He discovers Selim was writing an "Encyclopedia of the Disconnected" (the Tutunamayanlar ), documenting people who fail to fit into society’s rigid structures.
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Because of its wordplay and specific cultural critiques, it remained untranslated into English for decades. An English version by Sevin Seydi was published in 2017 in a very limited run. He discovers Selim was writing an "Encyclopedia of