Orhan Pamuk - A Strangeness in My Mind

(Mr.) Fazıl: school principal. The flag-raising ceremony, 7.1; on the poor and the rich, 7.2

Fehmi: physics teacher

Ferhat: the son of a Kurdish Alevi family from Bingöl who settle in Istanbul. Mevlut’s best friend. His first meeting with Mevlut, 8.1; his letters to European girls, 8.2; 9.1— 9.2; 10.1 putting up posters, 12.1; 12.2; funeral riots, 13.1; the attacks on the Alevis, 13.2; 13.3; the war between Duttepe and Kültepe, 13.4; arrests, tortures, and the departure of the Alevis from Kültepe, 13.5; 17.1; his restaurant job, 17.2; 17.3; 17.4; the first love letters, 18.1; 24.1; Samiha, 27.1; 30.1; 30.2; 31.1; his days as a waiter, 31.2; working as a meter inspector, 35.1, 40.1; with Mevlut, 40.2, 40.3; 41.1; the privatization of the distribution of electricity, 41.2; 41.3; he meets Selvihan, 42.1; among the archives of electricity consumption 42.2, 46.1, 48.1; on public and private views, 43.1; the Brothers-in-Law Boza Shop, 43.2; working with Mevlut as meter inspectors, 46.2, 47.1; the Sunshine Club, 48.2; 48.3; 49.1; his death, 49.2

Fevziye: Mevlut’s younger daughter. Choosing her name, 28.1; her birth, 28.2; her friendship with her father, 43.1, 51.1; visiting Rayiha’s grave, 45.1, 51.2; 45.1; 50.1; eloping with Erhan, 51.3; their wedding, 51.4; Samiha, 53.1, 54.1

(The) Groom: son of a doctor, and Mevlut’s middle-school friend, 7.1, 44.1

Hadi from Gümüşhane

Hadji Hamit Vural: former grocer from Rize; contractor operating in and around Duttepe and Kültepe, entrepreneur, and construction magnate. His introduction to the grocery and construction businesses, 10.1; bringing unmarried workers over from the village, 10.2; Duttepe Mosque, 10.3; a dormitory for his workers, 14.1; on love, 14.2; at Mevlut’s wedding, 24.1; at Rayiha’s funeral, 45.1; giving Mevlut the share he wants, 56.1; the Tower, 57.1, 57.2

Hamdi from Gümüşdere

Hamdi the poultry dealer: Beyoğlu shopkeeper, 34.1, 37.1

Hasan: Süleyman’s elder son, 52.1, 57.1

(Uncle) Hasan: Mustafa Efendi’s older brother; Mevlut’s uncle; Korkut and Süleyman’s father. The house in Duttepe, 3.1; the grocery store, 5.1; 14.1; the plot of land in Kültepe, 15.1; on Mahinur, 47.1; paper bags, 56.1; the neighborhood councilman’s papers, 56.2

Haydar, 30.1, 31.1

Hidayet the Boxer

Hızır: ice-cream vendor

(The) Holy Guide: head of a secret lodge; master calligrapher. His first meeting with Mevlut, 36.1; Mevlidhan, 36.2; 37.1; on the fear of dogs, 47.1; on prayer and intentions, 50.1; 56.1; 56.2; 57.1

İbrahim: Fevziye and Erhan’s son; Mevlut’s grandson, 53.1

Kadri Karlıovalı (Kadri the Kurd): restaurant manager; 18.1

Kâzım: Süleyman’s younger son. His birth; 52.1; 57.1

Kemal from Zonguldak: car valet, 46.1

Korkut: Mevlut’s elder cousin; Süleyman’s older brother; Vediha’s husband; Bozkurt and Turan’s father. His old school blazer, 5.1; when he beats up a teacher, 5.2; 12.1; 12.2; putting up posters, 12.3; 13.1; 14.1; falls in love with Vediha, 14.2; with Crooked-Necked Abdurrahman, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5; peacemaker, 24.1; 27.1; 36.1; in Azerbaijan, 42.1; 45.1; with Mahinur, 47.1; 50.1; 56.1; 56.1; misplaced words, 57.1

Librarian Aysel (high school)

Mahinur Meryem: Süleyman’s singer lover and wife; her real name is Melahat. Her music career, 32.1; with Süleyman, 32.2; pregnant, 46.1; asking for a girl’s hand, 47.1; in her new home, 57.1

Massive Melahat: biology teacher, 7.1, 7.2, 13.1

Mohini: Mevlut’s middle-school and army friend; a barber. His long hair gets cut off, 8.1; UNICEF milk, 8.2; his work as a hairdresser during military service, 19.1; at Mevlut’s wedding, 24.1; 49.2

Mustafa Efendi: Mevlut’s father. Boza and yogurt seller, 3.1; his surname, 3.2; goes to Istanbul with Mevlut, 3.3; the history of the neighborhood, 4.1; takes Mevlut to a holy man in Kasımpaşa, 5.1; 5.2; in Istanbul with Hasan, 5.3; empty land and unlicensed homes, 5.4; the secrets of being a street vendor, 6.1; 6.2; his fear of the state, 6.3; the secrets of the city, 6.4; 8.1; 10.1; glass bowls, 13.1; 15.1; 17.1; hitting his son, 17.2; his death and funeral, 20.1

(Mrs.) Nalan (housewife), 31.1, 31.2

(Miss) Nazlı: middle-school English teacher, 7.1; 7.2; 7.2; on 12 March, 8.1

Nazmi from Nazilli. In the army

Nazmi the Laz: neighborhood chief

Necati: a neighbor in Tarlabaşı, 33.1, 51.1

Nedim (from the ferry pier)

Neriman. Stalking her, 11.1; 13.1; the moment, years later, when Mevlut thinks he’s just seen her again, 35.1

Ramses: high-school history teacher, 7.1, 8.1

Rasim: restaurant manager

Rayiha: Mevlut’s wife; Abdurrahman Efendi’s middle daughter; Fatma and Fevziye’s mother. Elopes with Mevlut, 1.1; goes to Istanbul with Mevlut, 1.2; 42.1; 8.1; 14.1; love letters, 18.1, 19.1, 19.2; 20.1, 21.1; on the streets of Istanbul, 22.1; 22.2; 22.3; 22.4; her wedding with Mevlut, 22.5; the first time they have sex, 23.1; 23.2; 23.3; 24.1; the henna night, 24.2; preparing rice and boza for Mevlut to sell, 25.1, 25.2; 25.3; the birth of Fatma, 26.1; motherhood, and making a home, 26.2, 26.3; 28.1; the birth of Fevziye, 28.2; 29.1; 33.1; letters, 34.1, 34.2, 34.3, 34.4; 34.5; 34.6; 34.7; 34.8; 36.1; 37.1; 37.2; visiting Mevlut at the Binbom Café, 37.3; 38.2; 38.1; 40.1; jealousy, 40.2, 41.1, 42.1, 42.2, 43.1, 43.2; 42.3; her death, 44.1

Reyhan: Rayiha’s neighbor and friend, 33.1, 36.1, 37.1, 43.1, 51.1

(Mr.) Sadullah: former shoemaker and driver. His days as a driver, and his taxis, 51.1; in Kadırga, 51.2; exploring Istanbul with Mevlut, 53.1

Safiye Aktaş: Mevlut’s uncle’s wife, and his aunt; Hasan Aktaş’s wife, 5.1, 10.1, 12.1, 14.1, 42.1, 45.1, 45.2, 57.1

Şakir: nightclub photographer

Sami from Sürmene: Beyoğlu gangster, 42.1; his influence in Istanbul and his family in the village, 46.1, 49.1

Samiha: Abdurrahman Efendi’s youngest and most beautiful daughter, 3.1; 8.1; 14.1; at Vediha’s wedding, 16.1; 24.1; her first meeting with Mevlut, 24.2; in Süleyman’s van, 26.1; 26.2; eloping with Ferhat, 27.1, 27.2; with Ferhat, 30.1; in the Ghaazi Quarter, 30.2; her wedding, 31.1; working as a maid, 31.2— 9.1; 34.1; 34.2; in the boza shop, 40.1; with Mevlut’s daughters, 45.1, 45.2, 48.1, 49.1, 50.1, 50.2; leaving Ferhat, 48.2; at Fevziye’s wedding, 51.1; 54.3; at the Villa Pudding Shop, 54.1; 55.1; getting married, 55.2; becoming a homeowner, 56.1; 56.1; 57.1; the letters game, 57.1