MERCY

İbrahim Tarla was born in 1995 in Yüksekova Hakkari After completing his primary and secondary education locally he attended Hakkari Science High School for a year before graduating from Anatolian High School in Yüksekova In 2013 he began studying Computer Engineering at Istanbul Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University earning his degree there His literary journey started in his early university years with poetry and essays Influenced by Marquis de Sade and Yaşar Kemal he soon began writing short stories He currently works as a Software Developer at a global company The pleasure he felt as he strayed into evil would not quench the heart soon to writhe in pain At some point in life and for some throughout their entire existence we search for a savior A chance a loyal friend a beautiful woman We are always waiting for a turning point unaware of where it will lead us or what awaits us there As children we seek it in a mother s milk in youth in love in old age in the care of another Every cry for help carries within it a seed of helplessness Feyruze who feels the despair of her land down to her very bones Kader crushed beneath her own innocence and the inevitability of her fate Seyran torn apart by longing and surrendering to the helplessness of her desires and Salih who cannot find himself even in the mirror This is the story of what they hope to find in Mercy