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THE JOURNEY OF LOVE

Catch him!

Catch him!

Run!

Catch him!

He escaped, didn't he?

Find that murderer.

Find him and bring him to justice, Subashi.

Turn Nallihan upside down...

and find that murderer.

Yes, Qadi Effendi.

Old man!

Peace be upon you.

And upon you.

Are you still walking?

Look at you. You're the qadi of this town.

Haven't you got a horse?

Let's catch our breath.

There is no one, sir.

Turn the bazaar upside down.

Subashi Hasan!

What did Minberci Hasan do?

We know him.

We only know law and order, Bayram Aga.

I found the murderer we saw on the road.

But the officers couldn't catch him.

You are certain that he is the murderer.

If I don't believe eyes...

what will I believe, old man?

Very few things I believe are visible to the human eye.

Especially with my failing eyes...

which see even less.

There is no reason for a divorce between the defendant...

and the complainant. It's been decided to keep the marriage between Ayse...

daughter of Munevver, and Numan, son of Ali Yoruk.

Ah, I beg you, Qadi Effendi.

For God's sake, don't leave me at the mercy of this tyrant.

I'm begging you, please.

Woman, what you are doing...

is against justice and sharia.

Save me, Qadi Hazrat! I'm begging you, please save me.

Please, save me, Qadi Efendi!

I'm begging you, save me.

Where does this Minberci live?

He is from Beyobasi Village.

He lives with his old mother.

I understand, Mesut Aga.

That's enough.

I've troubled you.

You may leave.

Subashi.

Yes, Qadi Effendi.

Take four trustworthy assistants with you.

We're going to Beyobasi in disguise.

Very well, Qadi Effendi.

By the way...

don't breathe a word, even to your assistants.

The walls have ears.

Subashi, I want the murderer alive.

Yes, Qadi Effendi.

Surround the house.

Dogan, Adem!

You go to the other side. Abdi, this way!

Son, is that you?

We are looking for him, mother.

I knew it. You are not my son. There are many horses outside.

Have you come a long way?

Are your horses thirsty?

They are not, mother, no.

I'd like to ask a few questions if you don't mind.

Sure, son, come in.

-Are you hungry, son? -I'm not, mother.

May God bless your table.

We are looking for your son, Minberci Hasan.

Why are you looking for my son?

I am the Qadi of Nallihan.

Mother, your son has killed two people.

Well, that's slander, Qadi Effendi.

He is a God-fearing boy.

If you don't believe me, ask his sheikh.

He doesn't leave the lodge unless he has things to do.

Where is this lodge?

Who is his sheikh?

Who is this Sheikh Tapduk Emre?

He is a well-known sheikh, sir.

Do you know him?

Everyone in Nallihan knows him.

A lot of people, including tradesmen, are his disciples.

Do you know where this dervish lodge is?

Of course, I do, sir.

Those illiterate men built...

a dervish lodge so that they should...

'guide' our community.

Woe to me!

Subashi, we're going.

We are going to raid Tapduk Emre's lodge.

They are informing him, sir.

I hope nothing's wrong, Hasan Aga!

Qadi Effendi wants to ask a few questions.

Are you Sheikh Tapduk Emre?

No, I am not.

Inshallah, I can only be the dust on his shoes.

I have summoned him.

Where is he?

My sheikh is performing dhikr.

It's not suitable to interrupt dhikr.

Very well.

A murderer has been hiding in the dervish lodge.

Hand him over at once.

Minberci Hasan.

Bring him to justice.

I said that our sheikh is performing dhikr, Qadi Effendi.

I can't turn in someone taking shelter...

in our lodge nor a pebble...

without our sheikh's permission.

Subashi, we'll search the lodge.

-Qadi Effendi! -Search the place now!

If anyone objects, arrest him!

What's done is done. The dead are dead.

What's done is done. The dead are dead.

What's done is done. The dead are dead.

I didn't kill anyone.

I didn't kill anyone.

I am not a murderer.

I am not a murderer.

I am not a murderer.

I am not a murderer.

I am not a murderer.

From this day on...

he who sins...

shall know that there is justice in Nallihan.

He shall know that the Qadi of the Seljuk Empire is here!

From now on, he who thinks himself above justice will either...

be sent to the dungeon or death.

Hasan Aga...

first thing in the morning will be Minberci's trial.

Finish the preparations.

As you command, Qadi Effendi.

-But... -I know, Subashi, I know.

However...

it's not the right time to deal with an inheritance or financial case.

God, forgive me.

Help me.

I seek forgiveness in God.

I seek forgiveness in God.

I seek forgiveness in God.

Did you add the other bucket, Kasim Aga?

I did, Hanim Ana..

Alaca will soon be on her dry period.

She hasn't got an appetite these days.

Well, cows also have problems.

Would she give us milk unless she had problems?

What did our sheikh say about Qadi Effendi and the officers?

I told my sheikh everything...

but he kept silent.

Didn't he say that we abide by shariah?

He did, Hanim Ana.

"The qadi of the state," he said. "We'll abide by his laws," he added.

What was the mullah saying again, mother?

What could he say, dear?

Didn't he say that the qadi raided our lodge?

Curiosity killed the cat, daughter.

It is none of your business.

Minberci Hasan, son of Mahmut and Aybuke, from Beyobasi Village...

is before you as a murder suspect.

We witness the aforementioned person's guilt is suspended...

and the suspect, Minberci Hasan, is mentally stable.

It has been approved by me.

I witnessed that the suspect, Minberci Hasan...

murdered Ilhan and Halil...

the sons of Candaroglu near the lake of Delice...

and my testimony has been...

confirmed by other eye-witness accounts.

Therefore...

there is no evidence to change the truth.

God, I didn't kill anyone.

You are in court!

If you have an objection, speak up!

Otherwise...

do not waste our time!

But, even under these conditions while the truth is obvious...

we ask the accused.

Do you have any objections?

I swear on the breath I take...

by our prophet's soul...

for whose sake the universe was created...

I did not kill anyone.

I saw it with my own eyes, sir!

I just wanted to help.

I'd made the carvings of the Saricalar mosque. I was on my way back.

When I went near the lake to take wudu...

I saw someone having death throes.

I did everything I could to save him...

If you had intended to save someone, not to kill them...

then why did you run away when you saw me? Speak!

I was scared, Qadi Effendi.

I have a poor mother.

I didn't want to leave her alone by getting in trouble.

I didn't kill anyone.

Forgive me.

You do not have a witness.

You do not have evidence.

Common knowledge can't be erased...

with doubt.

Because the two victims you killed...

were seen by me...

and if I pronounced you innocent...

by your defence, it would be unfair to...

justice...

and the truth.

Verdict.

It's been resolved that the accused Minberci Hasan...

killed Ilhan and Halil...

the sons of Candaroglu in an attempt to rob them...

near the lake of Delice...

before the eye-witnesses.

Therefore...

Minberci Hasan, who has...

neither evidence nor witnesses to defend himself, is sentenced...

to death.

My God, forgive me, please.

I seek forgiveness in God.

I seek forgiveness in God.

I seek forgiveness in God.

Allahu Akbar.

Justice, o Lord.

Justice, o Lord.

Justice, o Lord.

Hey, people! Hear ye! Hear ye!

Minberci Hasan, son of Mahmut...

from Beyobasi Village is sentenced to death.

Hey, people!

Hear ye, hear ye!

Alincak Noyan, the Mongol Commander demolished the province of Divrigi.

Father Sinan, the khalifa of Ahi Evren and his envoys...

have been put to the sword.

Who the hell is that qadi?!

Hasan can't have killed anyone, sir.

Mind your own business!

That's nonsense. Who saw it, who witnessed it?

Easy, Sahin Aga.

Is Azmi Aga lying?

He must be a qadi of the Mongols!

Complete the preparations for his execution.

Ask for his last wish before the execution.

Accept it if it complies with shariah.

As you command, Qadi Effendi.

Subashi.

The decision belongs to justice, not the qadi.

Whoever doubts it...

doubts the court, not the qadi.

Never, Qadi Hazrat, never.

Tell me, gentlemen. What is the matter?

What is the matter, huh?

How does he know that Hasan is the murderer?

That's right. How does he know?

This decision has nothing to do with sharia but the qadi himself.

What kind of qadi is he?

Well, where is his evidence?

You are right.

Gentlemen!

Please, calm down.

This is the council of consultation.

Not the council of rebellion.

My sheikh...

the Ahis are right.

This decision should be taken to a court of appeal.

He wouldn't hurt a fly, let alone murder a man!

That's right.

The Mongols and bandits keep slaughtering...

while the poor wait for execution in dungeons.

That's not justice!

That's murder, not justice.

Gentlemen, you are right...

but let's go along with the decision for now.

Since when is the qadi the sole representative of sharia, sheikh?

If you're rich the qadi is your servant.

Otherwise, hell is your fate.

Mind your words, Kececi!

Are you hearing yourself?

I am being perfectly honest!

The poor are crushed! The weak are suffocated!

Turkmen tribes are looted!

The villagers are suffering at the hands of the state!

Enough already, gentlemen! Enough!

He is right.

Azmi Aga is right.

Those guys have always hated the Ahis...

and villagers like us.

Who needs the Mongols?

Our qadi is a worse than them!

There can't be such a qadi!

He is right. Down with his judgement! Down with him!

All right, gentlemen, all right.

He who starts up in anger sits down with a loss.

This empty talking doesn't do anyone any good.

Besides, the Ahi community is not involved in politics.

Now tell me.

What is your request?

What should we do?

Is there anybody who wants to say something?

There is, my sheikh.

There is.

Qadi Effendi has reached the verdict, my sheikh.

A judgement is one thing, a verdict is quite another.

Tell me, what is the verdict?

He has been sentenced to death.

He didn't listen to Minberci's defence.

Well, he is a Qadi.

He says 'be' and it is he says 'die' and he dies.

My sheikh...

we comply with shariah.

We do, all right.

But Qadi Effendi claims to have a witness.

Well, therefore...

didn't he have to bring the witness to court?

He didn't even give the name of the witness.

I am his witness.

All the preparations for the execution have been finalised, Qadi Effendi.

His final wish has been asked.

He wishes to see his mother one last time.

Sure, sure.

Give him some time.

He should see his mother.

Then the law will be applied.

Peace be upon you, Qadi Hazrat!

And upon you, Mesut Aga. What is the hurry?

The sentence...

given by the Qadi of Nallihan...

is wrong and should be cancelled...

in the light of these reasons.

Who has given this fatwa, Mesut Aga?

Sheikh Effendi, Qadi Hazrat.

I, Yunus, the Seljuk Qadi of Nallihan!

I'm asking you. What is the name of the person who gave this fatwa?

The issuer of the fatwa is our Sheikh Tapduk Emre, Qadi Hazrat.

Since when do sheikhs, who are usually illiterate...

and haven't been educated in a madrasah, or received no other education...

involve in shariah and justice, Mesut Aga?

Qadi Effendi, please divorce me, save me...

from that man, for God's sake.

I'm sick and tired. He drinks, gets drunk and beats me.

When he is angry, he beats me.

Stop, get down the horse.

Go!

-Peace be upon you. -And upon you.

My sheikh is expecting you, Qadi Effendi.

This way.

Welcome, Qadi Effendi.

Thank you.

Sheikh!

You know why I am here.

Catch your breath first. You are in the council of friends.

Yes, surely, we're in the council of friends.

That must be why, although you know that I am the qadi...

you object to justice.

Far from it, Qadi Effendi. I object to this verdict, not justice.

These are state affairs, Sheikh Effendi. Stay out of it.

A verdict is one thing, a qadi another, and justice is quite another.

Is an objection to a verdict the same as an objection to justice?

Thus, it's not about who the qadi is.

I am not here to argue. I request that you...

change your statement which you gave to the Ahis...

with regards to my verdict being unfair.

That is easy.

If the truth depends on my statement and will change accordingly...

I will change it at once.

How is your wound, Qadi Effendi?

It seems you are not used to walking.

Has the wound extended under the skin?

I'm just a doctor, Qadi Effendi. I can only see the surface of the flesh.

Only Sheikh Tapduk Emre can see wounds beyond the flesh.

Thanks to you it healed, Mikel Effendi. Thank you.

You are welcome, Qadi Effendi. The thing I gave you is an ointment.

The healing comes from God.

-Peace be upon you, mother. -And upon you.

What did the qadi say? Why did he come again?

-Welcome, daughter. -Thank you, Hanim Ana.

-Mother, I asked why the qadi came. -How do I know, daughter?

It's not my concern.

-Are you hungry, dear? -Thank you, I'm not, Hanim Ana.

Daughter, if you are free, keep the fire burning...

so we can cook.

We have nothing to eat.

I'm sure it was about the verdict. He was so angry, didn't you see?

Did you look at his face, Bacim Sultan?

Besides, why would the qadi be angry at your sheikh father?

My father objected to the death sentence.

Can't you work and talk at the same time, ladies?

Alhamdulillah.

Tell us, fellow. Why did the qadi visit our sheikh?

What did he say, Guyende? Did he tell him to withdraw his objection?

-I don't know. -Didn't you hear them talking?

Don't you know what the dervishes said?

Tell us. Don't keep us in suspense.

Gentlemen!

What's wrong, gentlemen?

Qadi Yunus visited our sheikh. We are wondering about that.

Curiosity killed the cat, gentlemen!

Why do you prevent brother Yunus's business by wondering about it?

Hm?

The weather is too hot. The people are waiting for water in the street.

So, the duty of the tradesmen...

is gossip about the qadi.

Mesut Aga.

He went in without permission.

What about respect? He never hears himself!

Even so, our sheikh didn't utter a bad word.

Indeed.

So should our sheikh...

act like him and be on the same level as him?

Thinking of it is even a fool's errand.

Dervishes remain silent and speak when need be.

Dervishes sit and talk in the council of dervishes...

if there is a subject to talk about.

Bolulu, I thought you weren't to let him into the kitchen.

Shameless!

Ah, if there is a penalty to fine...

it will bed fined in the council.

To the extent that...

if he's a Shah in Persia, let alone a qadi, his throne will collapse on his head.

Make way!

Peace be upon you.

And upon you.

Ya Shafi! Hu!

I've made tarhana soup, my sheikh.

Handmade?

Sheikh Recep Effendi sent us from Afyonkarahisar, my sheikh.

Send apples from our garden to him.

They will be sent with the first caravan.

So, our Sheikh Effendi teaches us a lesson with that.

Our prophet tells us to exchange presents to be more intimate with one another.

Ya Shafi! Hu!

Is bulgur ours?

We have some in our storage room, sheikh.

But Sheikh Edebali sent it from Karaman.

Send apples to our Sheikh Effendi.

Look how few become plenty by helping and sharing.

What do you say, Molla Kasim? Is a hadith lesson given like this?

Not being intimate is against sunnah...

as stated in the relevant hadith.

It's against sunnah prevent goodness.

Therefore, it is a sunnah not to speak ill of anyone.

Complaining about someone for their ill speaking is worse than ill speaking itself.

And this would lessen intimacy. We can't be one of those preventing sunnah.

Come here, fellow.

That's easy.

If the truth depends on my statement and will change accordingly...

I will change it at once.

God is the Greatest.

Everything is ready, Qadi Effendi. We can bring him to you.

The court has reached its verdict, Subashi. Why would you bring him to me?

The old man who was extorted and the suspects, sir.

Forgive him, Qadi Effendi, forgive him.

Forgive my son. My son can't have killed anyone. You're great, forgive him.

Far from it, mother, far from it.

God is the sole Forgiver.

This is no place to cry, mother.

My son would never kill anyone!

He wouldn't even hurt a fly!

Forgive him, forgive my son.

Forgive him, forgive my son. He would never kill anyone.

Alright, mother. Let's go.

Mother!

Mother, I... I can't... I'm not in charge.

We just follow orders.

Forgive my son.

You are powerful, I know! My son is poor!

Ertegun Effendi, you said this person extorted you...

but you neither have evidence nor a witness.

Do you see the bruising around my neck, Qadi Effendi?

This old man is going senile, Qadi Effendi. He's just delusional.

I was in Beldibi Village at the time.

Here! Gokhan, my assistant, is my witness.

It's right, Qadi Effendi.

I went to that village to visit my relatives before.

-I saw him there. -They are lying, Qadi Effendi.

That boy is giving false testimony.

Let us decide on that, Ertegun Effendi.

The court has reached its verdict.

Ertegun Effendi, son of Hacidemiroglu...

couldn't submit evidence or a witness concerning...

that Yalcin Effendi, son of Kerimoglu extorted him.

Son of Kerimoglu, Yalcin's innocence has been decided...

as himself and as his witness proved.

I'm telling the truth, Qadi Effendi.

-This thief extorted me. -Gentlemen, the hearing is over.

Don't keep us busy.

Hasan Aga, Hasan Aga.

What's wrong, Mesud Aga? What's your hurry?

Gentlemen, what does this mean?

Qadi Effendi has left us no other choice, Hasan Aga.

We've asked for our sheikh's permission, Hasan Aga.

You speak well, gentlemen.

But how do we explain this to Qadi Effendi?

What is the issue so difficult explain, Hasan Aga?

What do the gentlemen want, Subashi?

They want to appeal to the chief qadi in Konya...

to get the death sentence repealed, Qadi Hazrat.

Will you appeal to the chief qadi to vacate my judgement, gentlemen?

Who gave you this order?

Your sheikh?

What's wrong, Qadi Effendi?

Are you going to raid our house again?

I asked you to change your statement, Sheikh Effendi.

I didn't want my decision to be appealed...

at a high court through the organisation of your Ahis.

The sentence can be changed by appealing, Qadi Effendi, not justice.

Justice is like the pole star.

When everything turns around it, justice remains stable.

Why should my decision be changed? Is it wrong?

I saw the murderer with my own eyes.

So justice means the eyes of the qadi?

What if the qadi is blind?

I was expecting you to help justice with your testimony...

not prevent justice with your fancy words.

I didn't see a murderer, Qadi Effendi.

Then I lied by bringing you as a witness.

Not at all, Qadi Effendi.

I wouldn't like to tell a lie in order to verify your claim.

You are enough of a believer not to tell a lie...

but then how do you cast a shadow on justice by not testifying?

Who am I?

Do I have the power to cast a shadow on that great star, Qadi Effendi?

I won't argue with you, Sheikh Effendi.

The scales of justice function with evidence.

My decision is based on my knowledge not on my opinion.

If verdicts were based on fancy words and mind games...

then poets and philosophers would judge in court, not qadis.

You're right. A qadi should base his decision on his knowledge.

If we are to talk about things written in books, well then...

my testimony is not valid, according to shariah.

Why is that?

A blind man can't be a witness according to sharia.

So you set up a court and decide on your behalf?

Do you want a source?

Then the Mukhtasar by Hazrat Quduri is a good one.

You are illiterate.

Well, you don't need to be literate...

to memorise book titles.

He quite explicitly states the fact...

in the first volume, on page 387.

Well said.

But what Hazrat Quduri mentions on his fatwa...

is that the blind can't testify. Are you blind?

Obviously, you got a good education in Karatay Madrasah, Qadi Effendi.

Then, we need to talk about logic as well.

Less is the proof that there is much, Qadi Effendi.

Now, if you had two sacks of sugar...

and you gave me two cups of sugar...

wouldn't we believe that you had more sugar?

When it comes to my eyes, am I completely blind?

Well, is there blindness in my eyes?

There is, I can barely see.

Well, can I see? I can.

Are my eyes efficient?

They are not.

I can barely see, but I do see. I see, but I'm blind at the same time.

Now, divide your doubt into ten...

if nine pieces say that this man is guilty, but one says he's not...

then he is innocent.

But if nine pieces say that he is innocent...

but one piece says he is guilty, then he is guilty.

God is the Greatest.

-Good evening, Mehmet Effendi. -Have a good evening.

-Good evening, Mehmet Effendi. -Thanks. Come on, we are going.

Come on, we'll be late.

Haven't you glazed it yet, Bayram Aga?

I have.

We shouldn't be late. I didn't attend our sheikh's last meeting.

We'll go as soon as Mesut Aga arrives.

Here he is.

-Peace be upon you, Agas. -And upon you.

Let's go then.

I am going to take wudu.

Let's go then, come on.

Change your clothes, and then go home! Come on.

As you wish, master.

Forgive me, sir.

-I didn't know that you were here. -You do now!

Leave me alone!

Anything else, sir?

Just leave me alone, Subashi.