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...Reformer's Progress. Turkey today is largely the creation of the "Young Turk" movement, whose Kemal Atatürk made a modern nation out of the ancient "sick man of Europe." Midhat was a "Young Turk"-in spirit at least-before Atatürk was ever heard of. He was born in 1822, the son of a Constantinople judge. At 29, he was made General Secretary of the State Council of well-meaning but pusillanimous Sultan Abdul Mejid. A sternly upright and able young man with compassionate and liberal convictions, Midhat was soon serving as a trouble-shooter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TURKEY: Return of the Exile | 7/9/1951 | See Source »

...popularity of the young (five years old) Democratic Party is all the more impressive because it succeeded the party founded by the late great Kemal Atatürk and Atatürk is still the beloved hero of all the Turks. Yet the Democrats are undoing some excesses of Atatürk's nationalist, Westernizing revolution. The new government, for instance, recognized the deep wellspring of Mohammedan faith among the people, and has encouraged religious teachings in schools. Atatürk's old party goes along with the Moslem revival in Turkish life. Indeed, its dynamic young secretary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TURKEY: Thanks to Aid & Allah | 2/19/1951 | See Source »

Haghia Sophia remained in this state, until 1930, except for the addition of four Mosque spires. During that year Thomas Whittemore, former keeper of Byzantine Coins and Seals at Fogg Museum and lecturer at the University, received permission from Mustapha Kemal Attaturk, President of Turkey, to uncover the mosaics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Staff, Alumni Funds Help Find Mosaic Treasure; Life Magazine Plans Color Feature On Istanbul Discoveries | 11/15/1950 | See Source »

...leaders, the two chief parties and the platforms are the same as in 1946. Led by deaf, adroit President Inönü, the Republicans are campaigning on Turkey's progress in the 27 straight years they have held power since the late great Kemal Ataürk expelled the last Sultan. Led by sober, intense ex-Premier Bayar, an Atatürk protégé ousted by Inönü in the jockeying after Atatürk's death, the Democrats declare that it is high time for a change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TURKEY: Second Free, First Fair | 5/15/1950 | See Source »

Died. Marshal Fezvi Cakmak, 74, Turkish defender of the Dardanelles in World War I, hero of the war of liberation that overthrew Sultan Mohamed VI ; after long illness; in Istanbul. The only Turkish general besides Kemal Atatürk honored with marshal's rank, Cakmak served as army chief of staff for 20 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Apr. 24, 1950 | 4/24/1950 | See Source »

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