Word: samy
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first art:'c':e since his release from prison last month: "The Turkish armed forces are marching forward with giant steps on the road opened by Ataturk." General Gursel fetched seven professors from Istanbul to help draft a provisional constitution. One was Istanbul University President Siddik Sami Onar, who was badly beaten by Menderes' police when he protested their rough treatment of student demonstrators last month...
Police rushed in. One hulking cop tried to haul away a student. A dark-eyed coed felled him with a blow of her shoe's high heel. Truckloads of cops roared up and shooting started. Three students fell; University President Siddik Sami Onar arrived, told the police chief it was illegal for his forces to enter university grounds. He was knocked down, bloodied and carted off to a police station. "Give us our president!" roared the students, now 5,000 strong and boiling mad. By the time President Onar was brought back, they were past heeding his call...