Although the gendarmerie was upon us in 1958, we did not stop reading the Koran! The 87-year-old Halil Onder, who lives in Kerbuk, became a Hafiz by completing the memorization of the Holy Qur'an, which he began during the epidemic, within three years. Uncle Khalil, who passed the exam he passed in Ankara, was entitled to receive a Hafiz certificate.