 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Carlak akaberekwa muna 1899. Zvichienderana nemanyuko, guta rake rokumusha rinorondedzerwa seBaghdad kana kuti Samarra. Mhuri yake yakanga iri yeIraqi Turkmen dzinza, pakutanga kubva Kirkuk, Iraq. Paakanga achiri kuyaruka, akasangana naMeral, mwanasikana waSheikh Tahir, mutungamiriri wedzinza reTurkmen, uye akaroorana naye. Nguva pfupi muchato usati waitwa, Hondo Yenyika I yakatanga uye Carlak aifanira kumusiya. Basa rake mukati mehondo harizivikanwi, asi pakuguma akanga ari muIndia, kwaakagara kwechinguvana mumasango. Ari muIran, akaziva netsaona kuti mhuri yomusikana wake yakanga yatamira pedyo. Achironga muchato wake zvakare, akaverenga mupepanhau kuti muTurkey kurwira rusununguko kwakanga kwatanga. Vachisarudza kubatana nevapanduki, vose vakaedza kusvika kuAnatolia. Sezvavakapfuura nomumupata une mativi akasimba, musikana wake akadonha, akawira pachikomo ndokuurawa. Carlak akabva asvika kuvapanduki, achishanda pasi paKâzım Karabekir kumabvazuva kwehondo yeTurkey yeRusununguko. Ipapo Carlak akarwa muAntep neKilis, uye aiva mumwe wemapoka akatorazve Smirnakubva kuvaGiriki. Akakuvadzwa muhondo uye nokuda kwoushingi hwake akagamuchira menduru yoRusununguko netambo tsvuku. Nokukurumidza pashure pehondo, Carlak akagara muManisa, iyo yakanga yaparadzwa nomwoto wakakonzerwa neuto reGirisi raidzokera shure munguva yeHondo yeGreek-Turkish. Arohwa nemigumisiro yomoto, Carlak akaita kuti kuve chinangwa chake muupenyu kudzorera masango munharaunda yacho, achidyara nokurima miti isingaverengeki ari oga paGomo reSipylus. 