He had written a note on the plastic case: "Every word Ferdi sings here is what I’m too afraid to say."
He remembered the day he first heard it. He was nineteen, working at his father’s tea house. A girl named Leyla, with eyes the color of steeped tea, had walked by every afternoon. One day, he finally worked up the courage to hand her a cassette tape—a mixtape he’d spent all night recording from the radio. The centerpiece was Bende Özledim . Ferdi Tayfur Bende Г–zledim Mp3
The song reached its crescendo: "Bende özledim bende..." (I missed you too, I did...) He had written a note on the plastic