Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02

tional hero = discussed.
"Gazi"-meaning "victori0us"-is the title
and he Is rarely spoken Of in any other form.
His admirers will recall the truly important
mart played BY women In preparing cultural
background fer the revolution, OF which the
idea spread just rapidly In the harems OF
Istanbul and Smyrna as 1t did In the ranks OF
the army.
While no law was passed obliging women to
wear hats and live In Western fashion, the re-
public protects them from insult and the Gazi
gives them every encouragement 50 as to have
them partake IN the LIE Of the country and
make use Of the newly established schools and
AT the same time others win inform you
that Renal Pasha has been bad boy from MS
earliest youth and gave his poor mother no end
of trouble They will tell you that he was
married to a young and beautiful woman be-
longing to one of Turkeys leading families, and
that after three years his wife obtained di-
vorce.
He is ladies' man all right" it is ironically
murmured mo, he did not remarry but what
about his adopted daughters 80
The implication Is obvious, and is given color
by the tradition long associated with turkey
and by the fact that during the Summer sea-
son the GaM moves from Ankara 70 Istanbul,
occupying the stately palace Of Dolma Bagtche
on the Bosporus All his household accom-
panies him. and naturally enough his adopted
daughters live in the part Of the palace which
in days gone by was occupied by the Sultan's
harem.
1T may be well to add that the word "harem"
] as it was used in Turkey In bygone days in
no way possessed the significance which the
West has generally understood it to imply.
Polygamy, it is true, was admitted by the
Moslem faith and consequently by the law, but
it had almost disappeared in the great cities
lricH1 nlanki0
The cost of living, apartment houses and in
creasing contacts with Western countries made
the ancient custom fall into disuse although
tradition still kept the women in seclusion and
prevented them from emerging unveiled from
their houses freely aSSociating with men
outside of the family circle. Naturally this
custom made it necessary for the woman mem
bers of every family to have part of the
home reserved for their exclusive use, in which
manservants, trade people and friends Of the
male members of the family could not enter.
This section of the residence, which was
large or small according to the familys means,
was called the harem. Owing to the fact that
no family names exist in Turkey. all the
woman members OF q household were spoken
OF as belonging to the harem Of SO and so.
While the custom had some affinity to the
tribal system, it included the mans mother.
sister daughters and servants who happened to
live in his house Many o wealthy Pasha had
over SO women in his harem, which does not
in any way mean that they were married to
him. or confined to his house by amorous cap
tivity
In this sense Renal Pasta has number of
women who live in what could be called
harem; and aside from idle gossip and roman
tic implications the story Of his i've daughters.
Of their origin and education, sheds an inter-
esting light on the enigmatic character Of the
Turkish leader
They all have been legally adopted and have
added the name Kemal to their own given
They n HNWikimNfR claim tn their