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Signs of Turkey's ancient past and modern change
The article surveys Turkey straddling Europe and Asia, noting ruins and Roman remains beside modern dress and a western parliament. It highlights illiteracy, soil erosion, urban migration, peasant tax resentment, and tension between students, officers, and peasants amid ongoing political unrest following past coups and Adnan Menderes era unraveling inflation and rapid but unplanned industrialization.
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Phil Newsom
Turkey
Istanbul
Kemal Ataturk
Dardanelles
Bisparous
Europe
Asia
Piesmirr
Adnan Menderes
Jeff