Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-10-31
Turks Have Adopted
Numerous Reforms
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Spsslsi 10 N. News.
WASHINGTON. II. G. Oct. 30 Tho
Turkish fcz' " said to be- lsssing
from the streets of COnsiantinuplc In
dlsnuding thls characteristic head.
Dress some Observers profess o. see %
symptom of profound change In tn
Ottoman Viewpoint.
such conclusion may a. may not
BE- Justified" says "A bulletin from tho
Waahlnatoh headquarters uf IA" Ma.
uonhl Geographic S0ciety Hut ~
Specializing upon the subject Il may be-
wsn 10 fcmember that uarndoNlslh
The Turkey with tradition ~ national
lncrtia. also " a land uf kalridoe'oplr
reform, Turkey however. may b. said
10 react "a reforms more dlscfiminat.
inGiy than any other country in OF out
NJ ChIistendom The Turks have adopt.
Cd some reforms bodily and some par.
tp,ily. and have rejected others fatty
even when the prestige Of tn Caliph
snd Aiiahs ministers was behind them.
Turtle, BEGAN It's existence on q
foundation " reforms. the empire 10.
hrq1unr the comprehensive reshapinF
II the religious and social world ins,i
tuted hy MohAmmcd II went dfN
just GO years before the lnited states.
i1r hs eighteenth amendment was not
an amendment al oil but Part ~ 90
speak Il the organic act Uhcn the en-.
pkr came intn existence BE- 1893.
Even. In the matter ot nolvgamN
lnolsed al issuance by the western world
Mohamned and the govei nment which
took M his mantle were reformefs The
LEGAL maximum number at wives was
plaeed at four a striking bit OF connub
- ~. All la NF
samples SCI hy solomon and sundrv
ether eastern poicniaies
'Hven the rches n coffee and tobacco
u'ohlhition that have gone the rounds
~ the Amer1can vaudeville stage came
near being \ stern reality IN Turkey
Mol,Ammesl,n scholars fulm ms ted
agalnst the steaniing cup. and one SUI.
tan. beating American anticigueur
LEGISLATION ~ q good century. went -
far as IN prohibit the Tuning weed
fsarlng that II vas taking too firm o
hnld on his people Hut the populace
refused 10 have the Prophets covenant
changed either hy multiplying amend
monts or interpretive reservations and
The ban was raises. These were some
al the reforms that died ahorning and
today COFFEE drinking and smoking are
practically universal practices among
both the me' and women Of Turkey.
Though the passing OF the fZ rs
locked unon ~ n reform which 20 west
egn eyos would remove something %
dssilnc,ively Turkish az the star ana
cfrn~nt. the Introduction 81 the guady
sauli rap was itself "A reform effected
less than hundred years ago; AM
etaunch Old oslcsns IL that tine wigEcd
their heads in warning a. tho rcckleit
,tfnrners cast aside their dignilicd iur.
fans fn- the new haublc. To the Tgr
kleh Tories ~ ihnsc days the fee tray
elrd in company sufficiently disrerui
nhle To damn Il utterly. II was intro
dur,.d forclhy into tho army ~ III
Sultan MaTnood II In tho carly par,
81 the rlnetcenih century along with
fight European trousers and frock
e-nata Thesr and such other reforms
~ tho cs;ahlishmen, of a newypaper
earned for Mahmoud the title 81 'lniidel
sultan
ssThe new hcad.drcss was adopted
neat by public officials and SON was
.ssi generally by tho Sulan's subjects
An European Turkey. ~ laio ~ 1873.
houever. Il was seen In Asiltic Turkey
only on the heads Of Iiashas and other
public fanctio.aries.
The f@9 ana iuTbcn types u h'ud coy
crlafs have q dsflnita reason for exist
euce IN Turkey. and u ~ t0 b. doubted
that they will be discarded entirely
especially for the hrinmof hats and
eisorsd cans of Europeans Mohamme
cAn rules and customs call for covered
reads nt prayer: ans they also rcqulfu
that at ono stage of prayer the votarS
shall touch his no~e and forehead u
the ground. q feat that Is impossible II
NJ wears a hat with a pro,rudinE btiri
- firuily has the detexta;icn % hats
he<n implanted IN the bcsn1ns ~ strict
Anhamnedans that In tho past nn'
arcuscr of trcachery 90 Islam had
hat naiied n his DOR.
IL the desire n be randern IL lead
inr moro ana mote IN the use az hat
Nv Turks n the streets n Constan,in
orle. n can harlly IN Believed that th'
tracfl~e will extend n the majority n
sne inhabitants. unless-which Is IN
tldnkahle-they should throw OF Mo
tamuedanssn, itsr;f I: may be that tn
fnifhfai who would keep up with IN
time. can compromise BY carrying uro'
fhfir persons a folded fez "a Be don
nNd hastily IN place % straw a. fedoFi
when The muszxin's voice rings ou
nom his minare, In the Call 10 prayer
A TEXAS WONDER.