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It opens up a dazzling world with detective novels, and is a masterpiece that combines popular novels and serious literature. At the beginning of the 20th century, his grandfather Selaheddin Darwinoglu was driven out of Istanbul by his political opponents, and he and his wife Fatima settled in the Paradise Fortress on the outskirts of the city. Serah al-Din spent his whole life creating an encyclopedia that "can awaken the East", but he could not complete this work until his death. Many years later, his illegitimate son, the dwarf Regipp, lived with Fatima in the ancient and quiet old house as a servant. Like every summer, grandsons Faruk and Metin and granddaughter Nirgin came from Istanbul to visit Fatima. Some of them cannot get rid of their memories and loneliness, some are addicted to the sorrow of history, and some are eager to change their destiny but can't find the direction... The silent house is full of noise and commotion inside and outside, and the empty echoes of history are floating in the gap between three generations.

Lawyer Galip's beloved wife Rumeng left without saying goodbye, and Rumeng's half-brother and famous columnist Yela also disappeared mysteriously. Galip begins roaming the streets of Istanbul in search of Rumeng and Yela. He visited the places where Jela had been, thought in Jela's way, and finally sneaked into Jela's apartment and even pretended to be him to write a column. Galip gradually discovered that all the people on the street would imitate others as long as they lived, and Istanbul also longed for another identity. Just when Galip "became Jela", he received a mysterious phone call... "The Black Book" is a maze-like complex, intricate and dazzling novel. The odd-numbered chapters describe Galip's search process, and the even-numbered chapters are Jela's columns. They connect Galip's process of searching for himself with the vast geographical and historical space.

The almost sadomasochistic relationship between the two protagonists of "White Castle", an autobiographical work by Nobel Prize winner Pamuk, is based on the competitive relationship between the author and his brother. In the Ottoman Empire in the 17th century, a learned Venetian young man was captured to Istanbul and became a slave of the Turk Hoja. The two were extremely similar in appearance. Hoja ordered the Venetians to teach him all scientific and cultural knowledge and exchange all the details of his life experiences with him. They join forces to deal with a plague sweeping Turkey, Hoja is promoted to astrologer in the palace, and the Venetian becomes the Sultan's confidant. In order to attack a white castle in the west, the two worked together to invent a war weapon. However, the war failed, and one of them disappeared in the thick fog. The other person who stayed behind wrote all their stories.