Sacrifice to Unknown Forces

Sacrifice to Unknown Forces Book Description The "crocodile needle murder" committed in a locked room with no one in a house full of eyewitnesses... Will İhsan Avni, who was assigned by the order of the Sultan, be able to solve this mysterious murder, which is thought to have been committed by unknown forces and which the police force could not solve? Selim Nüzhet Gerçek's novel Sacrifice to Unknown Forces, which was published in 24 serials in the İleri newspaper between 13 November and 7 December 1922, on the one hand, winks at the fantastic with elements such as Egyptian civilization and unknown forces, and on the other hand, bears the characteristics of the detective genre by conveying the solution process of a mysterious murder. This novel, published by Selim Nüzhet Gerçek under the pseudonym Ahmet Kâmil, is published as a book for the first time. "Sacrifice to Unknown Forces is a novel by Selim Nüzhet Gerçek, who is known as the first historian of Turkish press, the first compilation director, and who has pioneering works in the fields of press and theater history, whose name is not mentioned in literary histories, nor is it included in the articles written about him, and therefore remains unknown. (. ..) It is surprising that Sacrifice to Unknown Forces has remained unnoticed until today. However, Selim Nüzhet Gerçek's work is a novel that will attract the attention and appreciation of literary researchers and today's readers, both in terms of its fiction, characters and being a good example of the popular genre of detective fiction. "We believe that the publication of this hitherto undiscovered novel by a versatile intellectual like Nüzhet Gerçek as a book will enrich Turkish literature." (From the Promotional Bulletin)