Feb. 21, 1927
Turkish re-action to the rejection by the U. S. of the Lausanne Treaty (TIME, Jan. 31) did not fully crystallize until last week. Then, at a Cabinet meeting, Dictator-President Mustafa Kemal Pasha voiced the real dissatisfaction of Turks at the action of the U. S. Senate. The U. S., said Dictator Kemal, in substance, does not understand that the "Terrible Turk" of Ottoman days is extinct. . . . The Young Turks of today are trying harder and with more success than any other backward people to catch up with the march of civilization. . . . If this be true, if the U. S. Senate did not... |
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Mar. 24, 1923, TIME
 In the full glory of ancient pomp Caliph Abdul Medjid crossed the Bosporus in a fourteen-oared caïque painted with a frieze of flowers and arabesques, its carved gilt prow sur- mounted by a silver image of a strange bird. The occasion was the first Selamlik—official service at a mosque—held in Scutari (opposite Constantinople) by the Caliph.The steersman and oarsmen, complete in their long baggy breeches, were clad in white with the exception of a black waistcoat. At the rear of the resplendent boat the Caliph flew for the first time his personal standard, a green flag with a white star and crescent on a scarlet center, from which spread a number of white rays.No woman, not even Mustapha Kemal's spouse, is tolerated at a Selamlik. |
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