Word: turkeys
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...presented by ex- Premier Venizelos, who set forth the views of the Greek Government on indemnities and safeguards for Hellenic subjects. Lieutenant General Sir Charles Harington, Generalissimo of the Allied forces in the Near East, also gave the Allies a survey of the present military and political situation in Turkey...
...with an unstained reputation. Some of these wild reports charged him with being anything from a traitor to his country to being a "foreigner." Kemal is pure Turk (not, as some have said, a Jew) and has proved to the whole world that he is the core of Modern Turkey. He is a fine type of professional soldier, who has earned his laurels by sticking to his calling. Professor Arnold J. Toynbee, in his admirably written book, The Western Question in Greece and Turkey, says of him: "He proved by a personal demonstration that a Turk...
...extent of the Turkish amendments concern France and Italy more than Britain. The Turks have insisted on further modifications in regard to the conditions under which foreigners will be permitted to reside and do business in Turkey. This is sure to cause France a good deal of concern on account of her large trade interest in the Near East. A request for the island of Castellorizo may also be unwelcome to Italy. Britain, however, seems to be content to settle the Mosul question by direct negotiations, as suggested by Turkey. The Turkish proposal to lift the economic clauses...
...Turkey, prohibition is due to religious?and legal?reasons...
Henry Morganthau, former ambassador to Turkey: "Syud Hossain, the Ghandist, questioned the accuracy of some of my statements from the platform of the Community Forum. I shook my finger under his nose and told him it was a dirty, contemptible trick...