Word: rk
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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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...
...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...
...government plugs for turning state-owned factories over to private industry and relaxing government control of trade. When Atatürk came to power, there was so little industry, so little private capital to foster it, that state business was a necessity. The Democrats hope that under present conditions the scope of private enterprise in Turkey can be enlarged...
...Istanbul, the press proudly announced that Major Sabiha Gökçen, 36, adopted daughter of the late great Atatürk and a regular Turkish Air Force pilot, had volunteered for combat in Korea, would soon be on her way. In 1935 she flew against Kurdish rebels...
...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...