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MECİD
( wrestler )

Mecid Efendi who didn't learn anything more than carrying woods in the boiler room In Ağacamii Hamam, some day rushed into the soil land of Beyoğku streets, screaming and he dissapeared. He didn't tell this story but we heard it. We met him in the coffeehouse of butchery workers. This husky man who gazed in the emptiness told us about the fire, shape of fire, its movements, colors that anybody sees and the nature. At night, when we were leaving, the owner of the coffeehouse told us that he didn't speak to anyone for a long time except us. After the stories of Mecid Efendi, we thought we learnt more in this world and we were pleased. We knew that he was the man of this world.