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...received his doctorate from the Sorbonne, believes that under the pressure of economic development there has been a tragic and costly neglect of Iranian culture. "We have stressed the material aspects of life," he says, "and have lost our cultural identity." Adds Amir Taheri, 38, editor in chief of Kayhan, Iran's largest daily (circ. 700,000): "What does this Westernize-or-bust program give us? Western banks, Western guns, Western secret police, Western buildings. They are supposed to solve our problems. But do they? I don't think so. We need to get to our own culture and then...
Hauling out a Menderes-era law outlawing any written or spoken word aimed at disturbing "the established" order, the Inonu regime last month jailed Kayhan Saglamer, managing editor of Istanbul's influential daily, Cumhuriyet, and Sadi Alkilic, a freelance writer. It turned out that Cumhuriyet had published an article by Alkilic entitled "Socialism Is the Only Salvation for Turkey"-one of a score submitted in the newspaper's annual essay contest...
...remarks were meant, and everywhere taken, as a clear slap at Russia and a friendly hand to the West. Predicted Teheran's influential newspaper Kayhan: "Before long the Iranian government will clarify its policy with respect to the two conflicting power blocs, and will express its preference for the bloc that holds views similar to this country...