The Arranged Marriage

Levent and Zeynep agree to an arranged marriage, expecting practicality, stability, and maybe — if they are lucky — companionship.
But almost from the first moment, their connection surprises them both. What should have been a cultural obligation becomes an unexpected love story, strengthened even more when Zeynep discovers she is pregnant.

Three days before the wedding, everything changes.

A letter arrives from Elif — the daughter Zeynep was forced to give up as a pregnant sixteen-year-old. Now Elif is sixteen herself and wants to meet her birth mother. What begins as a shock becomes one of the most emotional reunions imaginable, bringing tears, healing, and a new sense of family neither Zeynep nor Levent ever expected.

As wedding preparations blend with the delicate process of welcoming Elif into their lives, Levent proves that love isn’t only found — it can be chosen. And when baby Aylin finally enters the world, her arrival seals the transformation of their once-arranged union into a family built on trust, tenderness, and courage.

A deeply heartfelt novella about how traditions can surprise us, how families can expand in the most unexpected ways, and how arranged marriages can become stories of true devotion.