Word: kiazim
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When the court of appeals which reviewed the case ordered a new trial, Orbay's father, Chief of Staff Kiazim Orbay, resigned. Ankara's public prosecutor also resigned. At the new trial the eyewitnesses were finally allowed to appear, and unanimously identified Hashmet Orbay as the murderer. Merdjan admitted that he had been persuaded to take the blame, on the promise that highly placed friends of his friend Orbay would get him off lightly. Sole witness in Orbay's defense was shapely, blonde Musherref Ishikman, his "fiancee," who testified that Hashmet had been visiting...
Throat and Backbone. Turkey was defiant. Recalling earlier Russian demands in Armenia and at the Dardanelles, General Kiazim Kara Bekir said Turks would fight for every inch. He added: "The world must know that the Straits form the throat of the Turkish nation and the Kars Plateau its backbone." The Turkish National Assembly at once voted his army more funds...
Last week the German advances in the Caucasus were enough to put the Turks in panic. Premier Saracoglu visited the Caucasian border; General Kiazim Orbay brought up seven Turkish divisions. They were probably there more for effect than for fighting, although the Turkish Government has sworn to battle any invader. The battle for the Turkish gates to the Middle East will be won or lost before an enemy trooper crosses the Turkish border. That battle is being fought in Egypt and the Caucasus...