A building given to his sweetheart by a Russian aristocratic immigrant.
In the building are the contradictions and tensions of Istanbul society—immigrants, minorities, the marginalized, and the insane: a university professor; twins who run a barbershop; a pious man with his daughter-in-law and grandchildren; a clean-obsessed woman and her teddy daughter; And the "blue mistress"...
But the novel “The Dessert Palace” is, above all, a novel about social injustice, the fear of losing identity, the dominance of fate over the fate of characters, and the game of love that perplexed souls have condemned to death.
