Published in English for the first time – more than fifty years after its original publication in Turkish – this is the story of the misadventures of Hayri Irdals, an unforgettable antihero who, along with an eccentric cast of characters, founds The Time Regulation Institute.
The institute’s quixotic quest? To make sure all the clocks in Turkey are set to Western time. An uproarious tragicomedy, The Time Regulation Institute illuminates the collision of tradition and modernity that has been playing out in Turkey since the early twentieth century.
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