Word: menemencioglu
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...attired in diplomatic black and surrounded by his ubiquitous Black Muslim advisers (wherever Cassius went, Malcolm X was sure to go), he strode boldly into the delegates' lounge-instantly creating what one observer described as "the biggest sensation since Khrushchev took off his shoe." Complained Turkish Ambassador Turgut Menemencioglu: "They're more interested in Cassius than in Cyprus." Delegates lined up to shower him with invitations to visit their countries. "We're proud of you. Come whenever you can," beamed Liberian Ambassador Christie W. Doe. "Thank you, sir," answered the pride of Louisville. "I have longed...
...treaty of Lausanne, fixing the country's borders, set up the small sanjak (sub-prefecture) of Alexandretta, between Syria and Turkey, as an "autonomous" region under French control. To the Turks, this Levantine Sudetenland, which they called the Hatay, was a symbol of humiliation. In 1939, Menemencioglu used France's fear of war and need of an ally to win back the Hatay for Turkey, thus forever endearing himself to all Turks...
...Foreign Minister, Menemencioglu did not always endear himself to opposing diplomats. He knew how to use his partial deafness and his lung ailment during diplomatic conversations, failing to hear what did not suit him, throwing tantrums in the midst of serious conversations, stalking away to "recuperate...
...often for his own comfort, these illnesses were not feigned. Nineteen times in the last 20 years, Menemencioglu submitted to surgical operations, thrice having platinum ribs inserted in his body. Even this hard-case record was chalked up against him by some adversaries who knew that his personal surgeon was a German, General Professor Ferdinand Sauerbruch...
...Squeeze. The curious fact is that Turkey did the Allies a great service in the early war years by staying neutral. A German invasion of Turkey, when Britain was barely able to hold Egypt and Suez, might have been disastrous. Last week, when Anthony Eden (who reportedly dislikes Menemencioglu) complained that German warships, disguised as merchantmen, had been allowed to cruise through Turkey's Dardanelles, Ankara had to give in. Numan Menemencioglu took the fall, handed over his portfolio to Premier Sükrü Saracoglu. But nobody thought brilliant Mr. Menemencioglu was out for a very long count...