Word: turkish
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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During World War I, long before the Maccabees of Leon Uris' Exodus, a tiny Jewish spy ring began operating against the Turkish rulers of Palestine. It was an unlikely group: an agronomist, a poet, a mule trader, a part-time fiddler, two frightened young women and a handful of farmers, none of whom had ever spied before. As this unusual and essentially accurate novel shows, it was a bitter and frustrating adventure-for those who lived through...
...critical period of distrust in our rela tions," since it was now over with. He added, "We are very pleased to be wit nesses to the gradual and confident de velopment of mutual understanding." Though filled with diplomatic cliches, the speeches did reflect the cautious new warmth in Soviet-Turkish relations that has been evident of late. As recent ly as 1964, Turkish leaders were open ly derisive of Moscow's efforts to bring the two ancient enemies closer together. But then came what many Turks re garded as President Lyndon B. John son's "summons...
...beautiful, unspoiled beaches in the world are to be found between two remote little towns named Antalya and Anamur on the south coast of Turkey. Framed against the Taurus mountain range that rises sharply to the north, and edged with orange, lemon, olive and fig trees, the 100-mile "Turkish Riviera" is every adventurer's midsummer daydream come true. It offers every variety of beach, from powdered sand to pebble to worn rocks. Here and there, cool mountain streams spill over steep cliffs into small, semitropical coves, and everywhere unexploited ruins lend an air of timeless tranquillity. Marble columns...
...Milk Sir: From the size and activity of the black market here in Ankara, it's a wonder Kusadasi isn't filled with people banished by the Turkish government for illegal trading [July 30]. Many shops carry a bewildering variety of American goods and sell them at enormous prices. The supply seems to be quite regular. We are Americans living on the Turkish economy, and it hurts to pay 20 Turkish lira (about $2) for a box of dry milk stamped...
Convicted of selling a PX-purchased tape recorder on the black market, Baldwin was sentenced to ten months in a Turkish prison, followed by a 21 year stretch of village life in Kusadasi. Undaunted, he set about learning Turkish and making friends, tackled the port town's problems with the energy of a squad of Peace Corpsmen. Kusadasians dubbed him Kemal, "The Perfect...