Word: turkishly
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...came from the depressed depths of small-town Polish-Jewish life, which he left behind in 1906. Inspired by a Hebrew-Zionist upbringing, shocked by anti-Semitic pogroms in Eastern Europe, he went to Turkish Palestine "to build it and be rebuilt by it," as was the motto of those days. He became a pioneer, a farmhand, active with early Zionist-socialist groups. At age 19 he was what he would remain all his life: a secular Jewish nationalist who combined Jewish Messianic visions with socialist ideals, a man with fierce ambition for leadership, extraordinary tactical-political skills...
...puff on water pipes, while backgammon counters slap, slap in the background. An old mural shows a young Saddam smiling; next to it a photo mural depicts an older, grimmer leader. There is nothing to eat here at the cafe except some custard puddings and a pile of Turkish delight. Holes near the roof line are filled in with little cardboard squares. The windows are half covered in tattered plastic. The men say they are resigned to more bombs destroying their city. "I cannot change it," says a 65-year-old backgammon player as his friends nod agreement...
...shooting," says Qerim Krasniqi, 51, the blond, thick-set eldest son of Abdyl and father of the wounded child. "A girl was screaming, and I went out and saw my son lying on the ground. I grabbed him by the belt, and beneath him there was blood everywhere." Sipping Turkish coffee, Qerim glances at his wizened father. The crackling fire in a small cast-iron stove fills the silence as the Krasniqi men, sitting on cushions around the edge of the dark, bare room, consider the violence that followed...
...Ataturk's astonishing support is the result of a national campaign backed by the government in Ankara, we cannot say. But whoever is behind this should know that while our final selection will not be bound by these poll results, we are keenly aware of Ataturk's role in Turkish history. We will consider him carefully...
Though organizers of the event feared protest of the Turkish ambas- sador's visit by Greek and Armenian students, the evening was peaceful...