Ahmet Ümit Books
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by (shelved 22 times as ahmet-ümit)
avg rating 4.17 — 7,166 ratings — published 2010

by (shelved 19 times as ahmet-ümit)
avg rating 3.82 — 3,424 ratings — published 2012

by (shelved 19 times as ahmet-ümit)
avg rating 3.81 — 5,467 ratings — published 2013

by (shelved 18 times as ahmet-ümit)
avg rating 4.11 — 2,987 ratings — published 2006

by (shelved 16 times as ahmet-ümit)
avg rating 3.83 — 5,223 ratings — published 2003

by (shelved 16 times as ahmet-ümit)
avg rating 3.58 — 2,350 ratings — published 2002

by (shelved 15 times as ahmet-ümit)
avg rating 3.79 — 5,423 ratings — published 2008

by (shelved 15 times as ahmet-ümit)
avg rating 3.93 — 4,330 ratings — published 2000

by (shelved 14 times as ahmet-ümit)
avg rating 3.75 — 3,411 ratings — published 1996

by (shelved 14 times as ahmet-ümit)
avg rating 3.56 — 1,388 ratings — published 1998

by (shelved 13 times as ahmet-ümit)
avg rating 3.41 — 2,161 ratings — published 1999

by (shelved 12 times as ahmet-ümit)
avg rating 4.07 — 2,095 ratings — published 2015

by (shelved 12 times as ahmet-ümit)
avg rating 3.43 — 660 ratings — published 1992

by (shelved 11 times as ahmet-ümit)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,492 ratings — published 2002

by (shelved 11 times as ahmet-ümit)
avg rating 4.19 — 3,268 ratings — published 2018

by (shelved 10 times as ahmet-ümit)
avg rating 3.45 — 1,963 ratings — published 2004

by (shelved 9 times as ahmet-ümit)
avg rating 3.46 — 1,052 ratings — published 1994

by (shelved 8 times as ahmet-ümit)
avg rating 3.74 — 924 ratings — published 2006

by (shelved 8 times as ahmet-ümit)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,047 ratings — published 2021

by (shelved 8 times as ahmet-ümit)
avg rating 3.64 — 2,753 ratings — published 2019

by (shelved 6 times as ahmet-ümit)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,613 ratings — published 2024

by (shelved 6 times as ahmet-ümit)
avg rating 3.36 — 158 ratings — published 1989

by (shelved 6 times as ahmet-ümit)
avg rating 3.60 — 294 ratings — published 2007

by (shelved 5 times as ahmet-ümit)
avg rating 3.14 — 1,111 ratings — published 2022

by (shelved 3 times as ahmet-ümit)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,332 ratings — published 1995

by (shelved 3 times as ahmet-ümit)
avg rating 3.89 — 393 ratings — published 2008

by (shelved 2 times as ahmet-ümit)
avg rating 3.72 — 164 ratings — published 2007

by (shelved 1 time as ahmet-ümit)
avg rating 2.67 — 3 ratings — published

by (shelved 1 time as ahmet-ümit)
avg rating 3.49 — 116 ratings — published 2011

by (shelved 1 time as ahmet-ümit)
avg rating 3.73 — 175 ratings — published 2005

by (shelved 1 time as ahmet-ümit)
avg rating 3.96 — 56 ratings — published

by (shelved 1 time as ahmet-ümit)
avg rating 3.69 — 151,135 ratings — published 1774

by (shelved 1 time as ahmet-ümit)
avg rating 3.55 — 6,604 ratings — published 2006

“Yağmur yağıyordu; seyrelmeden, yavaşlamadan, hiç ara vermeden külrengi gökyüzünden dökülen sonsuz bir ırmak gibi İstanbul'a yağmur yağıyordu. Görkemini kaybetmiş saraylara, hükmünü yitirmiş tapınaklara, her gün biraz daha küçülen parklara, her gün biraz daha azalan ağaçlara, her gün biraz daha kirlenen denize, her gün biraz daha çoğalan şekilsiz binalara, her gün, her gece sıkış tepiş bu binalara sığınmış insanlara, bu kadar ihanete, bu kadar alçaklığa, bu kadar yağmaya rağmen güzelliğini hâlâ koruyan bu kadim kente yağmur yağıyordu.”
― Yırtıcı Kuşlar Zamanı
― Yırtıcı Kuşlar Zamanı

“Çaresizlikten öz çocuklarının organlarını satan Suriyeli ailelerden çok daha aşağılık mahluklardı bunlar. Mahluk diyorum ama gerçekte bizim gibi insandılar. Çıkar için her türlü kötülüğü yapmaya yatkın bir ruha sahiptiler, sonra da kendilerini bağışlarlardı. İnsanın en büyük kepazeliği işte bu bağışlama duygusuydu. Kötülüklerin sürekli tekrar etmesinin nedeni de bu olabilirdi. Kendimizi hoş görmemiz, eninde sonunda inandırıcı bir gerekçe bulmamız. Olmadı, ben aciz bir kulum, her türlü kötülüğü yapabilir, suçu işleyebilirim, ama yaradanıma sığınır, kendimi bağışlatırım ucuzluğu.”
― Kırlangıç Çığlığı
― Kırlangıç Çığlığı