Word: turkeys
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...police and followed the departing Allies to the quay. There was a farewell luncheon party on board the transport Arabic; then the Allies were gone. Later, Turkish troops marched triumphantly into the late capital through streets gay with Turkish flags and strewn with flowers. Religious rites were also solemnized. Turkey belongs to Turkey...
...present only seven of the 16 national delegates have been appointed. They are as follows: Great Britain, 5 E. Salt 1G.; Denmark, A. Meisling 16 Germany, Gerhardt Jentsch 3G.; Jasper G. N. Tanikawa 2G.; Poland, Zygnatz Rudolph, gr.E.S.; Russia, Harold Mavimam E.S.; Turkey, Said Dabbus...
...Turkey has at last followed the lead of other rejuvenated nations in establishing a democratic form of government. The Turkish republic, which has, indeed, been in existence for some time in temporary form, with all power centralized in a Grand National Assembly, is now spreading out into a more familiar organism--a Council of State, which is a sort of upper house, a Cabinet, and a Prime Minister...
...appearance, at least, this new Turkey is a model of modern civilized government. What the state of the country is at heart, however, is another matter. It is extremely hard for the unprejudiced observer to believe that a nation which, in the last six centuries, has weilded the knife indiscriminately and driven hordes of conquered people to death by exile is now entirely prepared for the privilege of the franchise. With such a past one does not associate the fundamental sense of ethics which use of the ballot requires. These children of Islam have a bad heritage upon which...
Whether the citizens of this new state will appreciate these minor but essential points remains for the future to disclose. If they prove equal to their opportunity, it may at last be possible for other nations to live with Turkey...