The author of the book, which explains that a different kind of football will emerge when viewed from the left, is Remzi Kazmaz, a former executive of the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) and an environmental lawyer.

Football is not just a game that begins and ends on the green field. Matches usually end after 90 minutes. Then stories, comments, and events begin that prove that football is not just football, lasting for days. If you look at it this way, you too will see that there is a game within the game.

Uğur Dündar (Investigative Journalist)

Brazil's legendary captain Socrates loved his team so much that he said, "I want to die on a Sunday when Corinthians are champions." And indeed, Socrates died on a Sunday when Corinthians were champions!

Yılmaz Vural (Football Director)

Che Guevara was a legendary revolutionary who showed the world every form of resistance against injustice, starting with the Cuban Revolution. According to Che, who was also a good goalkeeper, soccer was not just a simple game, but also a weapon of revolution!

Yıldırım Kaya (Deputy Chairperson of the Republican People's Party)

To some, it's war; to others, peace. To some, it's entertainment; to others, exploitation. A tool to control millions or capitalism's profitable plaything. Sometimes it united people, becoming a celebration for nations. Sometimes it sparked wars, leading to massacres. It has been the spark of a revolution or a tool of fascism... Football has never been an innocent game. Those who control football have always won.

Arif Kızılyalın (Journalist / Sports Writer)

An Eternal Love Was Lived and Became Legendary in Tongues and Hearts...

A great love was lived in ancient Halicarnassus. The love between Artemisia and Mausolos... The Mausoleum, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, became intertwined with this eternal love.

Today, in this monumental tomb visited by millions of people both in Bodrum and at the British Museum in England, you can still find traces of that great historical love, of pain, loyalty, and sacrifice. In this story, you will witness how the monumental temple was transformed into a great and immortal love.

At the point where Anatolia embraces the deep blue waters of the Aegean and Mediterranean, lies the ancient city that hosts one of history's most magnificent structures... And crowning this golden city, adding value to all its beauty, is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World... The Mausoleum...

In a world ruled by war and darkness, Bodrum is a monument to peace, love, art, and sovereignty; within it, power struggles and a unique love were lived for it, a love so great that it has become legendary to this day. This work in your hands consists of both the Bodrum legend and the legend of the wars and loves lived within it and for it. 

The author meticulously examines the events that took place between 350 and 400 BC, introducing us to the well-known figures of that period one by one, as if in a family photograph. We have the opportunity to get to know Ada, Alexander, Aristotle, Arses, Artemisia II, Attalos, Darius, Orontobates, Philip Piksodaros, and Skopas closely.

The author also sets out from the Macedonian capital of Aigai, visiting Alinda, Athens, Assos, Dardanellia, Delphi, Didyma, Epirus, Ephesus, Gordion, Ionia, Caria, Miletus, Mylasa, Myndos, Pergamon, Perge, Persia, Persepolis, Smyrna, and finally ancient Halicarnassus, the crossroads of all civilizations, where the great love story of the era unfolds, taking us on a mysterious journey into the depths of history.

The Gazi case is a true tragedy of how the state disregards the law. Instead of prosecuting law enforcement officers, who are responsible for ensuring public safety, the state has sought ways to avoid resolution by acting in the opposite direction, killing its own citizens, who are its very reason for existence.

As one such path, as it has done in the past, in this case too, it has moved the court 1,200 km away to Trabzon, citing security as the reason. It has made no effort whatsoever to address the security-related weaknesses cited as justification—the difficulties faced by the lawyers pursuing the case and the relatives of those killed—and has even intervened with law enforcement to complicate matters.

Similarly, the court panel's conduct throughout the trial continued to violate the law. Alongside the verbal statements of the primary witnesses to the incident, photographs taken by journalist Ahmet Şık, who was on duty that day and showing the moment of the murder, were disregarded in the expert reports, and the witnesses and evidence presented by the lawyers were discredited by the verbal defenses of the killers' lawyers, which had no factual basis.

Ultimately, the court concluded with decisions that will go down in legal history as a black mark. This book, containing numerous testimonies, material evidence, and proof, tells you how the truth was obscured by the state and how the law was nullified and disregarded with social outrage fallacies. A similar situation occurred in the Gezi trials. This work, which covers the Gazi case, is important for refreshing our knowledge and reminding us of the reality that the law will one day be necessary for all of us. 

Remzi Kazmaz recounts the story of tea—which we never let slip from our hands, our palates, or our tongues—through a historical lens in this book. As he tells the story of the tea cultivated and harvested by the calloused hands of Black Sea women, he weaves in the pain and joy of life, just like in that song we all know: "I brew your tea in the sun... I strain it through my heart and give it to you," adding pain and joy to his lines.

He explains how the taste, which accompanies countless conversations independent of time and place, has remained unchanged. However, with the warning that "In recent times, the taste of tea is fading," the flavor of this narrative also changes. From this point on, the author, who writes about the dirty tricks involved in the commercialization of tea from a different perspective, also draws attention to other problems experienced in the region. Although the places, people, and events mentioned in the story, told with a bitter taste, are documentary-fictional in nature, the events are painfully real.

Citizen Mustafa lived as part of nature. Having departed from us forever, he continues to live as part of the nature he loved so much. This beautiful man, who was deeply connected to nature with great love and affection, who could communicate with all living things using a different language, who could understand them, whose Tengri-inspired understanding of nature, respect for the spirit of nature, and life in harmony with nature deeply affected me. Citizen Mustafa, who argued that nature is a good friend and teacher and that all humanity is part of nature, made me understand his admiration, respect, and love for nature even better. Today, all humanity must return to a Tengri-like understanding, put an end to its domination of nature, and continue to live in harmony with it as part of it.

He watches us with pride. We have a promise to citizen Mustafa. We will never be masters of nature. Rest in peace.

Remzi Kazmaz

Dear Remzi Kazmaz; your long-standing legal struggle against the exploitation of people and labor is intertwined with your fight against the exploitation of nature. The struggle for the liberation of human labor and nature is a duty of 21st-century revolutionaries. In this book, Remzi Kazmaz shares his experiences from his long-standing environmental and ecological struggle, outlining the necessities of a life in harmony with nature and in accordance with its laws for all of us.

Alper Taş

As the Tema Foundation, it has always been a pleasure to stand alongside you in the fight for nature and the environment. Your passion and love for nature, combined with your tenacious struggle and dedicated efforts to protect it, have made a significant contribution to the environmental movement in Turkey. Future generations will remember you with respect.

We thank you for your support as a lawyer and activist in our Artvin Cerrattepe case and struggle. In our region, where global climate change is being felt, those who are drying up our streams with hydroelectric power plants will one day be held accountable before history.

Attorney Bedri Kalın

Attorney Cemal Yücel: The Gazi Case is an operation to exonerate those who committed this massacre.

Attorney Keleş Öztürk: A modern state governed by the rule of law, respectful of individual rights and freedoms, must act within the framework of its own legal regulations. Otherwise, the principles of the rule of law will be violated and replaced by a police state.

Attorney Several Demir: The Gazi Case does not comply with either the General Provisions of Criminal Law and our domestic legal system or the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights... The Gazi Case is riddled with proceedings that are contrary to the law.

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