TURKEY: Oh, What Happiness!

In every Turkish city and major town the dawn came up one day last week with the earth-shaking thunder of a 100-gun artillery salute. Three days and nights of sleepless rejoicing, songs, dancing in the streets and every sort of Turkish whoopee began by express order of the Ghazi Mustafa Kemal, blond "Victorious Mustafa the Excellent."*

The tenth birthday of the Turkish Republic had dawned and Turks had much to rejoice over. Amid world depression they are prospering. Their budget balances. Private deposits in Turkish banks have octupled since the Young Turks...

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