The Beggar Girl Who Saved a Millionaire
Seven-year-old İpek, her clothes torn and her feet bare, moved like a ghost through the crowded terminal of Istanbul Airport. She stopped in front of Barış Tanyeri, the richest man in Istanbul and CEO of Boğaziçi Technologies. Looking straight into his eyes, she said, “You cannot board that plane. It will crash, burn, and people will die.”
Security rushed to intervene, but Barış did something unexpected—he told them to stop. There was something ancient in the little girl’s eyes, a wisdom far beyond her years. “They tampered with the fuel line,” she continued, her voice low but resolute. “The plane will explode over the sea. No one will survive.”
At that moment, Barış’s phone buzzed. His assistant, Esin, pale-faced, whispered, “Sir, an unauthorized device was found in the jet’s fuel system.” The room fell silent. Barış’s hands began to tremble.
Three hours later, the police arrested a maintenance worker, who turned out to be linked to Barış’s biggest corporate rival. But the real question remained: How did a homeless child know about such a sophisticated act of sabotage?
That morning, Istanbul’s sky was a curtain of leaden clouds, foretelling disaster. Barış, a hard-nosed CEO with a reputation for ruthless business, sipped his coffee in the VIP lounge, restless. He was 52, sharp-eyed, and controlled. His assistant Esin assured him the jet was ready, all systems checked for his flight to Paris.
Yet, Barış couldn’t shake a sense of unease. Ever since his brother Serhan disappeared ten years ago, he trusted only his instincts. As he walked toward his jet, the crowd parted and watched him—a man who moved not as a businessman but an emperor.
Suddenly, a scream pierced the air. “Stop! Don’t get on that plane!” A little girl in ragged clothes burst into the VIP area. Security moved to intercept her, but Barış held up a hand. The child’s eyes were filled with tears, but her gaze was unwavering.
“There’s sabotage on jet TK67882’s fuel line. If you board, it will catch fire. You’ll all die.” The room froze. The jet’s code was supposed to be secret.
Barış knelt before her. “Who are you? How do you know this?”
“My name is İpek,” she replied, voice trembling. “I saw it in my dream. The plane caught fire in the sky. There were bodies everywhere.”
Barış felt a chill run down his spine. He ordered Esin to cancel the flight and have engineers check the jet immediately, ignoring her protests about the Paris meeting.
Later, in his office overlooking Istanbul’s skyline, Barış learned that his engineers had found a hidden leak in the fuel system. Had they flown, the jet would have exploded. He studied İpek, now cleaned up and sitting uncomfortably in a plush chair. She was hungry, so Barış ordered her favorite food—karnıyarık, just like her mother used to make before dying in a fire three years ago.
“Where do you live now?” Barış asked.
“Sometimes in bus stations, sometimes in mosques. Lately, I’ve been hiding in the airport. The cleaners don’t chase me away.”
Moved by her story, Barış let İpek stay in his guest room. In the morning, she told him, “Don’t go to work today. There’s danger. Last night I dreamed someone close to you was stealing your files.”
Barış couldn’t shake her warning as he headed to his company. He suspected Esin, his trusted assistant, but couldn’t believe she’d betray him. Still, he asked security to watch over İpek.
During a tense board meeting, Barış noticed Esin acting nervously, checking her phone, and hiding messages. Later, he confronted her in his office about the sabotage, but she denied everything. That night, security reported Esin meeting with Ahmet Korkmaz, CEO of Boğaziçi’s rival, Akdeniz Technologies.
Then, a mysterious call confirmed Barış’s fears: “You didn’t board the plane—smart move. But your life is still in danger.” The caller called him “abi”—brother. Only Serhan had ever called him that.
That night, İpek woke Barış with a scream. “They’re coming. Armed men are coming to the mansion.” Barış gathered cash, a gun, and a backup phone, escaping with İpek through a secret exit. They fled by boat to a hidden cabin in the woods, where Serhan was waiting.
After ten years apart, the brothers reconciled. Serhan revealed that Akdeniz Technologies planned to steal Boğaziçi’s revolutionary AI project, the Yıldız Project, and weaponize it. He had infiltrated their ranks as a double agent.
But the danger wasn’t over. İpek’s visions warned of betrayal within the company. Esin was found dead, and the project’s codes were stolen. With police searching for them, the trio decided to confront their enemies directly.
Disguised, they infiltrated Akdeniz Technologies’ headquarters. With Serhan’s hacking skills and İpek’s visions guiding them, they exposed Ahmet’s plot, broadcasting his confession to the media.
Ahmet was arrested, and the Yıldız Project was saved. Barış adopted İpek, and Serhan returned as Boğaziçi’s ethics director. Together, they rebuilt the company, dedicating the AI to humanity’s benefit.
İpek’s dreams had changed the fate of Istanbul’s most powerful man—and given her a family she never expected.
