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THE JOURNEY OF LOVE

Is Bayram Aga well enough to forge the tools?

His apprentices have forged them.

Doctor Mikel Effendi told me. Good.

What matters is to complete the mission.

Then, I must assign you a new duty.

Here, take this.

This shall be your new mission.

You'll take care of Karabas.

Until she is tamed, you are responsible for her.

Peace be upon you, gentlemen.

-And upon you, sheikh. -And upon you, sheikh.

Azmi Aga, can I have a word with you?

What's happening, sheikh?

What is it?

Go check the house to see if something's needed.

Sure, Sir.

Azmi Aga, I wouldn't dare to teach manners...

to masters like yourself. I would be ashamed to.

What's that, sheikh?

Have I done wrong in my trading?

Is an Ahi's duty just being right about trading, sir?

Is this what we teach at Ahi gatherings?

If you can't hold your hand or your tongue what good is your right trading?

Who cares?

It's not a sheikh you gossip about but a farmer...

but still unacceptable.

You must hold your tongue.

One of Ahis' duties is this.

It happens to be...

that my duty is to make sure it is applied.

And take precautions when needed.

Where is it?

Where is Karabas?

I don't know, sheikh.

Do not say 'I know', do know that you do not know.

It must be gone, sheikh.

If you leave it alone it will take off, of course.

It's not disciplined nor has it been educated.

Once it's satisfied its worldly desires, of course, it'll take off.

Take this.

Go find it at once and bring it back.

How are the Ahis doing, friend Mesud?

Thank you, sheikh.

They are the same as everyone is.

Don't the caravans come and go?

Bandits have raided a couple of them at Alaiye.

Not only us, even the ones from the Aydinids are saying the same thing.

In Niksar, the Danishmendids are charged with a heavy tax.

By Vizier Muinuddin Pervane.

The vizier works but for whom?

People might consider this a business issue.

But it is unity, order and peace at stake, Mesud.

You are describing the state, sheikh.

Let the traitors set up an ambush.

The guard of the property is not in the palace in Konya.

It's the ones who crop the soil, and forge the iron.

Tell me about Ahis. I almost forgot.

Kececi Azmi Aga has been a fool and is in the wrong.

If you know what happened, don't give him hard time.

We have given him the necessary warning.

Maybe it's not Kececi who is the fool...

but us, friend Mesud.

Not you, sheikh. We are all witnesses of what took place.

But...

But since the rules of the organisation are written on the walls...

one may neither slander the lodge...

nor anyone else in this town.

This is one of the rules.

-What is this? -Snake poison.

Don't be scared. It's not a snake, just the poison.

Where does your father obtain this?

He extracts them out of snakes.

Poison is the most effective medicine.

It is both poison and medicine.

How does Uncle Mikel extract poison out of a snake?

Does he catch them and kill them for their poison?

He doesn't kill them. Do you know Ahi Evran?

Have you heard his name?

He also is a doctor.

Of course, I have.

He is the master of all Ahis.

He's founded the Ahi Brotherhood.

My father met him in Kayseri.

He taught him that when winter sets in...

and snakes sleep deep in hibernation...

he extracts their poison and lets them go.

Does Uncle Mikel know Ahi Evran?

Welcome, Yunus Effendi.

He had a dog leash in his hand.

He is looking for the dog.

Thank you. May God grant you more.

The sheikh's order is ready.

-Is it complete? -It is, master. Three yards.

Well, sheikh, it's not really a burden...

This is a whole different thing.

So, we should get going.

Get our load, Kasim.

Do you have something to tell me, Azmi Effendi?

I don't, sheikh.

If you do, let me know.

Mesud Aga...

told me the Ahis would punish me.

But it is not true that I gossip...

about you, sheikh.

Say all you want behind my back, Azmi Effendi.

The word belongs to its owner.

But I don't want you to torture anyone because of me.

As I don't want anyone to be tortured...

because of me.

The Cadi is looking for the dog with a leash in his hand.

Karabas is just a stray dog.

Yunus Effendi does not know her...

very well.

If he did, would he be looking for the dog in the market place?

You are looking for the dog I suppose.

I can't find it anywhere.

It's in a dilemma: should it guard the lodge...

or wander around freely?

In addition, it is rather proud.

It can't stand being scolded, or receiving bad food.

If you are to hit it...

put his wishes away from it, it will cause you trouble.

I looked for him everywhere in Nallihan.

But it is nowhere to be found.

It is a stray dog.

What would it do in the market place?

It doesn't like crowds.

It doesn't like being with people.

Look in the market. Look at every corner, every street, every shop.

Wherever they give it food that's where it will go to.

Search the country.

Search the fountains, the fields.

-Would it not go to the market place? -It wouldn't.

It wanders around in the mountains idly.

Now, let's go, we are going to the lodge.

O, people! Hear ye! Hear ye!

Cadi of Divrigi, son of Mubariz, Cadi Ilyas Effendi...

has been inducted as Nallihan's new cadi!

-Isn't that Cadi Effendi? -What cadi?

-The Cadi that resigned, Yunus Effendi. -No way.

-No way. -Yes, it's him.

Can't be.

Get this dog away from me.

That deranged man can't hold himself...

and got a dog on top.

I saw it in my dream last night. You passed the approval exam...

and became a qadi in a big city.

They say that dreams mean the opposite.

Then you'll marry a beautiful woman and forget about us.

Is it what you want for yourself or for me, Ilyas?

May you always serve justice.

We should not wish for a big city...

for ourselves, Ilyas...

but for the sake of struggle and effort.

Yunus?

I wanted to see if it was back and give it food.

I hope it didn't take so long to find him.

I found it in the forest.

On the other side of the market place.

I don't know why my Sheikh Father told you to look for it in the market place.

Have a blissful evening.

You, too, Yunus Effendi.

Have I told you the legend of Beyazidi Bestami...

when he was visiting Hajj?

He was on the road.

The stars were his guide.

He passed over deserts and reached Mecca.

He circumambulated the Kaaba.

Having finished his duty and as he was leaving the Kaaba's courtyard...

he saw the Devil at the door of the Kaaba!

He was leaning on the door...

in his arm, up until his elbows, horse leashes.

He, of course, recognised the Devil, right there and then.

His Holiness knows the Devil when he sees him.

That's a different subject.

This is not its place.

Bestami Hazrat recognised him at once, as well.

He was surprised.

He thought to himself...

what the Devil was doing at the door of the Kaaba.

He asked, "What are you doing here?"

The Devil showed the horse leashes up until his elbow.

"Mine are circumambulating."

"I'm waiting for them to finish."

And then...

"I will put these leashes on them and ride them", he added.

And then Beyazidi Bestami Hazrat...

looked at the Devil and asked...

"Am I one of those you wait for?"

The Devil, then, looked at him...

and laughed at him mockingly.

Then he leaned forward and whispered...

"I could ride you without a leash", he said.

So...

this is the fact of the matter.

Cagri Effendi.

Will you say anything about this matter?

No, thank you, sheikh.

Anyway...

Briefly...

some time later...

Beyazidi Bestami...

left Mecca for his hometown.

He hit the road again.

Passed deserts and endless fields.

Passing deserts...

he reached a creek.

Just as His Holiness rolled up his sleeves...

to pass the creek...

he saw that on the side of the creek...

was an old, white-bearded...

blind man, under a tree.

He went near him...

to ask him how he was.

The old man said, "My eyes don't see, son."

"I'm on my way back from Mecca..."

"but I can't cross the water."

Beyazidi Bestami felt sad...

for this poor, white-bearded man.

Immediately he picked the man up...

and went into the creek.

The water roughened up.

As they were crossing the creek...

they came halfway through...

when the old man started to whisper to Bestami Hazrat.

And said, "Haven't I told you that I could ride you without a leash?"

Where is the Devil then?

You may find him 'here' or 'there'.

Don't be arrogant thinking he would be away from you.

He would ride you without a leash.

Even if you are Beyazidi Bestami Hazrat...

the thing is, one should know...

that both 'here' and 'there' are within you.

"I didn't fit into the heavens."

"I only fit into My believer's heart."

Here. What does this mean?

Thus, whatever you look for...

it's neither here nor there.

Look for it within yourself.

THE JOURNEY OF LOVE

Bring me a cup of water, Kasim.

You had best become a qadi again.

There is a path for everyone.

You had best become a qadi again.

I've completed every mission you have given me.

I resigned as a cadi...

and cleaned the toilets in the lodge.

I strolled the streets of Nallihan with the tools on my back...

where I used to walk as the cadi.

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

I didn't complain that it hurt my pride.

Well, it did but I didn't care.

I've never failed to complete every mission you assigned to me.

I found neither what I'd been looking for nor the treatment I'd expected.

Son!

I never asked you to resign as a cadi.

I am not a doomsday sheikh.

I am not looking for disciples.

I do not invite anyone.

They're not on the path of God, so who am I to recruit them...

and say that I am on the right path?

What is so special about us?

I am leaving, sheikh.

Those who come are welcome...

I wish Godspeed for those who go, Yunus.

It is quite simple.

Not as comfortable as home, of course.

You'll get used to it.

Those who come are welcome...

I wish Godspeed for those who go, Yunus.

Don't drown in the first ditch.

The self is a seven-headed dragon...

of course, it won't give up easily.

Is it worth it? You've been through so much.

You shouldn't give up at the first hurdle.

Do not make a mistake.

Our sheikh has a tender heart.

Go, kiss his hand and repent.

You have benefitted so much from our sheikh.

Don't throw it all away in anger.

I've seen many...

who were determined to take off the dervish coat like yourself.

They had patience, they bore with things.

Believe it or not...

Some of them became so powerful that they started their own lodges.

They are respected by the people.

But you're carried away by the first mirage.

Our veterans have rebuffed the Greeks in Malatya...

with the help of the Armenians and the Assyrians.

But they say we've had many casualties.

Neither the incidents end nor the veterans.

If you be fair even at war...

the Armenians, the Assyrians, all 72 nations stand as your brothers.

Reality does not discriminate anyone.

Every single drop of blood that is shed ferments our land.

It's their blood that ferments our land.

Tell me.

How are the people of Nallihan doing?

How are the Ahis?

It's been a while...

since I last left the lodge.

When you are free the people would love to see you.

The people wonder about you.

In accordance with the procedures, we have shut down...

Kececi Azmi's shop for a month, sheikh.

Why do you oppress people because of me, friend?

Not at all, sheikh.

But he's kept spreading lies.

Leaving him unpunished...

would be disregarding the principles of our Brotherhood.

I do not dare that.

As you know...

just because I'm in-office doesn't mean I rule the Ahi lodge...

I simply serve it.

Hopelessness is a swamp.

Just because the Devil is doing his job...

we shouldn't stop doing ours.

The soil will be tilted with prayers...

the iron will be forged with prayers...

the caravans will be lined up with prayers in our tongues.

There's been a rumour, sheikh.

They say that with the Mongolians pressuring Konya...

the lodges will be dissolved.

Why so?

Don't the Mongolians know that the lodges recruit soldiers to the army?

Don't they know that...

the lodges urge people to find food and shelter for themselves?

They know, friend, of course, they know.

And we are aware that they do know.

If you'll excuse me, sheikh.

Of course, friend.

I went up to Remzi Aga, sheikh.

Like you commanded I asked him to close our account with him.

What did he say?

In the end, he is a merchant, sheikh.

"I can't determine a price, it is up to our sheikh to decide."

"I accept everything that he finds suitable," he said.

Kasim, I didn't tell you that I don't like the prices.

I told you to close our account.

I've said that from now on not a single grain of wheat...

from this lodge would go to his granary.

If it were Yunus...

he would have done as I said...

and got back here so.

KONYA, 1268

KARATAY MADRASAH

Were books prohibited where you came from, Yunus Effendi?

For three months you haven't left the library.

Is anywhere like the Karatay library, Fevzi Effendi?

Are you reading Al-Fiqh al-Akbar?

Al-Imam al-Aʿzam has an answer...

to every question in the world.

I have noticed interesting facts.

He evaluates hadiths not only whether they're authentic or not...

but he also discusses their meaning.

If he decides that meaning-wise...

it can't be attributed to our prophet...

he wouldn't restrain himself from issuing fatwas against them.

No matter who narrates it.

You didn't come back to Konya...

to spend time in the school library, did you?

What does the Chief Cadi say about you resuming your position?

I have been waiting for three months now, Fevzi Effendi.

It was Tirmizi Hazrat...

who appointed me to the position.

But now Izzettin Urmevi Hazrat is the Chief Cadi.

I have given my request.

But whenever I ask to see him, he is busy.

Why do you bother with it, Bacim Sultan?

It is not a bother.

It's been tamed. It looks at my hand whenever it sees me.

Still, you shouldn't unchain it.

It'll take off again even if it's just a single day that you didn't feed it.

It wouldn't go anywhere.

The last time it ran off Yunus Effendi found it.

That was the last time.

Since then it hasn't taken a step away from the lodge.

If you'll excuse me, I'll see our sheikh.

It seems if I don't force you out...

you won't ever leave the lodge.

I have told you, Kira.

I have the will neither to wander about...

nor to study.

I know the reason for this.

What is it?

Tell me so I will know the reason, too.

You ask but you'll get mad when I tell you.

Tell me, I won't.

You know it, too. It's Yunus' departure that makes you sad.

What does it have to do with him?

They say walls have ears. I'm so afraid of rumours.

Rumours are about things that didn't happen.

You would shoot me down in flames.

Why so?

Do you Turks consider loving someone wrong?

Why would we?

So what?

Is it forbidden for a sheikh's daughter to marry a dervish?

Instead of spending so much energy on my case, you tell me...

is it prohibited in your religion to get married? Why are you still single?

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

I swear rumours will start, Kira.

Haven't you heard the saying that the walls have ears?

CADI CHAMBERS, KONYA

-Peace be upon you. -And upon you.

I hope you remember me.

From Aksaray, right?

Let me guess. You were a guard, right?

You wanted to be appointed?

I was the Cadi of Nallihan, sir.

For three months I've been coming here.

It's not only you.

They all come from all over the country.

Cadis ask for appointments, regents wait for their turns.

There are a lot of them!

I am sorry.

It's okay.

I requested to resume my position.

I do remember now.

But Chief Cadi Hazrat was really busy.

I have been waiting for an answer for three months now, sir.

You say that he is busy...

but I cannot wait any longer.

Well said, but I don't have the seal.

If he is here, I would like to see him.

Wait here.

The decision will be made tomorrow, Yunus Effendi.

About resuming my position or my new place of service?

Let's first wait for the approval of your resuming the position.

He wouldn't let you resume the position for nothing.

There are others just like you.

Is Husnu Aga not here?

He isn't.

I'm his brother. My name is Gumustekin.

What happened to Husnu Aga?

He is taking care of the land and animals.

From now on, I will take care of the shop.

Doctor Mikel wants a pinch of yarrow and some liquorice.

He also asked for dry chamomile.

Also dry chamomile.

Yellow chamomile. I am his daughter.

Here you are.

Kasim.

You hold the gathering tonight.

Bismillah.

Please don't exit and reenter during the gathering...

there may be some who don't want to miss...

the gist of what the sheikh talks about.

Disturbing one's peace is not nice.

In our last session...

we discussed things that violate prayers.

Tonight we will talk about how a Muslim should be.

Who is a Muslim?

Firstly, a Muslim is someone who recites the Shahadah.

What makes a Muslim different from everyone else?

If you disregard the way he is dressed...

how can you tell that someone is a Muslim?

Aha! A Muslim is someone who hurts none...

with his words and his actions.

If you'll keep talking, I shall keep quiet, Gungor Effendi.

How are you, Karabas?

You are well, I hope?

Oh, you're here, father?

Did you go to Mikel Effendi?

I did, father.

He says I'm depressed, father. He says it must be the weather.

Did he give you any medicine?

He sent me to the herbalist. I got what he wanted with Kira.

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

He left this in his place and just went off.

Who, father?

Yunus.

Wait a little.

The chief cadi has sealed it.

It is valid in all of Seljukian land.

Thank you, sir. May God bless you.

I was here yesterday, to resume my position.

Wait here.

This is my resignation letter, officer.

But Cadi Hazrat...

Do the necessary.

A cadi mustn't have personal opinions but apply what's in the book.

Excuse me for disturbing, Cadi Effendi.

The resigned cadi of Nallihan, Yunus Effendi, is here.

Let him in.

Come here.

What happens when the cadi starts having personal opinions?

Then knowledge is put up on the shelf.

Politics come into the picture.

We have the man get educated by many masters...

so he can serve justice in the way of religion.

Then we appoint him somewhere so he can serve justice...

in the way of religion.

What does the fool do? Instead of serving justice...

he gets into politics.

Politics fall under the affairs of the state.

Adultery is happening everywhere, alcohol is being consumed like water.

You can't find anyone who pray regularly.

There is no peace, no unity left in the land.

Now, who is there to blame?

The Mongolians and the viziers of Konya.

What's it to you? Are you a cadi or a vizier?

If you are a cadi, follow the religion. Why do you care about the Mongolians?

How do you pursue religious laws?

By serving the administration.

All the rest is in hadith books, in fiqh, and Sira.

What is not written in the Quran anyway?

So, this is the way it is, Said Effendi?

Is there anything else I can do for you?

I pray for your well-being, sir.

I'm leaving for Sivas tomorrow. Would you like anything?

I've just told you what I want, Said Effendi!

It is enough that you do your duty as it is asked of you.

If you'll excuse me, then.

Welcome, Yunus Effendi.

Thank you, sir.

You requested to resume your previous position three months ago.

Yes, sir.

We appoint some cadis from one place to another...

with the personal order...

of Grand Vizier Mu'in al-Din Pervane.

We appoint new people...

to positions that are emptied for various reasons.

You used to serve in Nallihan?

Yes.

Yunus Effendi.

It is permissible that you resume your position.

They will tell you your new post tomorrow.

May God bless you.

May all you do become blissful.

You said you'd served in Nallihan, Yunus Effendi.

Then maybe you would know him.

Do you know a Tapduk Emre who is a lodge sheikh in Nallihan?

I do, sir.

Is he an influential figure?

He is, sir.

The recently appointed Cadi Ilyas Effendi...

asks our permission to raid the lodge.

Since you did your duty in Nallihan, I wanted to ask you.

-What is it, clerk? -Sir.

The former Cadi of Nallihan waiting to resume his position.

I remember. He was here yesterday.

What was his name?

Yunus, sir, Yunus.

What about him?

He hasn't showed up to claim his license.

I thought he'd been waiting for it for three months.

I don't understand, as well, sir.

He came here every single day.

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

All the words that come from Him...

advise us one thing.

Find yourself a mirror.

What does a mirror do?

Regardless of the way you treat it...

a mirror always reflects the truth.

It calls a spade...

a spade.

If there is a defect, the defect is unmistakably in you.

Yunus Effendi!

Welcome. What can I do for you?

I would like to see Cadi Effendi.

Ilyas Effendi is in his office.

Yunus.

Our sheikh has not preached for months.

Everyone's been asking after him, sir.

When we were gardening the villagers asked one by one.

The Ahis in the market ask a lot.

Everyone is talking about the sheikh not preaching anymore.

Don't you greet us anymore, Guyende?

Yunus is back.

Cadi Yunus?!

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

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

Cadi Yunus?

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

You recognised me but pretended not to...

when I saw you chasing that dog in the market place.

I will tell you sometime. Now is not the time.

So you left without finding out where you were appointed to?

I need your help.

At your service, Yunus!

We were just kids when we started the madrasah.

You are my friend.

I heard that you were investigating Sheikh Tapduk Emre.