Meeting in Istanbul is the final novel of Mehdi Fatehi — a farewell to a generation that was born into exile, even in their own homeland. It is a requiem for those who no longer believe in salvation, for whom the promise of liberation is long gone.

Told through the haunting voice of memory and migration, this novel traces the steps of a generation left behind by history. A generation that carries the weight of wars they didn’t start, dreams they didn’t dream, and identities they never fully owned.
Set in Istanbul — the liminal city between East and West — this is not merely a geographical crossing but an existential threshold. Its characters are wanderers, children of displacement, seeking freedom only to find themselves entangled in deeper forms of exile.
The prose is lyrical, intimate, and bruised by longing. From the scorched cinemas of Abadan to the cafés of Paris, from the trauma of childhood to the silence of a writer in foreign lands, this is a novel about memory, loss, and the futility of return.