Word: turkeys
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...know that the subject that interests you is the opportunity for work in the Near East. It is rather difficult to describe this just at present, for we do not yet know the fate of Turkey. If the Allied control is made permanent, as it probably will be, there will be plenty of opportunity for all kinds for work. Many American industries are invading Constantinople, notably the Standard Oil, and these all need young fellows. The work of the Near East Relief is very commendable, and furnishes opportunity for life in the fascinating districts of the Interior without tying...
...life of the Eastern peoples I recommend this vacation. Robert College needs a few more American tutors, and I can sincerely assure you that the life here is very agree-able and very much worth the while. This institution is unique in its position of influence and respect in Turkey. The teachers enjoy great privileges every-where...
...Balkan wars of 1912 and 1913, disapproved by Austria, who believed that first Turkey and then Bulgaria would win, gave Serbia greatly increased territory and prestige, and its was particularly worth recalling that all Jugo-Slave turned toward her. Austria-Hungary felt herself endangered with the menace of the story of the liberation of Italy all over again and determined to prevent it. Then followed the murder of Ferdinand, although he was a friend of the Jugo-Slave, and the beginning of the World War. Swiftly sketching the invasion of Serbia and its conquest, the pact of Corfu, July...
...much territory taken from her in which the population is predominantly Bulgarian. The Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes contain elements which show no desire to mix. Italy's claims to Fiume and Dalmatia are causing each day more jealousy and dissatisfaction on the part of both sides. Turkey shows signs of coming to life and disputing again for what she believes to be her rights in Asia Minor. The Greeks have gained much, but they still lack the Dodecanesian Islands and Cyprus, where their claims are good. Everywhere we find the germs of future disputes...