Like his father, and his grandfather, and his grandfather's grandfather, and also his grandfather, Sarkis Teke is also from Talas. This is where he breathed his first breathe, where he listened to exile stories from his grandfather, where he thinks of those who died on the road. Talas. Sarkis' grandfather, Zimbad, is a Balkan War veteran. He was a soldier for nine years and returned home with a bullet wound on his knee. In 1915, they were able to stay in Talas, taking advantage of the law that said, 'families of soldiers will not be touched.'

Sarkis, who was born in 1957, had a difficult youth. When there was nothing left to lose, he grasped the knife. "Being a tough guy doesn't mean to be a mafia," he says. Not to be unfair, but to protect himself from unfairness ... Sarkis lived in Istanbul for a while, but he has always belonged to Talas where he was born and raised. With a quiet song that nobody knows ...