A Classic Turkish Love Story

This is a classic love story about Ferhat and Sirin whose love for each other was so great and touching.  This story is well known throughout Turkey and it's passed down from one generation to the next.  I've had several people tell me about this story that I had to write it down.  I hope that you will realize how deep love can be and love much!  Enjoy Ferhat and Sirin's story.

Ferhat and Sirin

There was a ‘sultan’, queen of her land. She didn’t have a child but she had a close relative named Sirin and she would do anything for Sirin.Sultan decided to make for her a big house. For this house a worker and his son, Ferhat were working for the ornamentation of the walls. One day Sirin and the sultan went to see this work, Sirin saw Ferhat. The moment that they saw each other they fell in love. Then one day Sirin went some place and drank water that tasted marvelous. She wanted to have it in her house but for this someone had to make a hole in the mountain to bring the water. Sultan said: "Whoever can do this, will get from me whatever he wants." Ferhat knew what he wanted and talked with sultan. After so many days he was making a hole in the mountain with the big love of Sirin. Somehow sultan learns the love of Ferhat and Sirin and decides to stop this. She made a plan; she sent him ‘helva’ that was made for Sirin because she died. Ferhat believed this and throw his hand to the mountain. Rocks fell on him and he died, with hearing this Sirin died instantly.

By Dila Gokalp