This book is the story of a person's search for self, their drifting along life's rugged paths, and their struggle to remain standing against all odds. The Pit is not only a life story but also a manifesto questioning humanity, justice, morality, and hope.

In these lines, written in an honest and intimate voice amid chaos, contradictions, and struggles, there is a journey that stretches from the narrow streets of Diyarbak?r to the battlefields of Syria, from the depths of the sea to the rubble of an earthquake.

At every step, the cry of a soul struggling within both personal and societal pits is heard.

In this journey that begins with the question, "Who am I?" there is neither a hero nor a victim; there is only a witness in pursuit of truth.

I wear and remove the roles life offers me-healthcare worker, laborer, diver, tradesman, journalist, criminal, hero, or father-like costumes. Yet this quest neither makes me feel I truly belong anywhere nor fully sets me free.