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A Marriage Under the Comet is a novel written by Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar and first published in 1912. The work holds a significant place among the author’s novels with strong social criticism. The novel centers on a love story unfolding against the backdrop of panic in Istanbul caused by widespread fears that Halley’s Comet would collide with Earth in 1910. In this work, Hüseyin Rahmi satirizes the superstitions ignorance and excessive belief in folklore prevalent in Istanbul of his time. Another