Word: angora
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...From Angora it was announced that henceforth His Excellency Mouhtar Bey, Turkish Ambassador to the U. S., must consider himself Turkish Minister to Mexico as well, hold himself ready to rush to Mexico City in emergencies. Abruptly abolished was the post of Turkish Minister to Madrid, where the Turkish legation will function permanently under a Chargé d'Affaires. Reason for both: Economy...
Back to Istanbul (Constantinople) last week went Dr. Julius Klein, U. S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce, bubbling with optimism. He had spent two days in Angora, inspected the new Turkish Government buildings and the model experimental farm of Dictator Mustafa Kemal Pasha.* Said Dr. Klein...
...admiration over the great progress and development of Turkey. ... I see everywhere that same courage and imagination which distinguish such great men of today as Colonel Lindbergh and Henry Ford. . . . Take for example the changeover from the Arabic alphabet, the abolition of the fez and construction work in Angora. My visit in Angora ended with an inspection of the President's farm. There I found difficulties similar to those encountered in Arizona...
...Fethi Bey, leader of the new party, knows how an opposition ought to act, has observed as Turkish Ambassador at Paris the antics of one of the most obstreperous parliamentary oppositions on Earth. Last week, inasmuch as Leader Fethi had been recalled to Angora specifically to cut Parisian capers, he cut them in the national assembly, flayed the government, proposed a motion of censure, voted for it with ten of his opposition deputies...
...Visiting Angora last week was Hungary's Count Stephen Bethlen de Bethlen, Prime Minister. Occasion for these two auspicious visits: Seventh birthday of the Turkish Republic...