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Others, however, have objected to Vacca's claims.

For example, Azerbaijan International shows that from a cultural point of view, Vacca's claims do not stand up to scrutiny.

There is no greeting, " Kuban Said " or " Gurban Said ," in any of the countries which celebrate this holiday-not in Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran, or other Turkic-speaking or Islamic countries in Central Asia, or Arabic-speaking countries.

And since this holiday Gurban Bayrami was and still is the biggest holiday in Turkey, all libraries would have been closed.

Furthermore, other than Vacca ’ s account, there is no proof that Essad Bey had even gone to Istanbul to work on the novel.

Nor is there any other witness claiming that Vacca had been involved at all with editing “ Ali and Nino .”