Here is an excerpt from DAWN:

“Abdullah is in a foul mood. He's on edge. He's not at all happy with the way this is playing out. And that's because his boss is not st all happy with him. He might be in the dark about everything else, but this one thing he knows. He casts a sidelong glance at Mustafa. Sensing his contempt. People like Mustafa intimidate him. In other words, teachers. He can't help it. Teachers make him feel small. He only barely made it through primary school. When he thinks back on that place, all he can remember are the beatings he got from Master Metin. Same for the army, and the beatings he got there. Lessons and beatings - in his mind, they re one and the same. That's how it was for him, anyway. In the end he learned that the best thing to do around those who set themselves up as your teachers was to watch your step.”