![]() ![]() Kara is included in the plan to prepare the book of European-style paintings, yet it quickly becomes obvious that he only accepts to endure being part of such a project that he feels so uncomfortable with due to his love for Şeküre. Şeküre, who had married a soldier with whom she has two children, Şevket and Orhan, while Kara was travelling in the East, has been awaiting the arrival of her husband for 4 years since he went missing while in a campaign on the eastern borders. black/dark) returns home to Istanbul, at the behest of his uncle, at the end of a 12-year exile caused by his untimely confession of love for his cousin and Enişte Efendi's daughter Şeküre. While Zarif is still thought missing, Enişte Efendi's nephew Kara (lit. ![]() Elegant) is brutally murdered and thrown down a well by an assailant made unknown to the reader throughout the work. Halfway through the process, however, one of the miniaturists, Zarif (lit. sir Uncle) to gather and contact the artists necessary to complete the work and to ensure that it is completed with a certain degree of secrecy. The Sultan entrusts the wealthy Eni şte Efendi (lit. ![]() My Name is Red, set in late 16th-century Istanbul, revolves around the controversy surrounding the recent request made by the Ottoman Sultan for the preparation of a book that includes paintings prepared in a European fashion, with emphasis being put on the realism and detail of the specimens depicted to impress the current Doge of Venice, yet pulling away from the traditional methods of the miniaturists ( Nakkaş) who are asked to prepare it. ![]()
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