...all versions except their version as heresy.

And a lot of sufistic practices...

...that lives among people fall in that definition.

There were always dervishes denying blessings of this world...

...living by begging in hunger...

...denying rules of the sharia and society.

But they got more rebellious when they met with pressure.

And...

Let me show you foreign travelers' drawings on these dervishes.

These dervishes found meaningless and denied religious practices...

...considered fard according to sharia like prayer or fasting.

They claimed these practices doesn't help to reach God...

...that they're just made up rules...

...by power hungry religious rulers to herd the public.

And they took it even further...

...they ignored social behavior rules...

...and reached to some kind of anarchism.

And that caused them to be eliminated, of course.

Exactly.

We don't see these kind of groups in archives after 17th century.

Are these kind of groups still exist?

I mean, is it possible they're still living on somehow?

I don't think so.

Can you suggest a source about this?

Sure, I mean, I can give some to you...

...but hey're all in my library at home.

Then we have another reason to see each other.

We still didn't talk about London too.

Then I'm waiting for your call.

Goodbye. Thank you very much.

So you started to memorize the same things again.

Yes.

It wouldn't hurt if you read them too.

Why do I need you for if I have to do everything myself, British?

Oh, yeah?

You doesn't strike me as you do something.

I have a unique method, you can't understand it.

Because of this method, you said that to that man today?

Whom?

To the imam.

-What did I say? -That I'm a tourist.

Well, aren't you?

In this country, we're all tourists now, British.

Waow.

Mussel hunters.

My late uncle...

...when the weather gets warm, get me and a bottle of raki...

...to catch bluefish in Kireçburnu.

My late uncle Refik, may he rest in peace.

He was a very lucky man.

Even when the southwester hits the stream and prevents fish to come...

...when people get their trotline...

...and settle with saurel...

...I remember we sold bluefish to Rahmi on the corner.

There is neither bluefish nor Kireçburnu anymore.

They fucked İstanbul and our memories.

Won't you wait for autopsy report?

We must rest from time to time.

I've seen enough dead today.

Let me know.

Captain? Captain Settar?

The killer wanted his writings to be published...

...but the police declined, is that right?

Was the last murder about this, Captain?

Kerim, fuck off! And if you flash it one more time...

Sir, what's the connection between Moussa Moseiv and the victims?

Why did they give you the case, Captain Settar?

Isn't that the most serious case since your son's death?

They told you wanted to be retired after your son's suicide, Captain.

Kerim, you ask so many questions.

You don't wait for answer for any of them.

I'll answer each of them. Come closer.

Closer, closer.

Captain...

Captain...

I'm sorry Mr. Brother-in-law, I couldn't recognize you. Please.