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THE JOURNEY OF LOVE

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.

I heard it from Chief Qadi.

In Konya.

Well, why does this concern you?

May I, sheikh?

Let us boil some bulgur, dear.

I've heard something, sheikh.

From Guyende.

He was back from the marketplace.

What goes out must come back.

Cadi Yunus has returned.

Yunus Guyende has returned.

So has Cadi Yunus.

What goes out must come back, Kasim.

Just look up and see.

The moon turns, the sun turns...

the stars turn, planets turn.

The universe turns.

All the heavens turn.

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

That is just not possible, Yunus!

Why shouldn't I implement the law just because you know him?

I do not only know him...

I vouch for him.

I heard you were frequenting his lodge.

But you speak as if you were his disciple.

We have been like two brothers for so very long.

For my sake, Ilyas.

This is an affair of state, Yunus. What's it got to do with our brotherhood?

Then tell me what he is accused of.

Why are you pushing me? You wouldn't tell me if you were in my shoes.

It is nothing but slander.

All of it.

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

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

I told you the order from Konya is not arguable.

We cannot contradict our superiors.

Our superiors have One Superior, too Ilyas Effendi.

Considering both of us were educated in the madrasah...

we're supposed to know this.

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.

And get your license.

Amin.

-Ya Allah. -Hu.

So...

tell me.

What do they say about us?

You are always here and there.

Tell me what they talk about.

They ask why you no longer preach, sheikh.

Everybody asks us, my sheikh.

All of Nallihan talks about this.

And what do you answer, Gungor?

As long as they don't slander us...

let them say anything they like, Ali.

Let them do what they want...

as long as they don't libel us.

One day, Imam Shafi was walking...

in the streets of Baghdad with his students.

One of his students happens to see...

two people arguing over a religious matter.

One of them was trying to justify himself...

by saying, "Look, my friend, even Imam Shafi himself..."

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

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

Hearing this, the student approaches...

and asks what they were discussing.

The arguers tell him what it's all about.

The student is baffled and says...

"Brother, the Imam neither does nor says anything like this."

He tries to intervene but the man keeps insisting.

The student heads back.

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

"O sheikh, I've witnessed something."

"Some man was speaking ill of you."

"Clearly, he was slandering you."

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

Upon 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 student he tells the man that he was mistaken...

that the Imam wouldn't say or do anything like that.

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.

"Brother, I am Shafi and I did not..."

say or do anything like that."

But the slanderer isn't 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!"

Wilful ignorance.

We must try to find out about the fact of the matter.

It's easy to talk but one must lift the curtains and take a look.

All that glitters is not gold.

Isn't my dear Guyende as precious as gold?

Very kind of you, my sheikh.

Well...

come on now.

Leave the old man alone.

Welcome.

Welcome, Yunus Efendi.

Thank you.

Peace be upon you.

And upon you.

Welcome, Yunus.

Thank you.

Come, come closer.

I can't see very well anymore.

Did you see Karabas outside?

I did.

You obviously came here...

to say something. Tell me.

There is a vicious slander about you.

So what? People say anything.

But there is no truth to that slander.

The qadi wishes to start an investigation into you.

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

You care about my life, son, thank you.

But does my life belong to me that I should care about it?

I do not give or take what is not mine.

But like everyone, I have a body too.

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

Let him unburden me of this body that I've been carrying.

The qadi has asked for permission from the Chief Qadi in Konya.

I am afraid he might harm you.

Don’t mind about me, mind your own life.

Save your own life first.

Please excuse me then.

Stay here, be my guest.

I'm out of time. I need to go back to Konya tonight.

You will arrive, sooner or later.

If one sticks to the road, one will reach there if one's off the road, one will lose oneself.

You will reach there, yes, you will.

Well...

What did you do in Konya? How did you like the city?

I kept waiting.

We all wait, son.

Who doesn't wait for tomorrow?

Come on now, Godspeed.

Do not bother yourself with my life.

Welcome.

You found and brought it here.

It never ran away after you left.

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

Are you going away 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 that?

I did all I could.

What more can I do?

Just coming here and informing me is all you can do, eh?

What else can I do?

You are an educated person who knows about...

how affairs of state are dealt with.

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

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

You care about my life, son, thank you.

But does my life belong to me that I should care about it?

I do not give or take what is not mine.

But like everyone, I have a body too

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

Let him unburden me of this carcass that I've been carrying.

JOURNEY OF LOVE

I spoke to Qadi Ilyas Efendi again.

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

What will happen now?

I've spoken to him twice. He wouldn't listen to me...

nor would he care.

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

Are you going back to Konya?

You are right.

You must have things to do.

Forgive me.

I've reproached you a lot.

He came here to inform my sheikh father about his case.

What is this case about our sheikh?

Haven't you heard what happened?

I've reopened my shop thanks to you.

I earn my wife and children's daily bread, my sheikh.

God bless you.

One should thank the right One in the right way, Azmi Aga.

Allah alone is the Supreme Provider.

To me, to you, to wolves and birds...

and to the dog that lies outside.

I am an ignorant man, sheikh. Forgive me.

I do not even know what I am saying.

Do your work well, stay away from ill-gotten gains, the rest is trivial.

No one can help anyone get anywhere without any effort.

Not to mention Paradise.

Do let him in, Kasim.

If you'll excuse me, sheikh.

You may drink our sherbet if you wait, Azmi Aga.

Welcome, Doctor Effendi. I am honoured.

Thank you, sir.

My ears have heard something, Sheikh Efendi.

Is it true?

Tell me what you heard and I'll tell you if it's true, Doctor Effendi.

The new Qadi Ilyas Efendi, supposedly...

is going to raid the lodge and arrest you!

He is a qadi. He abides by the law. There must be a reason.

The Bey has a carbuncle on his back.

I'm treating him. I may ask him to talk to the qadi.

Thank you, Doctor Effendi.

You worry about my well being.

One worries about one's friend.

But we should not kneel down before anyone.

Although they're about to kill us.

Not without receiving an education.

In autumn, the Head Herbalist sends a representative from Ankara...

and we have lessons in the lodge.

Do not be ungrateful like your brother!

He won't, Bayram Aga, he won't.

Let us just wish for the best.

Let him be properly trained and learn the ways. He'll be just fine.

Ali Taygu is right.

I remember the days when you came from Bolu for cookery lessons.

Where else could I learn my job if it weren't for the Ahi Brotherhood?

God bless you.

Let us just wish for the best.

Won't you greet us, Kasim Aga?

Sorry, sir. Welcome.

Thank you.

Excuse me.

Have you performed your prayer?

I haven't, mother.

What's the matter, my child?

Nothing, mother.

I spoke to Qadi Ilyas Efendi again.

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

He wouldn't listen to me nor would he care.

I wish mother wouldn't find out...

about this but she eventually will.

You care about my life, son, thank you.

But does my life belong to me that I should care about it?

I don't give or take what's not mine. Like everyone, I have a body too.

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

Let him unburden me of this carcass that I've been carrying.

-May I come in? -Yes.

Peace be upon you.

And upon you.

Good evening, Yunus.

Welcome, Kasim Efendi.

How did you know that I was here?

Our Sheikh's daughter Bacim Sultan told me.

No one knows it yet...

but Bacim Sultan told me something.

Is there any truth to that?

What does the cadi want from our sheikh? What's he accused of?

I don't know.

Well, what can we do?

Can we do anything about this?

I know Qadi Effendi.

He's my friend from the madrasa in Konya.

Indeed?

He says he can't do anything.

It is easy to destroy but very hard to build.

What else can we do?

I don't know.

I just don't.

I am going back to Konya in the morning.

Go and take care of your things.

My reappointment has been accepted.

Is your place of service announced?

It is.

But I don't know yet.

I had to come here.

I'll go and excuse myself.

It'll be too late if I waste more time.

You go handle your things.

Do not bother yourself with our sheikh's situation. We're here.

We'll find a way.

There's no way left.

Well...

tell me, friends.

Some are troubled...

with slander. And some are...

with high positions of power.

The most devious of deceits...

is when one thinks one is wise.

He thinks people respect him because he is wise.

His pride is swollen to skies...

that he cannot see what's in front of him.

He cannot see that this is a deceit.

Well, what happens then?

Should we give up on our path because there are obstacles?

Suppose that you are walking from here to the capital Konya.

You're almost there and then you see a stone.

Would you give up on your path or step over it?

Dervishes do not give up even if they are troubled.

They always step over it.

With patience and prayers.

Have I told you the tale...

of Solomon and the ant in love?

Once upon a time, Hazrat Solomon encounters...

a colony of ants.

All of the ants were running towards him out of respect.

In quite a short time, hundreds...

and thousands of them reached his feet.

But one of the ants could not come immediately.

He had a pile of dirt in front of his anthill.

He was trying to get rid of this pile...

by taking away every bit of dirt, one by one.

Solomon asked him to come closer.

And the ant slowly did so.

Solomon began to talk to him, "O ant!"

"I see you're not so powerful."

"Even if you had Noah's lifetime and Job's patience..."

"your power cannot get rid of this pile of dirt here."

"This task is no match for your measure of power."

"You cannot eradicate this pile."

The ant spoke out at that moment.

"Your Highness, one can achieve anything through one's essence."

"Don't let my appearance deceive you."

"You should see the essence in me."

"There is a different ant in me."

"It's inside of me, outside of me, everywhere around me."

"But I can not see it."

"Love let me right into a trap."

"It said to me..."

'If you eradicate this pile of dirt and make it straight...'

'I will remove this rock of separation from your path...'

'and walk down this path beside you.'

"Now I do have to finish this work."

"I have no other choice but to carry the dirt away."

"If I remove this pile here..."

"I shall have my reunion with Him."

"I might die trying to achieve this."

"But at least I wouldn't be pursuing a false cause."

So...

there you have it, my friends.

Learn the love from the ant.

This is how the path is.

A lion might be knocked out by an ant.

This is the realm of truth.

This is how things work here.

In this realm, an ant smashes a lion with his love inside.

The loveless are dead bodies breathing.

Having rid themselves of their carcass, lovers can reach the heavens.

You requested to resume your previous position...

three months ago.

Yes, sir.

Yunus Efendi, it's permissible that you resume your position.

They will tell you your new post tomorrow.

You have been to many of my father's sermons.

Are you going away without helping him like a stranger?

My sheikh father doesn't tell anyone about his problems.

Don't you know that his duty is to be a remedy for everyone's troubles?

I did all I could.

What more can I do?

You go handle your things.

Do not bother yourself with our sheikh's case.

We'll find a way.

There's no way left.

Yunus, since your reappointment is accepted...

I advise you not to waste time, and go back to Konya.

And get your license.

Ya, Allah!

Hey, ya hey!

Ya, Allah!

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Ya, Allah!

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Ya, Allah!

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Ya, Allah!

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Ya, Allah!

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Ya, Allah!

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Ya, Allah!

Hey, ya hey!

I need to go.

But I cannot.

I have to go.

I cannot.

La ilaha ilallah!

The news you've been waiting for, sir.

We're off to Tapduk Emre's lodge, officer.

Bring the horses.

Adem, take the horses to Akyamac, behind the marketplace.

Atilla, do you remember...

your first day in the lodge?

Of course, I do, sir!

He came down for dinner, his first meal here.

And I handed him the lentil soup that I had cooked.

I'm sure he didn't like it.

He said, "I don't want soup."

He thought he had lots of other options!

If anyone objects, arrest him.

Peace be upon you, Yunus Aga.

And upon you.

Is Sheikh Effendi here?

Welcome, gentlemen.

We are looking for Sheikh Efendi.

Our sheikh is not in the lodge.

Well, then.

Let us confirm this.

Let's search his house.

Cadi Efendi!

We shall inform him of your visit.

We aren't here to visit him, dervish.

Officer, we'll search his house.

Patience!

May I come in?

Come on in, Kasim Effendi.

Cadi Efendi wishes to see our sheikh.

My father isn't home.

Let us see for ourselves, sister.

I said he isn't at home!

Sheikh Efendi is not at home.

Why are you looking for him?

What do you want?

Yunus Effendi?

Is your action lawful, Cadi Efendi?

How is it lawful to break into a house like this?

What is this other than harassment?

It's an affair of state, Yunus Efendi.

I can break into houses...

even take lives, if need be.

What you are doing...

is against both justice and sharia.

We read the same books to graduate, Yunus Efendi.

In which book does it say it's lawful...

to break into a house like this? Name one!

Name one and we'll know.

We both do very well know...

that what you're doing is arbitrariness.

How can you present your arbitrariness as justice, Ilyas Efendi?

We told him that he wasn't home.

Since you are highly concerned about justice, Yunus Efendi...

where is your sheikh that you defend so fiercely?

Oh, did he run away from justice?

If this man you defend so zealously is indeed innocent...

why did he run away from a Seljuk Cadi, from justice...

and from sharia, Yunus Efendi?

How will you explain this?

Where is he...

if he didn't run away?

We are leaving, officer!

Well, Sheikh Efendi sensed that we were coming...

and performed a miracle to disappear.

Not at all!

Cadi Efendi!

Sheikh Effendi wouldn't run away, even from Azrael, who claims lives.

But he very well runs away from a Seljuk qadi, huh?

We are leaving, officer.

What is the reason?

Why are they looking for him?

I don't know the reason but the order came from Konya.

For what reason?

What does the qadi say, Molla Effendi?

He did not say antything.

He is blinded by his pride.

Sit.

How dare this qadi attempt to arrest our sheikh?

The devil tempts me to take the knife...

may Allah forgive me!

Maybe the Cadi has no other concern.

He ran out of thieves, murderers, and traitors that he raids here!

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

I heard something and came right away.

I'd like to know what's happened.

It's true, sir. The Cadi raided the lodge...

to find our sheikh.

What's the reason? Didn't he say anything?

He did not say anything.

He searched our sheikh's home and left.

-Where is our sheikh? -We do not know, sir.

Where is Molla Kasim Aga?

Peace be upon you.

And upon you.

It must be true, judging by your looks.

Alas, it is true.

What does Cadi Efendi say?

What are his grounds?

He didn't say.

The order has been disrupted.

Everybody plays someone else's instrument...

and sings someone else's song.

Someone must have informed him, or he did this on his own.

Or...

the order must have come from the Chief Cadi.

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

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.

The cadi had demanded it!

I heard this in Konya.

He bears a grudge against us.

No.

He's a madrasa-educated man.

He acts accordingly.

Then it must be a tip-off.

That's what I think.

Well, but who is it?

You spoke to Cadi Efendi.

I will also talk to him.

Where is our sheikh?

Any news about that sheikh, officer?

Yes, sir.

Cadi Efendi!

if you have time, we'd like to have a word.

We know the issue, Mesud Aga.

For some reason, all of Nallihan, even Konya tries to help him.

Not at all!

But he does the opposite.

We've just heard the news.

Come along, then.

My sheikh!

Why did you bother, my friends?

My sheikh!

I heard Cadi Efendi was looking for me.

So I decided not to trouble him and visited him.

I thought you were going to Konya, Yunus?

Why are you here?

By doing this, you accepted what you were accused of.

Not what I was accused of...

but what is in my destiny.

Gentlemen!

That's enough.

You can visit him after his trial.

Do you have any orders, my sheikh?

I do.

Tell Hanim Ana...

that there's nothing to be afraid of.

Let our dervishes not worry about me.

As you wish, my sheikh.

Sheikh Efendi turned himself in to reduce his sentence.

But his disciples still claim he is innocent.

I knew you were a sheikh at first glance.

Why would someone deceived by his senses keep chasing...

what he senses?

How come a mighty sheikh ends up in a dungeon?

I told you I was visiting, son.

Who?

Why, of course, you.

-Peace be upon you. -And upon you.

Why did our sheikh turn himself in?

I cannot understand no matter how hard I try.

It's not like he committed a crime!

Maybe he did not wish officers to bother themselves.

Hanim Ana must be concerned.

I'll go to the lodge.

All right, Kasim Aga.

Let us clear up this wound first.

Let the mud spill.

Where is my father, mother?

How should I know where he is?

No one says anything.

Why are they looking for him?

Why do they search the lodge and our house?

Yunus Efendi broke the news.

Where did he hear it from?

He heard it from the Chief Qadi in Konya.

I'll get it, mother.

Is Hanim Ana here?

She is.

I hope you have good news, Kasim Efendi.

Yes, Hanim Ana, it is.

I have news about our sheikh.

Thank You, Lord.

Both good and evil come from Him.

Tell us, Kasim Effendi.

Is it good?

Or is it evil?

Our sheikh turned himself in.

He is in the dungeon.

Obviously someone reported him.

The Ahis send word from all over the Seljuk Empire.

They conspire against lodges everywhere.

It is not the time for politics...

but something is rotten.

Mesud Aga...

is there anyone with motives for slandering Sheikh Efendi?

There is, Yunus Efendi, there is.

He doesn't know that I know...

but I know who that slanderer is.