The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1921-02-27
Angora Is City
Of Strange Past;
Sordid Present

/ " The Arrocistel frons
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founded ht Midas OF the touch Of eoid
oN'r1d an two ceutruiea before Christ ~
far wandrfihg cousins of ~. irlsbr,s,,
~ today. great and wealthy com
inhhitt under Rpnr and ugynntiutn--
ana iu spite ~ lts chcpkDfcd htstorv
ana 80 past Rlor) known "a rar.nt
Heh'intlons On the west only because ~
luuf haired ruuf
Such ia Aug0ri in central Aaia Min.
~, says a bulletin issued by tho na
tiennl Geographic society, where Mus.
lapha Renal PusliA has set up the
AhHofa government which he claims
tn he tho real government ~ Turka,
ana from where, supp0gediy surround.
"a pl bolaheviat agents, ho ia issuing
DEFIANT moaaugtH Co the elilea
The remote kinsmcn of tho tri4h
who figure In the history OF Anaora. y
continues the bulletin were Sd. 90 celia
hcm central Europe. who. unable TO
ruHh into Greece. decided t0 fry fholf
iusk across ihe heliesppnt Aitp haf-
frinh The cnuutrv for hHlf eorfrr,
ihey were fofctd TO settle around An-
CORA theu known uH Ancyfa Their
country became kuuwu as Calatl4.
lhcrn 81 Paul ls supposed % nave
rounded Christ church 20 fha con.
glcHati0n ~ which be nddresned his
hpistie 20 the Galatians In the fourth
century the Celtic Language pma Hili 20
~ hrard IN Uniatia, accordme to st.
Touch Of Celtic Spirit
The Celtic Invaders ware alwsya II
tho minority and we're finally abaotbod.
tH me Norman cunquvrOfH uf ENGLAND
vtro absorbed 81 the saKonr Many
observers profess 90 aee the effects Of
N"liic blood in The people cf Angora
tudni and describe them a. lighter ln
complexion than the people ~ other
PAT ~ mo Ntaf East and the most
Eenim ~ the Mohammedans Of ASIA
Minor
"Ancyra dwindlcd o. a village under
Celtic lle bul following the aunexA.
ti1n ~ dulAfn % tho Roman empire
Zoo % Is. g. and during the hundred
wears iu which u WAS maintained A.
th, Roman frontier province the oity
tuuk 90 great importance one ~ the
most famous ~ tho ruins Of Asia Min
uf 10 that ui beautiful marble temple
~ Angorn dedicated 20 Rome IN. An
auatus
During me byzantine period An
cYra became even moro lmpoftnrt ~
position between Couata ntinopls and
N eHopoiuniu ana Perish mailing u the
metropolis ~ interior Asia Minor. The
rising rover % tho Turks was indicat.
"a by tho nu ~ Ancyru into thrir
hands more than N hundred years be-
NNN" WV NhAN ~ h.NNNNNNANANNINf kNfIh
Ancvra war captured shortly after
ward BY the Christian crusaders during
ono 81 their farihest sortie- inland and
WAS held by them Tor rs years. until
1890 when Il aeuin fell into Turkish I
hands
City o. Mud and Marbls.
Though marble reminders 81 ia an
cicnt glory are scattered about In the
Angora of today, u IL predominantly a
diugy city ~ mud brick houses ana
narrow STREETS mosque iE built
against one 81 the marble walls n tho
nohlo old AuNustan temple The walls
and gates OF the city are constructed J
OF fragments OF demolished Greek and /
Roman buildings. colonnadcs and other I
structures
''rhe city ls geO miles nouihoast ~
ConHtnnfitupplr. u has population ~
about 10000 approximately third ~
Thorn hrmcuinna who speak Turkish. 4
If la nrrched on o. rocky plateau Ca the I
north a. which nre fertile valleys ana I
Co The south uf which stretch plains !
merging foalls into great desert on Z
thoso southern plains ura p1HturCd /,
lurFr herds nf sheen. and noaia with I
lonr nlihv hair which have made tho (
nnme Anroru familiar to western /
ears largo quantities ct wool ana /
mohnir age exported
CHt4 and 90 loHs extent encH aud ]
ofhrf anlunis in the nelrhhorhopd Qf Z
AuEor. have unusually Ions SILKY hair. /
80 lH believed that the climate and per I
hupf thc soil az the region are respon'
sibie Tor this peculiar development"