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...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...
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...