Sabiha Ziya, a 21-year-old young woman sent to Rome for the construction of the Republic Monument, the symbol of Taksim Square, finds her place on the Lion Road through Sunay Akın’s compelling narration, alongside the portrait of Hasan Ali Yücel, who inscribed his name in golden letters in an era with his contributions to the development of culture and arts, “as a child,” the moments when cartoonist Altan Erbulak met Mustafa Kemal when he was still a child, the path Nuri Ulusu, Atatürk’s librarian, drew for himself in his childhood, Turkey’s first female theater actress Afife Jale, Çalıkuşu, which gave people hope during the war, and much more.

You will read about independence, brotherhood, and peace advocated against occupation, injustice, and unfairness; the brave and beautiful hearts of our enlightenment history from the pen of master storyteller Sunay Akın.