Word: turkeys
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...whose friends and relatives are fighting in Korea, I would like to make an appeal on behalf of the 2,000,000 reserves Turkey can raise in case of World War III . . . America has given almost $200 million to help arm the Turkish army. Turkey itself has spent more than half its budget for military needs for eleven consecutive years. But this is not enough. The 2,000,000 men Turkey will raise tomorrow cannot be armed and singlehandedly defend the Middle East on $100 per person. I urge Americans before it is too late to extend the scope...
...Russia makes a diversionary drive into Iran, Turkey, Germany, then we should recognize the existence of World War III and proceed to atomize Russia...
...That ticket is a good deal," said the private. "That's not for mess hall crud, that's for real food." I thanked him, put on my tie, turned in my forms, and went down to the cafeteria. Ninety cents at the Army Base buys coffee, a lukewarm turkey sandwich, and some chemically yellow lemon meringnopic...
...spent over $200 million in military aid to Turkey on the assumption that the Turk was a good soldier, who would defend his country if neighbor Russia attacked it. The Turks in Korea proved the assumption well justified...
...Turkish-Bulgarian agreement of 1925 provided that emigrants could take their movable possessions, sell their fixed property. But the emigrants who crossed into Turkey (a peak of 15,000 in August) brought only personal effects worth $2 each. Said a refugee carpenter: "When I applied for a passport I was asked if I had overdue taxes. When I showed all receipts I was informed that my grandfather Ahmet owed 4,000 leva on a house I'd sold. I told them this couldn't be so, and that my grandfather's name was not Ahmet but Osman...