The Sidney herald., 1956-10-04
- THE SIDNEY HERALD
Thursday. Oceober 4. 1856

yemek) we were served som
typical Turkish food. sis Kebap'
egg plant with yogurt (made from
milky rice, sliced tomatoes, ric,
pudding and watermelon for de,
sert. Actually this doesn't sounC
much different from an American
5 meal, but they prepare it mucf
differently using a large
amount of olive oil in almost ev-
erything. There was about three
times as much food as we could
eat and they kept urging us to
eat more. We were afraid we
would offend them if we didn't
but by now we have discovered
that another Turkish custom is to
keep urging guests to eat more
until you're absolutely certain
they are unable to eat another
bite.
Later on, the village people did
some of their native dances and
sang for us. / was quite sur
prised to find that only men and
boys dance and sing, usually in
dividually. AS in most other
things, the women stayed pretty
much in the background. We sell
dom see them and when we do,
they have themselves covered up
except for the face and often all
but the eyes. This is partially
because of religious belief and
partly an old custom. However,
in more modern areas of Turkey
and in the cities, women dress
and seem to act much like Amer
lean women. l would never have
imagined myself a dancer, but
they handed us some wooden
spoons and insisted that we try
il - so we did. l don't think we
did so hot, but they seemed to
get a huge laugh out of it so at
least we were FUNNY We even
harmonized on a couple of ia
vorite American songs for them
10 the accompaniment of a drum
and an instrument somewhat like
4 banjo. 1t was a lot of fun and
we left that evening with a soft
spot in our hearts for these won
ierful people. Their recreation
night be a little different, but
hey enjoy it just as much as we
10 ours
Surprisingly, at least to me,
We have me- many people who
lave been in Montana and a few
Who lived there. Here at Izmar,
met Amy Pound from Lewis
own who works with one of our
.overnment agencies in Ankara,
nd a few days ago / talked with
wo young fellows who were
classmates at Montana State Col
eye last year. 1t was good to see
ONE familiar facesl We have also
cen many of the former IFYE's
} the u. S.
/ almost wore my feet out try
lg to see everything at the In
irrational Trade Fair now TAX
lg place in this city. II coun-
les have exhibits, including
Tncle Sam. The grounds cover
large area and each part of It
as something interesting to see.
ach country displays its major
reduction of agriculture and in
ustrial goods in picture and with
xhibits of the goods. The U. S.
our industrial and ag-
icultural growth since 1900 in
very interesting fashion.
Have you ever stood in water
4 a narrow tunnel 600 feet I'M
the ground in pitch black
arkness? Probably not, and be-
eve me it isn't a very pleasant
A few days ago we Wis
ed a chromium mine and, of
purse, jumped at the chance to
} down and see the actual min
g operation. They dressed us
D in rubber boots, metal he'll
cts and heavy miners uniforms
Id gave us each a carbide lamp.
hen we got to the lowest part
the mine we discovered they
ere blasting. Wham! and all the
GIFTS went Quit AS you might
lagine, we almost melted in our
.oes because the way it sound
the roof might fall in any
mute. But it didn't, and we
ere soon lit up and on our way
ain. We climbed UP through
lies and down through places
at yer just large enough to
t through, and after 112 hours
: were back at the surface none
e worse for wear, but awfully
ed.
One of Turkeys greatest i'm
ediate needs is development of
r abundant natural resources.
rome is her leading mineral
port for industry and she has
any more valuable minerals,
t no money to develop them.
miners receive only 4 Liras
r day, which is equivalent to
out S1.45. Because labor is so
people will work for
most any wage to keep from
If there was more in
stry to employ more people,
.ges and the low standard of
ing would increase. 300 of
population are farmers. This
ows only a small amount of
d for each one, making it al
st impossible to maintain a
her standard of living.
don't think there is a country
Ich more interesting than
rkey. l have made many
ends and have been accepted
a friend by the Turks. 1t
ms a terrible shame that such
ngs as the Suez Canal trouble
re to cause divisions of peo-
when actually deem down