Bliss
Posted in Books, O. Z. Livaneli on Jun 30th, 2009 Comments Off on Bliss
Synopsis:* Fifteen-year-old Meryem lives in a rural village in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey. Her simple, conventional way of life changes dramatically after her uncle, a sheikh in a dervish order, rapes her—and condemns her to death for shaming the family. Asked to carry out the “honor killing” is his son Cemal, a commando in the Turkish […]
