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gleefully.
    â€œCuriosity killed the cat!” muttered Fofo, taking courage from Murat’s laughter.
    â€œIn that case, let’s see what I can do for you,” said Murat. “But first we’ll have coffee.”
    Murat went out and soon returned with a tray of coffee. It was terrible. It tasted like tar, and I abandoned it after a couple of sips. Fofo and I watched as Murat took his coffee over to his desk, where he pulled up a chair and sat down.
    â€œI’m looking up some files on people we consider newsworthy,” said Murat. “We search magazines that aren’t online, and anything that might be useful goes into this archive. Like Sani Hanım’s marriage to Cem Ankaralıgil, for instance. Ah yes, I see she had an office on the fourth floor at the Tünel BusinessCentre, so it’s not surprising that you saw her around there. I’ll give you the short biography used for news items about her. She was born in 1974 in a village called Kayacık, outside Lüleburgaz. Her maiden name was Kaya, and she was born into a farming family. She went to the village primary school, where she was a brilliant student, and was sent to middle school in Istanbul, where she stayed with an uncle. After attending a high school that specialized in science, she went on to graduate in industrial engineering from Istanbul Technical University and was awarded a scholarship to the USA, where she did a PhD in economics. Apparently, she met Cem Ankaralıgil while over there, and they returned to Turkey together in 2003. Cem took over his father’s business, and a few months later, despite family opposition, he married Sani. His mother Tamaşa was particularly opposed to the marriage, and even issued a statement, which caught our eye because this family rarely speaks to the press.”
    Murat took his eyes off the screen to look at us.
    â€œThere are two types in society life,” he continued. “One type talks incessantly, while the other never gives interviews, rarely accepts invitations and wants no one to know what they’re doing. Tamaşa belongs to the second type. She normally hides from the media, yet on that occasion she was actually prepared to make a statement concerning her son’s marriage.”
    â€œWhat did she say?” asked Fofo.
    â€œWhat did she say?” repeated Murat. “It was one sentence: ‘Saniye Hanım is undoubtedly an admirable person, but I do not consider her right for our family.’ That was it.”
    â€œSaniye Hanım?”
    â€œYes, Saniye Hanım. Sani is an abbreviation.”
    â€œLike Kati,” grinned Fofo.
    â€œKatharina is a long name, and difficult to pronounce,” I said. “But Saniye isn’t.”
    â€œSaniye wasn’t considered appropriate for society. It sounds too rural. Sani is more modern,” said Murat.
    â€œHardly modern, but it sounds more trendy,” said Fofo. “But never mind the name, what did Tamaşa Hanım mean when she said that Saniye wasn’t right for their family? Who do these wealthy people think they are?”
    â€œWell, of course, it wasn’t just a question of wealth. Tamaşa Hanım is a sixth-generation descendant of the exiled Vezir-i Azam Abdullah Pasha. The family has a long pedigree. Her father’s the great scientist Professor Lütfullah Mısırlı, who established the first gynaecology faculty in Turkey and later became Health Minister. When her parents divorced, Tamaşa Hanım was sent to a Roman Catholic boarding school in Switzerland. She knows French, English, German and Italian. She’s also a collector of antiques. Definitely not a member of the nouveaux riches, if that’s what you were thinking.”
    â€œI think you have a degree of sympathy for this Tamaşa Hanım,” I commented.
    â€œSympathy? No, but I think she’s unusual. She’s not the sort to be seen out with her arms full