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no one could have predicted what would happen that morning at that bank branch in the heart of Istanbul not the
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security guard not the woman waiting for her turn at the teller's desk not the young man who kept his eyes on the phone
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but most of all Hassan the tea seller who first saw the old man was surprised
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because that old man seemed to be carrying only a sack but in reality he was carrying a life a life full of pain
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the rain had just stopped the sea sidewalks were still wet the windows of
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the branch were fogged inside it was packed everyone was in a hurry eyes on
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the screen hands on the phone then the glass door of the bank opened slightly a
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person who seemed to have been plucked from another time period with the wind entered mud splattered rubber shoes a
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patched coat a scruffy beard and a large sack on his hunched back the old man
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stopped just outside the door for a few seconds no one even paid attention until
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the tip of his sack accidentally touched a child's shoe dad this man stinks said
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the child his mother quickly pulled him back and looked at the old man with contempt why was this man taken here she
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said calling out to the nearby security guard the security guard Jacob
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sighed scenes like this were unfortunately not uncommon but this time
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there was something different the man was not just standing there his eyes were fixed on the glassin room at the
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very back of the bank the bank manager was sitting there the old man took a
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step forward and spoke in a low but determined voice i want to see the
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manager no one said anything the people waiting in line either listened or
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turned their heads and glanced at what was happening yakob the security guard had heard this phrase many times usually
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those who couldn't pay their debts or wanted help would ask to see the manager but what could this man have to do with
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the manager uncle let's wait outside okay mr manager is busy said the
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security guard let me handle your transaction you can't handle my business
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the old man said i will see the manager the sentence was calm but full of
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stubbornness a few people laughed others looked at him with their noses wrinkled
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"uncle look!" said the guard gently taking the man by the arm and trying to
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lead him out but the old man stopped suddenly and shouted loudly "I want to
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see the manager." Suddenly the bank went silent a few
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babies stopped crying phone calls were interrupted the manager poked his head out of his office in the middle of the
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crowd he saw a man carrying a sack on his back his hands shaking as he stepped on the ground the director narrowed his
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eyes then headed for his door he called out to the security guard "Jacob bring
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that uncle to me." Jacob was puzzled but obeyed as the old man entered the
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principal's office the eyes of everyone inside were on the sack on his back the
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principal closed the door without saying anything the man slowly lowered the sack
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to the floor then he quietly unzipped the zipper with a creek he took out a
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handful of gold coins then a wad of dollars then another wad the director
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couldn't believe his eyes "these these all belong to you?" he asked yes said
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the old man they are mine and there's more but first I want to open a bank
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account not anonymously the manager straightened up in his chair may I know
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your name he said the old man smiled but his eyes were full of sadness my name is
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Vidat vidat Tashova that moment marked the biggest
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turning point in the history of the bank an old man who had been despised ostracized and belittled until that day
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had become the bank's number one customer but no one knew the story behind those gold
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coins where had this wealth come from why was it carried in sacks and most
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importantly who was Vdat Tashova the answers to these questions were hidden not only in the gold but
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also in broken hearts a lost past and years of revenge
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they say a man carries his past on his back vidat had packed his past in a sack
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and brought it to the city there was not only gold in that sack but also buried
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dreams tears and silent revenge as the wads of dollars piled up on the bank
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managers desk and the yellow glittering gold shimmerred Vdat's mind was still
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years in the past but this wealth had not come in an instant each one was a
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drop of sweat a handful of soil a tear va Tshova lived in a small village in
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the interior of Turkey whose name could hardly be found on a map gulucha
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surrounded by high mountains the four seasons were harsh and the people were even harsher ved was born here grew up
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here married here but most importantly he buried both his family and his hope
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under the soil here vedat was a different person in his youth he was a tall strong and powerful
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young man he farmed in the village drove a tractor helped the neighbors with their work he lived in a tiny stone
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house with his father mother and three siblings they were poor but happy their
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greatest wealth was their union but that union was broken one summer day that
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year the land was dry the crops burned like everyone else in the village Vdat's
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family got into debt in desperation his father went to Halil Aa one of the
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richest men in the village halil Aa was the wealthiest but crulest man in the village he would turn people's
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desperation into an opportunity he would lend them money with interest and if they didn't pay on time he would take
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away their land vdat's father also borrowed money from Halil Aa but the
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drought did not end the debt multiplied finally Halil Aa demanded the
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only field vidat's family owned in exchange for the debt vidat opposed this
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that land was left to us by my grandfather we can't give it he said Halil Aa was tough but he had an offer i
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don't want your land but suitor my daughter if you marry my daughter Nirm I
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will cancel your debt vad was surprised because he loved
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someone else there was Zanep whom he grew up in the same village whose heart
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trembled when she laid eyes on him zanep was his childhood sweetheart they had
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both promised each other but Halil Aa's offer was actually a threat if you don't
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accept I will take your house he said vad was in a dilemma either he would
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give up his love or he would drag his family to destruction he looked up at the sky all
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that night his heart was tossed like corn leaves in the wind in the morning
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he spoke to his father "i will talk to Zanb," he said when Zayan's eyes filled
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with tears Vdat realized he would never be the same man again but he kept quiet
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so as not to starve his family go zayb said I will forgive you but my heart
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will not still I will pray that you protect your family vdat married Halil
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Aa's daughter Nurman but that marriage was like a punishment there was neither love nor peace nurman was a woman
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spoiled by her father she was never attached to Vdat from the
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heart everything was for show everything was based on calculation within a year
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Vat's family could no longer find peace at home his mother fell ill his siblings
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left the village his father died of a heart attack soon after the day Vad
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buried his father in the ground he made a promise one day I will get everything
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back everything years passed while Nurman was
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known to be fond of money Halil Aa's business started to go wrong he had problems with banks and went bankrupt
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but he had done something Vdat he would learn about it years later halil Aa had
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hidden a huge fortune somewhere on his farm he had buried his money in an underground bunker that nobody knew
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about gold dollars jewelry it was all there he hid it before the bank seized
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it but no one knew where it was until the day of the big storm
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vdat was working that day at the threshing floor on the edge of the old farm halil Aga was no longer alive he
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had died of a heart attack vdat had bought the farm years later he had bought it back slowly by saving his
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debts by working that day the storm was so big that a piece of earth collapsed
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at the edge of the threshing floor vdot came across an iron lid that
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had not been touched for years curious he opened it and the secret of his life
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was revealed under the ground there were crates of wealth halil Aga's black money
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the riches he had smuggled everything vdat filled those crates into sacks until morning that day but he didn't say
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anything to anyone because he made another decision that day i will give
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this wealth back but not to the bank not to the state not to the peasants i will
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use it on behalf of every despised person in my life and now with those
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sacks on his back he came to a bank in Istanbul he was determined because he
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still had some unfinished revenge some things he still hadn't said the bank
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manager paused as he took Vdat's information mr vat did you get this
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wealth through an inheritance vdat stared into the distance no he said this
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fortune is the price of the past but it is not over yet the manager asked
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curiously "What is not finished?" Vat looked up his eyes shining "this is just
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the beginning the bigger part is buried and before we can dig that part out some
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people have some things to face." In the morning of Istanbul while people were lost in the crowds an old man was
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walking silently with a sack on his shoulder for Vdat this city was the home
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of those who ran away from the past those who could not face it and those who sought it new
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beginnings but it had another meaning for him reckoning when he got off the
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bus he almost forgot the weight of the sack on his back those around him looked
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at his dirty torn clothes and old rubber shoes some pitying him some scorning him
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but Vidat paid no attention to anyone's gaze they could only see the crust on the surface but what Vidat carried on
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his back was the silent cry of a life a village even a generation the bank he
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was going to was located in the heart of the city on one of the major streets it was a branch of one of the oldest
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private banks in Turkey it was not chosen at random vdat remembered this bank from
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the days years ago when he had gone there to beg for his father's debts to Halilaga but had come back empty-handed
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even in those days this bank was known as respectable but its doors were only
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open to the well-dressed when Vad walked in it was as he
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expected the security guard looked him up and down then took his arm and led him outside sir you need to wait outside
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we cannot help you he said vedot did not back down i want to speak to the manager
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he said in a clear voice the guard touched his shoulder please don't cause
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trouble the department is very busy vad waved his hand sharply i'm not going
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anywhere until I meet the manager people started to turn and stare whispers
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condescending looks but after a few minutes the bank manager heard voices and looked out the door and locked eyes
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with Vidat "what's going on here?" said the manager vidat looked him in the eye
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"i want to talk to you in private," the manager paused for a few seconds then he
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turned to the security guard "let him in," he said the director was sitting in his chair in his office studying Vdat
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"how can I help you?" he said in a gentle but skeptical voice vdat did not
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answer silently he put the sack down untied its mouth and slowly emptied its
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contents onto the table the clinking of gold and the rustling of dollars filled the room the manager first squinted then
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sat up he was dumbfounded for a few seconds he could not speak
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"this this fortune," he said catching his breath it's mine Vdat said shortly
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we have to find out its source you will but first I want an answer to this
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question as the branch manager of this bank do you judge people based on appearance the director was startled the
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words hit him like a slap in the face no we act according to procedures vad
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interrupted him i want to be the customer with the most gold and foreign currency in this bank starting today but
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there is a reason for that and above all I want one thing from you
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silence the manager still didn't understand what he was up against so you
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want an investment adviser an asset management expert vet shook his head from side to side i don't want anyone's
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help i just have a plan that I need to execute from here and no media no bureaucrat no institution will interfere
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with me in implementing this plan agreed the director rubbed his forehead with his hand this may not be
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legal there are documents of this wealth Vidat said i will show you all of them
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but first you will provide me with a room a desk a safe and a computer this is a bank sir not your office the
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manager snapped vdat smiled but it will be now in the days that followed Vdat's
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name spread quickly through the bank employees tried to talk to him some apologizing some looking away in shame
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but Vdat spoke to no one he came to the bank early every morning and sat for
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hours in the small office reserved for him he studied tables on the computer
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made lists took notes and on some days he watched out the window in silence for
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hours but everyone was curious about one thing what is this man doing because
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Vadet hadn't spent a single penny after depositing the money in the bank he had
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neither bought a house nor a car he was an orphan and no one even knew where he was staying at the end of the third week
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he sent a private message to the bank manager i'm taking the first step now but first I need to confront someone
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when the manager read the message he shuddered this old man was like an army
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in his silence no shouting no threats just his presence intimidating
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everyone that night after the bank closed Vdat put the last of the files
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left in his room into his bag he didn't have a sack on his back this time but
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his gate was more determined he turned his face towards the darkness as he walked through the
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side streets of Istanbul he pulled an old piece of paper out of his pocket there was an address on it and an old
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name underneath nurman Hallelolu Kadakoy ved's eyes glowed in the
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darkness that night he would face his past for the first time vdat was taking
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silent steps through the back streets of Kadakcoy the address he held in his hand was almost erased just like his memories
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but some traces no matter how much they seemed to be erased were engraved in the heart indelible he stopped at the corner
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of the street the address was clear the house he had abandoned years ago the
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exterior had been painted and mosquito nets had been installed on the windows but Vdat's eyes seemed to read the
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building's past in this house the sounds of fighting echoed hopes were dashed tears
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mingled with the night he rang the bell footsteps came from inside the door
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opened a woman appeared in front of him aged but still standing tall her eyes
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fell on Vat she did not recognize him "yes," she
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said her voice fragile but distant "vidat took a step." "Nurm mean," he
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said slowly the woman's face suddenly turned pale her hands gripped the
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doorframe tightly his eyes widened you it's me said Vdat vdat nurmine took
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a few steps back he couldn't speak for a while then her eyes filled up i thought
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you were dead she said in a low voice i'm not dead i just
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disappeared the door opened wide vdat walked in the house had changed but
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there were still a few photographs of their youth hanging on the wall the only one between them was of a smiling man
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and a shy woman Vdat and Nurman where have you been all these
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years narman asked far away but for some
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reason I came back nurmine pulled up a chair your reasons were always painful
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Vidat is this one too vidat averted his eyes i want to ask you something that
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day why did you leave me why didn't you answer any of my letters any of my
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calls nurmine took a deep breath you think that I left you but the truth is
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very different vad was surprised what do you mean nurmine closed her eyes it was
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Halil Aa who separated us that man made not only your life hell but mine too he
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came to me when he couldn't pay his debt he threatened to put you in jail he had only one
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condition what condition vdat asked his voice trembling nurman could not hold
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back her tears i was going to leave you he asked me to go to him i agreed but
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only to save you because I loved you Vdat i still do vdat froze where he was
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the anger that had been gnawing at him for years was replaced by an indescribable pain i loved you too but
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why didn't you ever tell me that i did i wrote many letters but they were all
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blocked halil Aa told me you were already dead but you were alive vedot clenched
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his fists he tore us apart with money threats lies yes Nurman said and now
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you're back why Vat what are you doing in Istanbul vdat stood up i came to settle
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accounts not with a man but with a system with everyone who was part of
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that system but mostly with myself nurman looked into his eyes you are
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still very lonely but you don't have to be anymore at that moment a voice was heard
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from inside a child's voice mommy where's my toy vadet was startled that
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voice nurm stood up and turned to Vadat with tears in her eyes your son he said
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slowly your son vdat's knees went weak he leaned against the wall my son yes
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his name is Halil ironic isn't it he grew up never knowing his father but he
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always told me "I have a father he will come one day vdad could not hold back
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his tears i'm here nurman smiled yes but
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you are late he doesn't know you but you still have a chance just then the boy
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poked his head through the door his eyes were the same as his father's he looked at Vdat who is this Mom nurmine bent
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down this is your father the boy thought for a few seconds then he said "Really?"
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In surprise Vedat knelt down "my name is Vat and I have come a long way to see
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you." The boy came closer bowed his head "i've always dreamed of you too." Vat
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opened his arms the boy hugged him hesitantly they cried in silence years
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of longing melted in that moment but that night a shadow was watching them from afar a black car stopped at the
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corner of the street the man inside was talking into the phone in his hand yes
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Vat Gundowan is in Istanbul and he confronted his past but we are still one
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step ahead the phone went dead the next morning Vat was back in
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his room at the bank but this time there was another file on his desk only three letters were written on it tms when the
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manager entered the room he saw the file what is this vdot raised his eyes the
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real plan starts now this is not just a personal matter this is the first step
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in a war that will last for years the director did not know what to say but he realized something vdat was
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not just an ordinary peasant he was at the silent center of a storm and now the
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fate of Istanbul and Turkey was in his hands when Vdat passed into the VIP room
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of the bank in the morning his eyes were determined now the last stones of the game were about to be placed he pushed
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the black file on his desk towards the manager the manager took the file and opened it his eyes quickly deciphered
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between the lines his brows furrowed as he read this what is this Mr vdat what
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is the abbreviation of TMS vdat smiled slightly
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tms social financial shakeup the manager was surprised by what happened is this a
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revolutionary plan no Vdat said this is a reminder a small warning to those who
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forget the power of the people the source of money and who governs whom inside the file there were detailed
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documents diagrams and links vat had not only accumulated gold or dollars over
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the years at the same time he had accumulated information documents
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confessions and witnesses each of them was a proof of the rottness of the system the manager wiped his forehead
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with his hand but why are you explaining this now with these documents
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governments fall banks collapse that's exactly why Vidat said i am no longer
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saving my life but the life of justice the manager asked fearfully am I part of
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this plan vidat stared not yet but if you stand by me maybe you can become a
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hero who goes down in banking history if you cross me you will fall like the
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others the manager gulped where did you get these documents life has taught me
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vot said squinting slightly anyone who goes after money leaves a trail so I
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just followed those tracks names dates payments offshore accounts each of them
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has been in front of me for years but it's time to open the curtain the director closed the file again are you
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planning to publish this it would be insufficient to publish vot said this
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plan will be presented to the public people will see how their money is being exploited but most importantly there
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will be a voice to speak instead of them who the manager asked vat replied i
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am at that moment the Isaai mobile phone on the table trembled a name appeared on
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the screen baron Vat picked up the phone tell me Baron we are ready the system is
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open for access we are slowly loading the documents it looks like the Ministry of Labor will give the first reaction be
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careful Vdat said now we are at the most vulnerable and most dangerous point
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after the phone went off the manager couldn't stand it who is Baron he was a
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young man who was expelled from the village like me many years ago despised
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in the city now he's one of the best ethical hackers in the country we have formed a team together with him dozens
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of people they are all avenging their own life story the manager couldn't take it
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anymore mr vdat this is very dangerous there will be those who want to silence
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you vdat smiled they will try to silence but they were late because I'm not a man
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to be silenced anymore just at that moment the door knocked a bank employee stuck his head
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in sir there is someone outside who wants to see you she said she was a
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woman he's very persistent vdat frowned who is it he did not give his name but
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Vdat Bay knows me he said he and the manager looked at each other vdat stood
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up let him come the door opened a tall smartly dressed woman entered his eyes
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were sharp his gaze was familiar vot remained frozen in place
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zahara the woman nodded slightly hello Vdat the manager at this time politely
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asked permission to leave the room vidat approved with his head zahra approached
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the room so you still know me how could I not said Vad was it possible for me to
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forget you you were Halil Aa's daughter and you you were the one who reported me
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zara bent her head forward i have a story too i was a puppet too but now I
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am also an enemy of the system and I've come to help you vad took a step forward
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really do you want me to trust you zara looked into his eyes no I don't want you
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to trust me but if we work together we can shake up this order because I'm in the system too after your father died I
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took over the fortune and I found out everything the farewell has stopped what
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have you learned zara pulled a small USB out of her pocket what you have is just
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the beginning the real big fire is here vot softly took the USB what's in that
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zara spoke without missing her eyes the real reason for the sentence given to you the signatures that put you in
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prison even the source of the threats to Nurman and the real danger of your son
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Hal vat was startled "what are you saying to my son?" Zara whispered slowly
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"they are after your son now." Vat stayed where he was while Vadot was
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plugging the USB brought by Zara into his computer the rhythm of his heart had accelerated the truth that he had been
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approaching step by step all his life was now just a click away folders were
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opened one by one on the screen decision book secret signatures Halil's file
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Nurman's tracking network each file clearly showed how the injustice inflicted on Vdat years ago
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was organized from the prosecutor to the judge from banks to large capital groups
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everyone's name was on these documents in the lowest folder there was another document bearing only one name halil Vat
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opened the file he gulped as his eyes scanned the lines rapidly his throat was
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knotted at the end of the lines no he whispered zera quietly approached
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him what does it say vad stared at the screen with blank
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eyes my son Halil actually he's not my son zara
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bowed her head in front of him i I didn't mean to tell you this unprepared
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but it's the truth vdat's voice became bifurcated who is this child from
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nurmine has always called me your son nurmine zara took a deep breath halil
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the son of Halil aa after you went to prison nurmine was left alone halil aa
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tied him up with money and threats and then Vdat clenched his fists all these years I thought that boy was my own
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blood i risked everything for him that was the first thing I thought about
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after I got out of prison zara touched him on the shoulder but
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Halil has recognized you as a father he doesn't know the facts vdat whispered
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with tears in her eyes and now they've made him a target too at that moment a
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red alert appeared on the computer screen data broadcast has been started i
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received a message from Baron tms is active the documents have been made public tv channels and social media are
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shaking up hallel's photos were also shared they're after you vad jumped up
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from his chair i have to find him zara immediately followed him where are
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you going to Anara halil is there he had left a week
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ago for his university exam it's only a matter of time before they reach them it
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was sunset in Anara when Vat and Zara arrived in the city by car the streets
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were mixed news channels social media and forums were talking about TMS files
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everyone's name was mentioned in the documents from bank managers to government officials the country was
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shaking but Vat's eyes were not seeing anything he was thinking about only one thing halil he was startled by a
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notification that came to his phone halil was seen in a cafe on the Kanye road vdat broke the steering wheel hard
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when they arrived at the cafe only a few customers were left inside vdat looked
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for Halil with his eyes at the back of the cafe by the window a teenager
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glasses books and a phone in his hand halil he called out Vdat the youth
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looked up his eyes grew big with astonishment father Vdat ran to him we must get out
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of here at once you're in danger what's going on everyone looks at me strangely
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he writes strange things about me on the internet khalil said zara came to them
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we don't have time to explain please trust us at that moment the door of the
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cafe opened two men in black suits walked in his eyes met Vat's directly
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vot immediately grabbed Halil's arm run the three of them ran out the back
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door together they dived into the back streets vot cleverly used narrow and
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complex streets such as the roads he used when grazing goats in the village
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they left the pursuers behind but soon a black vehicle cut in front of them vdot
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took Halil behind him don't touch him the person who got out of the vehicle he
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was a bank manager mr vot calm down i'm on your side now i've come to protect
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you vdat was puzzled what does that mean i have seen the documents every line of
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it now I am also against this order but there is more information for Hal those
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who want to destroy him are still inside we have to take action it's been a full week Deck the
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task documents had led to a major crisis in the country there had been resignations in the government
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dismissals of bank executives the media referred to Vdat as the sackman the
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public admired his quiet rebellion but Vdat was hiding out of sight in a
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mountain house with Halil and Zara vdat returned to Halil that day my son yes
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father vdat paused for a while i'm not your biological father halleled his eyes
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to the ground i know vadet was surprised
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how do you know i also studied the USB but it doesn't matter you're my father
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you were the one who raised me took care of me showed me the way it's not the blood it's the heart that makes the
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father ved could not control her tears then I'll leave you one last thing he
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pulled a small black box out of his jacket pocket he handed it to Halil what
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is this khalil asked the key to the new order i will transfer TMS on your behalf
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my war is over but yours is just getting started hal opened the box there was a
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note inside where you cannot find justice be justice months later in a conference
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room a young man took the podium the crowd became silent the cameras were
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recording i'm Halil i am the son of Vidat known as the sack man i am
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speaking here today as a representative not only of the past but of the future
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tms is not an end but a beginning no longer will those who are silenced rule
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but those who speak out the crowd stood up the applause made
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the hall groan the cameras were turned to another person at that moment an old
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man in the crowd with tears in his eyes slightly bowed his head and softly
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turned around and left the hall fedat looked at her son for the last time and
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