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THE JOURNEY OF LOVE

-Peace be upon you. -And upon you, Yunus Aga.

What are you going to do with that?

Tinsmith’s son Ali caught a titmouse. We are going to light a fire...

put it on a stick and grill it.

If you hold too loosely...

it flies away.

If you hold too tightly...

it dies.

Oh, that's why they say, "as easy as to kill a bird".

It's the body that is big or small.

Life is life.

And it's one.

Your life, my life.

The life in this bird...

is the same life.

Life is one.

If life is one, why is it an animal and we're humans? Answer me that.

Each life is a guest in a body.

Ours is in a human body.

This one's in a bird body.

We also came like these birds...

and perched.

We will fly away from this branch, when the time comes.

ONE YEAR LATER

Well, Yunus Efendi!

You returned to Nallihan one year later.

You used to walk proudly these streets...

now you hide your face so that nobody recognises you.

It's not their fault, it serves you right because you asked for it.

Who told you to resign as a qadi to become a disciple in a lodge...

and wear a dervish’s coat? What came of it in the end?

Did they appreciate you at all? They didn't even let you appreciate yourself!

I'm just a water bearer, the water isn't mine. I only give it out.

-Peace be upon you. -And upon you.

I harvested wheat and I'd like to sell it.

Thank you, sir but our granary is full.

You may find another trader.

Thank you.

I bought the lodge's wheat, otherwise, I'd have got yours.

But Mullah Kasim and I bargained and agreed on a price.

What about four akces per sinik?

No.

That would be embarrassing. I cannot do that to Sheikh Effendi.

You have neither got it nor paid for it. No one will be a victim.

Buy it from me at four akces per sinik. This is called trade.

I cannot do that to Sheikh Effendi.

I'd feel embarrassed.

Three akces.

Last price.

I'll fill your granary to the brim for three akces per sinik.

-Peace be upon you, Sergeant Zeki. -And upon you, Kasim Effendi.

Welcome.

Thank you, Sergeant Zeki.

175 batmans.

-We agreed on five akces per sinik. -We did.

But...

would I want to wrong our sheikh?

Stop there, Sergeant Zeki. What are you talking about?

Take a breath, then speak clearly. What are you saying?

I am just asking if the sheikh could excuse me this year?

I'm in a bind, taxes are killing me.

When some villagers came and offered three akces per sinik...

Three akces?

Oh, why didn't they give it away, Sergeant Zeki?

How do we get bread for the villagers who broke their backs for this price?

I know, Kasim Efendi.

I know but...

How could you buy wheat at three akces, Sergeant Zeki?

A loaf of bread is one akce!

Who is this guy? What does he do?

A farmer from Sarikoy, near Sivrihisar.

Does this guy not have a name?

He does, Kasim Effendi.

I asked him...

Grain Trader Zeki lowered the price too much, my sheikh.

Maybe wheat is abundant this year?

When the crop is abundant...

the price goes down.

It is not, my sheikh.

Then why would Sergeant Zeki ask for a lower price?

He says that a man named Mullah Konyali from Sivrihisar...

offered to fill up his granary at three akces per sinik.

What do you think we could do?

Not my place, sheikh.

If you order me...

I would like to go and find this Mullah Konyali.

There he is, that's Mullah Konyali!

Did you find out about Mullah Konyali trying to damage us?

Yes, sir, I did.

My sheikh...

that person is...

Yunus.

JOURNEY OF LOVE

Yunus Aga!

-Yunus Aga? -Come on in, Ismail.

-So you've come back! -I came back to you.

I've been waiting for you.

I want nothing but you.

I thought of you with every breath.

Welcome, Kasim Efendi.

Thank you, Mesud Aga.

Please. Let me treat you to something.

I'd like to consult you...

as the leader of the ahis about an issue concerning a friend.

Why consulting me, Kasim Efendi?

Every rule is written in detail in the books.

A farmer friend of ours from Sivrihisar...

complains about someone reducing the prices too much.

As a villager, he doesn't have the means to complain to the state.

What can be done? I wanted to ask whether there's a measure against this...

in the ahi chamber.

Kasim Efendi.

As you know, the aim of our chamber...

is to protect the poor and needy.

Even though there are plenty of laws about it...

the truth of the matter is one and only.

Now...

take your friend’s case be the judge of it.

We do not have arbitrary rules.

If that person is hoarding...

to form a black market or put others out of business...

and there are proof and witnesses, that is different.

He would be thrown out of the market.

Otherwise, putting a value on one's labour...

is the labourer's right.

He is the one who sweats for it.

He may give it for free or sell at a high price.

Thank you, fellow. You've explained the matter clearly.

If there is a suspicion of hoarding...

the mayor and the cadi are there. If the mayor and cadi say that...

this issue is to be handled by the ahi chamber...

only then our duty begins.

Thank you, fellow. It's not such an issue.

Are you hiding the one you await from Meryem Hatun, Bacim Sultan?

When will he come back?

When the time comes.

Then tell me, why did you spill the water and leave yesterday?

Did you see a bad omen?

Will bad things happen?

I see troubles.

Then happiness.

Unions.

Separations.

Then coming together again.

Can you have a sea without waves?

Then tell me, what will become of me?

Are you going to choose a lesser evil?

He will come soon.

When?

Tell me, Meryem Hatun, when?!

Take this, hide it until it dries out.

If he doesn't come until it dries out...

do not look inside it...

and throw it into a fire to burn.

If he comes before it dries out...

take it somewhere and bury it at high noon.

Do not...

do not ever open and look inside it.

Bacim Sultan?

What are you doing here?

I was going to my lesson.

-I hope you are not alone. -No, there are a lot of people.

If you'll excuse me, Kasim Aga. I am late.

Of course.

My baby.

Are you up?

Oh, my lion cub.

Are you hungry?

Do you want some milk?

Have a good morning, my lady.

My lady?

What is wrong, my lady?

I'm fine, Aygul. I'm fine.

Sometimes one...

sees such a nightmare...

one can't even tell when one is awake.

Is it real or a dream?

There was this woman in our tribe.

Not a fortuneteller but she interprets dreams.

She'd say a prayer if needed.

Many infertile nomad women queue on her doorstep.

She would say...

What would she say?

That dreams are exactly the opposite of reality.

Enough, Nephew Kasim.

Enough.

The problem is clear.

Now...

go and tell our sheikh...

his highness may rest assured.

Our lodge won't have a problem like that anymore.

Thank you, uncle.

His highness...

asks for help...

will Candaroglu refrain from helping when he has the means?

May God keep you as our leader, uncle.

Candaroglu...

would cut one of his hands to feed his dogs, if needs be.

Consider it done.

Do not worry.

Well...

since we are making a deal...

you should help us in return, nephew.

Our sheikh complains about us due to other people’s gossip.

-Not at all. -But our nephew knows that...

we work for the good of the people. Our only aim is that.

Yes. Of course, you're right, uncle.

That's undeniable.

Then...

if our sheikh hears this from his successor, he believes it.

-Have a good journey. -Sergeant Zeki is on the road as well.

We will be there before nightfall.

All right.

With your permission, my sheikh.

Yes, Kasim?

With your permission.

Speak up, Kasim.

Sir, the unpleasant situation has been resolved.

I wanted to inform you.

Just because we're mistreated...

we should mistreat others, Kasim.

Not at all, my sheikh.

Our aim is to solve the matter following the religious laws...

in legitimate terms.

All right then, good.

One cannot be powerful enough to do everything he pleases...

but he may choose to treat others the way he wants to be treated.

We will see that what God decides...

which is always the best.

May it be prosperous.

Mollah Kasim Efendi was a bit offended...

because I didn't buy the lodge’s wheat.

-You cannot do trade with feelings. -Times have changed, sir.

Would I offend our Sheikh Effendi?

But the math is in the open. The costs and taxes are known.

-Thank you. -Thank you.

Why are you messing with the lodge?

Am I messing with the lodge?

Well, yeah, why are you reducing the prices?

What did they do to you?

Let's say...

you do everything in your power for a friend...

but he doesn't appreciate you until you harm him.

Like you.

Am I harming them?

I tell you everything I know whether it is a secret or not.

But you never tell me anything.

All right then. Give me a few akces.

You have a purse full of akces.

What will you do with it?

Candyman Yorgoz will arrive in Muratkoy today.

You must see them!

Have a good evening, sir.

Thank you, sir. Welcome.

Our title may not be mullah...

but we know that long talks are for the stupid.

Long story short...

stay away from it.

Now...

if you reduce the price, someone else may do something else.

That will cause an unrest in the community.

We have friends and enemies in the public.

Do we really know whom our actions benefit or harm?

Argun Bey.

I respect your administration and decisions.

But this is a professional issue concerning buying and selling.

The rules and ways are written in the religious law.

Only the cadi can set a price.

It's a fact that you know these things much better than us commoners.

Since you've...

rejected our request after we came all the way to you...

please do tell, in my province...

who gives you the right to do monkey business?

The law states that...

buying and selling of each good shall be taken in its own accord.

Each good’s profit...

is according to its own nature.

Some may put one on top of their labour...

some 11. The religious law allows for it.

There's a place for everyone there. Some are on the first row...

some on the last. And the law also states that...

owner of a good has all rights to it.

Now, am I a madman to play to lose?

The Seljuk Empire's...

farmers have even become philosophers...

but the Sultan seems unaware.

We may be chosen by our Sultan...

but it's actually the people who choose us.

Our name is Candaroglu but we rule not with a whip...

but with the law.

And you convinced me with these pure and simple facts.

Lay it out, dear.

Come on.

My dear daughter.

One never fails to find something to think about but why this sorrow?

You have lost yourself.

Can I ask you something, mother?

Sure, my dear.

Would you...

believe a fortune-teller?

God forbid.

What have you got to do with such people, my dear?

It's not me, mother.

Let it go. Put it to the side.

-Is it superstitious? -Fortune has a thousand ways.

Only God knows the future.

But dreams might mean something.

Their interpretation can't be learnt. It's just God-given.

Magic is also real, it says so in the Book.

May we have good fortune in the morning.

May peace and God’s mercy be with you.

May peace and God’s mercy be with you.

All together, Hu!

La ilaha illallah.

La ilaha illallah.

La ilaha illallah.

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Only one God.

Yunus Aga!

Yunus Aga!

It's s getting chilly, my sheikh.

Cold is good.

It keeps you alive.

Yunus Efendi is quite furious.

He's still resentful at being thrown out of the lodge.

Well, I'm sure he'll find the right way.

Do not worry.

Those who suspect the essence, suspects the being, Kasim.

That's the job of Ancient Greek philosophers.

Suspicion is for the heretics, Kasim.

We say that our nature is blended with love, not suspicion.

Inshallah.

As we are the subjects of the lodge, as Sufis...

this matter is up to us.

So you say that knowing right from wrong is our job, eh?

Not at all, my sheikh.

I only wanted to state my belief that Yunus Efendi...

will feel regretful and find the right way.

Maybe Yunus Efendi is waiting...

for us to find the right way.

Maybe he has no doubts about that, Kasim.

I know you are joking.

Well, when he talked, I saw that hope on his face, in his eyes.

I am joking, yes...

but I believe that right and wrong is a duality.

We are after Oneness.

It is one.

Right or wrong is in the eye of the beholder.

May it be a good morning.

A lot can happen before sunrise.

May you have a good night.

Please do eat, gentlemen.

In the name of God, most Graceful and most Merciful.

The public think about the morning in the evening and vice versa.

Why, Bayram Bey?

What has changed since yesterday?

Everything has changed, the tables have turned.

There is turmoil and chaos everywhere.

After chaos comes order.

Let chaos do its job...

very well.

So that order may come.

Yes but it is a problem while collecting taxes, sir.

They know about the turmoil but they still avoid paying taxes.

They think Candaroglu collects everything for his own treasure.

How can the people know if you do not tell them?

-We do, sir, we tell them all but... -Then, why do they object?

Don't they know that with the taxes they pay, their crops in the field...

their wives' chastity are protected from the Mongols and bandits?

If you'll excuse me.

Let’s see how the sheikh will respond to our favour.

Come on, gentlemen, eat.

Did you see a bad omen? Will bad things happen?

Are you going to choose a lesser evil?

I was born into this world.

I was born to die.

What's wrong, dear?

Nothing, father.

I was out of breath.

So I went out for some fresh air.

It's chilly out here.

Go on, go to sleep.

When the time comes...

everyone...

will go up to these stars.

They will go and watch the world from there.

Then, they will understand...

when they see here from there...

a dust speck flying in the light...

an ant or a person are no different.

Aren't you going to say hello?

-Peace be upon you. -And upon you.

I was looking for that friend of yours.

I do not know.

Hey, hey, wait.

It seems to me you count your spoons very well.

He's not been around since yesterday.

Since those men came, he hasn't been seen or heard of.

-Which men? -Soldiers, they came on horses.

I saw them but I never thought of it.

-Then? -Are you deaf, Dervish Efendi?

That's it, he hasn't been seen since.

Welcome, sir.

Is the news bad, sir?

Let me inform my sire.

He has arrived, sire.

Tell him to come in.

Is there another mayor’s son like you around?

Look at the rags you wear!

Was there a mayor’s son like you in the Germiyanli Tribe?

You only need to put some eyeliner to walk about in Baghdad markets.

-Won't you ask me about it? -Do I need to?

If I can't know that those yoruks would convince you...

and send you back empty-handed why do I rule this region?

They have no pastures, let their herds graze. They won't claim the land.

If they don't have pastures, why do they keep the herds?

Why do we need those yoruks...

while our enemy is in the mansion.

From now on...

you do not have any rights on the Candaroglu property.

From now on, leave all your tasks.

If you have anything to say, say it now.

If not...

Mollah Kasim Efendi is here, sire.

Have I caught you at a bad time, uncle?

It's not the time that is bad, nephew.

It is the person.

Speak up.

-The result of that issue... -I said consider it done, Kasim Efendi!

Why don't you trust me?

-Not at all, uncle. -Then everyone should do their duty.

I did our sheikh’s job, now you do yours.

Do it so that our sheikh doesn't oppose us so much anymore.

Where are you going, Yunus Efendi?

Where are you going before selling the wheat?

You worked so hard and suffered.

You even dropped me for this cause.

Where are you going before enjoying the result?

Yunus!

Yunus!

Yunus...

Yunus...

Yunus!

I've done wrong, God.

I disregarded their rights as well as You.

I thought of evil.

Do not let me get away with it, God.

Do not let me.

Be fair, when you are just, what else do you need in this world, Cadi Efendi?

Walk on the road, but do not stray.

Life is expensive!

Life is expensive!

-Oh, God! -Life is expensive.

Life is expensive.

Life is expensive.

Life is expensive.

Where's our sheikh, fellow?

We're waiting, fellow.

I need to see my sheikh.

My father is not at home.

He is nowhere to be found.

-Where is he? -I do not know.

I thought he was in the lodge.

Let me ask my mother.

He will show up.

No need to alarm everybody.

He must be out to get some fresh air.

Dervishes were in the prayer line, waiting for him.

I just wanted to invite him. He must be out for a walk.

Yunus Efendi.

Verily we belong to Allah, and verily to Him do we return.

What happened, fellows? Who killed our friend?

Amen.

Fear not.

I know that it wasn't you.

Had he had a third brother...

Cain would have had him do the job.

Is there anybody...