In writing · A historical novel

Before God and the Register

Constantinople, 1908

Constantinople, 1908. İlyas is the owner of a coffeehouse called the Two Shores, standing on a street still scarred by fire. Inside, Muslims, Christians, Armenians, officials, labourers, and survivors gather beneath one roof. When conflicting claims emerge over what the fire destroyed—and what the dead left behind—İlyas is forced to confront questions that no official record can easily settle. Before God and the Register is a historical novel about grief, justice, faith, and the fragile possibility of living together in a divided city.

Muslims, Christians, Armenians, officials, labourers, and survivors gather beneath one roof.