“Ayşe Erkoç learned long ago that the secret of doing anything illicit in Istanbul is to do it in full public gaze in the clear light of day. No one ever questions the legitimacy of the blatant.”

—  Ian McDonald, book The Dervish House

Source: The Dervish House (2010), Ch. 7, §7 (p. 251).

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