Chapters 35-38, pp. 357-371 Summary

In chapter thirty-five, Memed is said to have been killed. There is mourning among the villagers of Deyirmenoluk and by Big Osman at Vayvay village. Then Sergeant Asim reports that Memed is only wounded, but still alive. Abdi has another desperate letter written, pleading for help from the government against Memed. In chapter thirty-six, Big Osman celebrates that the villagers of Vayvay have gotten their land back. There is supposed to be a great amnesty in fifteen days, and Big Osman gets the villagers to buy a big plot of land to give to Memed, Hatche, and their adopted mother, Iraz.

In chapter thirty-seven, Memed meets Lame Ali on the run, and hears of the land that Big Osman has bought for him. Captain Faruk is on his trail, with only days before the general amnesty. Memed...