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Tarkan is Leila’s beloved little brother. He is Binnaz and Haroun’s second child and long-awaited first son, his name meaning “bold and strong” in Turkish. A couple of years after Tarkan’s birth, when a doctor informs Leila’s family that he has Down syndrome and is not likely to live past adolescence, Haroun perceives the news as personal punishment from Allah. He vows to recommit himself to religious worship, quitting his job and forcing his two wives to shoulder the majority of child rearing responsibilities on their own. Over time, Tarkan grows increasingly ill. He passes away in 1963, resulting in Leila’s decision to run away from home once and for all.
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Part 1, Chapter 7: Five Minutes
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Auntie glanced out of the window, intimidated by the world far and beyond. It was one of the endless troubles of her life that, even after all this time, and even after she had had two children, her fear of being kicked out of this house had not abated in the slightest. She still did not feel secure.
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Part 1, Chapter 9: Seven Minutes
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Like a trapped butterfly, thought Leila. That’s what her brother had been in their midst. She feared they had all let this beautiful child down, one by one, including herself, mostly herself.
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“Look, I’ll write to you every week,” Leila promised. “We’ll see each other again.”
“Won’t you be safer here?”
Although Leila did not say this aloud, somewhere in her soul echoed the words she had a feeling she had heard before: Just because you think it’s safe here, it doesn’t mean this is the right place for you.
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Tarkan Quotes in 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
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Part 1, Chapter 7: Five Minutes
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Auntie glanced out of the window, intimidated by the world far and beyond. It was one of the endless troubles of her life that, even after all this time, and even after she had had two children, her fear of being kicked out of this house had not abated in the slightest. She still did not feel secure.
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Part 1, Chapter 9: Seven Minutes
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Like a trapped butterfly, thought Leila. That’s what her brother had been in their midst. She feared they had all let this beautiful child down, one by one, including herself, mostly herself.
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“Look, I’ll write to you every week,” Leila promised. “We’ll see each other again.”
“Won’t you be safer here?”
Although Leila did not say this aloud, somewhere in her soul echoed the words she had a feeling she had heard before: Just because you think it’s safe here, it doesn’t mean this is the right place for you.
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