One love, four co-wives: Not just a sea story, but a true love story

One Love, Four Co-wives is quite different from the usual sea stories. First of all, instead of coming from a single pen, it is a story written by two different voices. It is the story of Sevgi and Turgay Noyan's common love over the years, their love for the sea and for each other.

The beginning of the story is not surprising. It is the story of a man with a passion for the sea who first started in rowboats and then insistently included his wife in his growing passion. Like many sailors, sailor, musician, journalist and writer Turgay Noyan introduced his beloved wife to the sea years ago. However, when he decided to write about his sea adventures, that's when the story gets interesting. Two lovers become two authors and they write about their sea adventures over the years from two different perspectives. Thus, a lifetime full of love, sea, sailing and music becomes a book and comes to life from Naviga publications.

The interesting thing is that while writing this book, Turgay Noyan learns what his beloved wife, who did not know how to swim at the beginning, went through and what difficulties she endured at sea. Over the years, unspoken things come to the surface, forgotten stories come to life, and emotions that have faded with time come back to life. In this way, delicious insights into the human-sea relationship as well as the relationship between men and women are revealed to us.

One Love, Four Co-wives travels off the beaten track. Many images, many anecdotes from the last 60 years of Turkey find their place in this book. Journeys at sea are mixed with journeys into nightlife, journalism and the world of music. As the events unfold on four different boats (i.e. "four co-wives"), the book manages to shed light on the maritime history of our country.

One Love, Four Co-wives is a book that comes from life, from the sea with every line, but most of all, it is a book that is warm and sincere to the bone. Perhaps it is the kind of book to be opened and read in stormy weather.