MERT GÜRSOY, STYLE ICON
As the morning's first light mingled with the smell of coffee from the kitchen, Operation Mert was officially under way. Selin and Kerem had joined forces to build a wardrobe for Murat — one that concealed him while preparing him for his new identity. There was one problem, however: Murat had grown so accustomed to the dusty, slightly melancholy long coat he'd been wearing for months that Kerem's slim-fit shirts and contemporary jeans felt like space suits to him. "Mate, a person would have to stop breathing to get into these trousers," Murat called from the bedroom. Kerem, out in the living room creating Mert Gürsoy's social media profile (entirely fake but convincingly plausible), grinned. "You don't breathe anyway, mate. 'Mert' is a man raised on Swiss mountain air — he's in excellent
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