It is the period just before the First World War.
A bit part in an assassination eventually turns him into one o.
However, the uprisings that begin in July 1908 in the Balkans are set to change his destiny, just as they will change the destiny of the entire country. Şehsuvar Sami is a young man from the city of Salonika whose dream is to move to Paris with his lover Ester and become a writer.
The multilingual, multifaith and multicultural Ottoman Empire is facing ruin and annihilation.
It is the period just before the First World War