The novel by one of the classics of Turkish literature, Halit Ziya Usakligil, survived two film adaptations in his homeland and won the hearts of hundreds of thousands of television viewers. The work is over a hundred years old, but during this time the theme of family relationships raised in the novel has not lost its relevance. For the first time in Russian. Translation from Turkish. Of interest to everyone interested in the culture of Turkey, philology students and lovers of classical literature.