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One is hard put to catch the historical mood of the moment in a world in which the only quiet and unchanging spot is the no man's land between the Maginot and Siegfried lines. Even that may no longer be true after some time. Indeed, a great many things may be changed soon. But some things are certain: returning to Turkey after an absence that coincided with the outbreak of the war and the signature of the Anglo-French-Turkish pact, the article author finds that the country has taken a turn in a very definite direction. Turkey today is not neutral. It is, like Italy and will be perhaps for as long as Italy-non-belligerent. To one who has been following developments in Turkey during the past few years there is nothing startling in this fact, particularly when one remembers that Turkey is pro-Ally but not anti-Soviet Union. Interesting revelations of the new mood in Turkey are found in the daily press.

The article presents information on various political developments around the world. The U.S. President Thomas Woodrow Wilson has received a note from Turkey. But Wilson's lips have been sealed hitherto by consideration for the oppressed races exposed to wanton brutality of their Turkish rulers. The Taryba, or State Council of Lithuania, elected under the control of the German army of occupation, chose as King Duke William of Urach. But the German government has declared that Lithuania had no right to select kings without consulting Prussia, and that the Taryba had been improperly elected and did not represent the population.

Presents several letters to the editor referencing several previously published articles and current socio-political issues. Information related to French public finance, considering the article "Is France Going Bankrupt?," by John F. Sinclair, published in the January 9 issue; Clarification of editors against issues raised in the said letter about French financial future; Discussion of a previous article over Turkish massacres; Comments on an editorial predicting losses in surtaxes under so-called Mellon plan in the U.S., published in the January 23 issue; Discussion over the issue of oil scandals in the U.S.; Arguments qualifying Democratic leader W.G. McAdoo's personality for Presidential nomination in comparison to Senator Thomas J. Walsh, contradicting the editorial view appeared in the February 20 issue; Discussion over the article "The Immigration Question," published in the February 27 issue.

The article discusses the raging conflict between the Turkish journalists and Turkey's Premier Adnan Menderes following the latter's wrath when he was circumvented by the press against his administration. It mentions the plight of several journalists under his administration which include imprisonment and series of media killings. Several press regulations which primarily focuses on libel control along with the corresponding consequences for that matter are further emphasized.

The article presents news briefs concerning U.S. and international politics for the week of February 24, 1941. The Turkish-Bulgarian non-aggression agreements are discussed in relation to German military expansions. Herbert Hoover's failed efforts to advocate food supply aid to Belgium are detailed. The Vatican's aggressive position against claims of supporting Adolf Hitler's "New Order" is explored.

The article presents information about political developments from various countries. The latest news from Paris has reached the outer world in a most extraordinary way. A member of the Government of National Defence M. Gambetta, was the bearer of it. A severe fight, south of Metz, took place on the 3rd, several brigades being engaged on both sides but the sortie accomplished nothing definite. The wounded French were left, intentionally, on the field. On the following days some fighting and cannonading was carried on around the northern fortifications. Stories of Prussian cruelty and depredations were for a while confined to the Paris papers, whose very extravagance and absurdity, however, rendered their charges harmless. Stories of Russia's preparing for an immediate attack on Turkey, which were put in circulation last week, have disappeared.

This article focuses on political situation of Turkey. Renovation of the dictatorship into a republic began some time before American aid under the President of the United States, Harry S. Truman, Doctrine was announced. Turkish leaders apparently started to think seriously of instituting democracy when it became clear that Adolph Hitler, a dictator of Germany, was going down to defeat. But less cynical reasons for shifting to popular government also existed. War-time controls brought grumbling against the regime in circles which had long been indifferent.

This article focuses on the political and social developments in various parts of the world. The notion which the Tory papers in England are industriously preaching, too, that the Land League teachings have caused the violence of the past three years, is equally absurd. The violence began in its present form 130 years ago. The Turkish Commissioner has arrived in Egypt, the Sultan's efforts to have the conference given up before he went having failed. The Powers refuse to give up the conference, and the Commissioner is to do the best he can in the meantime.

The article focuses on changes in the Ottoman Empire. Founders of the Turkish Empire were a mere fraction of a Turkish tribe that had left Central Asia on account of Mongolian invasions, and sought a new home in Asia Minor. These people, aggregating only a few hundreds, brought discipline and a sense of justice and safety into the small territory they acquired, while everything, both under Byzantine rule and under the rule of Mohammedan Seljuks in Asia Minor, at that time, was easy-going, corrupt, and unsafe. Furthermore, the Turkish rule afforded opportunities for the recognition and advancement of talent and merit in a very large measure. Talented people, men with ideas, were glad to gather under the Turkish flag to begin a new life.

The article offers information on newly established The Turkish Industrial Development Bank in Turkey.

The article looks at the economic and industrial prospects for Turkey. The U.S. grant is expected to promote extensive private or public economic investment and industrial expansion. The estimated cost of the post-World War II industrial plans of Turkey is a billion dollars. Also cited are some of the projects included in the five-year plan of the country, one of which is the expansion of the linen mill at Bakirkoy.

The article reports that the Turkish government has broken all economic and diplomatic ties with Germany in spite of a long German propaganda. The propaganda did half the work of keeping Turkey out of the war. It failed utterly to influence Turkey to come in on the German side as it did in World War I. But it is doubtful if the propaganda would have succeeded even -as well as it did had it not been for the course of military events. As allied victories mounted and the military threat on three sides receded, and as our own propaganda improved, the Turks moved toward the break with Germany that was probably inevitable from the beginning.

Presents information about various academic professional indicted on the charges of subversive activities. Arrival of professor Mehmet Aybar to Ankara from Istanbul to be jailed for the duration of his trial on the charge of assailing the moral personage of the President; Consequence of a leftist weekly "Chained Freedom" launched by him and his friends; Charged by the police under the catch-all provision of the Press Law; Information on Sabahattin Ali, a short-story writer and one of Aybar's collaborators, who was charged of smuggling political refugees out of Turkey; Assault faced by Ankara University faculty by rightist students; Information on Nazim Hikmet, poet, who was sentenced to prison for fomenting a revolt in the army.

This article presents the appeal that has been sent by the Macedonian students in Sofia to the president of the Slav Union of Students at Prague. You have more than once heard of the bloody tragedy played in the recent past in the center of the Balkan peninsula, the victim of which was the Macedonian population, namely the Bulgarians. Scarcely freed from the spiritual yoke of Greece, the Bulgarians of Macedonia, deprived of political life, systematically ruined by the Turkish Government and the big Turkish land-owners.

In February 1945, a conference of the Arab states was held and a covenant signed. The signatories were representatives of the governments of Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen. Each country was given a single vote in the organization, and place was left for a representative of the Palestine Arabs. At the end of the last war Palestine like the other Arab states detached from the Ottoman Empire, was liberated from Ottoman domination. Having become autonomous, she was no longer dependent on any other state.

The article reports on the state visit to Turkey by King Paul and Queen Frederika of Greece, the first visit to Turkey by Greek monarchs. It states that Turkey and Greece have a long history of animosity. The Greek monarchs placed a wreath on the tomb of Turkish Kemal Ataturk, which is said to be the highlight of the visit.

The article discusses the development of the sugar industry worldwide. It states that every sugar nation is planting new cane and beet sugar to increase production and an estimated 65.7 million tons of sugar is expected which is a new record for world sugar production. It notes that sugar consumption reached 38 pounds annually per person. It mentions Ethiopia, Turkey and Bolivia are the main exporters of sugar.

The article reports that renovation work has started on the network of Civilian airports in Turkey.

Focuses on the Greece-Turkey program of the U.S. Opinion of Senator Edwin Johnson on the U.S. foreign policy toward Turkey and Greece; Details of the military requirements of Turkey; Discussion of the effectiveness of Turkish army against the Russians; Information on the Red Army mountain brigades, which so distinguished themselves against the Germans and Rumanian mountain divisions in the Caucasus and Carpathians.

The article focuses on the growing anti-Americanism in Istanbul, Turkey. It is stated that Turks resent any sign of dependence on the U.S. In recent weeks, bombs have been thrown at U.S. homes, offices and installations in Istanbul and Ankara. As reported, since the rule of Justice Party from 1965, the U.S. support for the government has irritated the urban elite, which consists of students, intellectuals, professionals etc. But, now the U.S. is planning to reduce its military presence here.

The article mentions the 100th anniversary of Turkish journalism in Turkey.

The article focuses on journalists who were jailed at the Ankara Hilton prison in Turkey for their criticism of the government of Turkish Premier Adnan Menderes. It states that Menderes retaliated against journalists of the opposition press as it became very critical after the 1954 Turkish elections. It also adds that sentences were given to journalists Nihat Subasi and Tarik Halulu and the circulation of the publication "Akis" was suspended.

The article presents information on the first export shipment of 570 vehicles made by Soviet Union, for export to Turkey, along with a photograph of a 4-cylinder passenger car, that was a part of the shipment.

This article discusses the matter related to international politics. Russia's restaurant of its treaty of friendship with Turkey and its promise of complete neutrality should Turkey be attacked and obliged to enter the war, represents another cautious but significant-move by Moscow to check `the German advance towards the Dardanelles. In consenting to the passage through the blockade of two ships laden with flour for France the British government seems to have been motivated chiefly by a desire to please Washington. Its position is that this shipment is exceptional and that the policy of including unoccupied France within the blockaded area must continue.

This article presents information about political developments around the world as of October 28, 1939. No week since the period of pre-war crisis has produced a bigger crop of guesses and contradictory rumors along with some open confessions of total confusion. Great Britain's diplomatic victory in Turkey threatens to be offset by a colossal blunder in British policy toward India. Under other circumstances, the story of the "secret letter" sent by Colonel Edward M. House to Lloyd George might be dismissed as a joke at the expense of the Honorable J. Thorkelson of Montana, General Moseicy's and the Bund's favorite Congressman.

The article presents U.S. news briefs. U.S. President Harry S. Truman's speech to the U.S. people about his plans to aid Greece and Turkey with their internal political troubles is discussed. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development of the World Bank group says that it has no plans to help Greece or Turkey because neither country has yet applied for a loan. U.S. Labor Secretary Lewis Schwellenbach has said that the Communist Party should be outlawed in the U.S.

The article presents information on various developments taking place across the world as of October 8, 1908. The revolution in Turkey came as an unwelcome surprise for the small States in Balkan. They had been waiting impatiently for Turkish misrule and anarchy to hasten the break-up of the Empire. Bulgaria has been greatly disappointed with the prospect of rejuvenated Turkey. Bulgaria was not prepared for an Ottoman revolution that had for its main objects the reorganization of the Empire on the basis of liberal institutions and a policy of conciliation towards the warring nationalities in Macedonia.

This article focuses on the developments in various parts of the world. The base uses to which party managers are capable of putting culture, when they get a secure hold of it, is well illustrated by Mr. Cabot Lodge's article in the volume issued for campaign purposes under the title, "The Republican Party-Its History and Policies." The contrast between Russia and Turkey in their railroad policy is strongly marked. While Turkey controls fertile districts in which there seems to be a fair prospect of profitable traffic, no effort is made to develop them. Russia, on the contrary, is rapidly reaching out into Central Asia, and is coming dangerously near the Indian frontier of England.