Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-09-29 | Page 29 | Young Turkish Republic Aims at Repid Plan of Americanization

Young Turkish T urk sh Republic Aims Aims' at Rapid Plan f Ameika Americanization U UiS Replacing I. I France as Cultural Influence nce S. S Among ANGORA NGOR Turkey Sept Sep 28 AP The Tho Tho influence of oC t the United Slates States is replacing almost entirely without the thiC nii cos-nii cognizance of or Amen Ameri Americans cans cans the tr traditional cultural Influence ence of ot France and the ethical ef effect effects ef- ef t ot f the the Koran in the new Turkey The TIme young young- republic w which h has weathered so 80 many tidal waves waves' of or reform Is now now to tobo tobe be launched upon upon a 30 n new w sea of n. n That Tha sea the government calls Americanism The rhe order which Angora has Just given forthe t teaching ot of English in all aU Turkish schools beginning with this autumn points significantly cantly toward the trend away from French cultural domination In Turkey One of ot the foremost spokesmen o othe of the government go t and closest friends of ot President Kem l h tho the deputy FalIh Bey has Just written In hi hithe the tho official daily daly 1 BASIS OF REFORM In fn a l. l nati nation n where nature cl cities es science knowledge and men all need to be made i oyer- oyer anew anew and and sucha such sucha a nation is ours ours Americanism Americanism and nd not must serve serve serve-as as th the basis Tar for reform The first step Isto is isto isto to be 80 a wide dissemination of the of time English language for to adopt adot th the American spirit we must change not only our methods of oC production but also our system of or education The habit Imbued through education edu edu- cation of or considering everything front from the standpoint of ot prosperity the Ideal deal of ot gain the ambition tc to create create all all In sho short t that signifies Americanism constitutes the antipodes antipodes antip antip- odes of ot mf what our our- dervishes arid and priests have been teaching us for tor centuries and it Is t towards wards this antipodes antipodes an an- n that we must now swerve or dies die of ot stagnation MOONING IN MARSHES' MARSHES The Tho lIte literate at Turk has has' been mooning va ri In the away the tho marshes of f this this' ancient education Uon of or ours Hence is is' afraid t to look Jar far and long afraid to lift his hands to br break ak hard ground round while all the time tune the theone theone theone one timing thing he does docs Is to talk too much The religion of ot Americanism must come to us us as the one true r re religion rC- rC ligion because Its ideal is to create creat Tho The Am American God loves not the parasite who dies of ot hunger in th the street but the Ford who labors and who ho out of or his labor builds himself a pal palace ce It w WAS on his return from a a. trip to South America that Bey Be who has also traveled throughout throughout through through- out Europe first began his C campaign cam caim- for Cor Americanism based on his observation of or tho the of ot United States in in Latin i America and the material advancement advancement advance advance- mel ment t resulting Now his campaign has become the campaign of ot the Turkish h government The recent voyage of r Bey the first member of or the tho Turkish cabinet to visit the tho United States I iii a i case casc In in nt Writing of ot the thc h hygiene glene ministers minister's return the Americanizing deputy goes gocs ori on ni to say AMERICAN MERICAN YEAR America is a a. country which h in instead instead inte in- in stead te d of discouraging Ins Ins- with its own 11 tremendous development men of 01 backward nations gives them thema a sudden awakening and hope 4 Europ European an an American year car With and with method method meth- meth od these Americans have trl triumphed over ovel time Increased ed production I Will give gly us us t the e money and from AmerIca we must learn the tho method The Americanization of Turkish mentality means that th the United States win will replace France rance as the predominant foreign cultural ence France was the first Christian Chris Chris- tian Uan power to send se an a ambassador to the tho Ottoman lan empire and this early intimacy dating back to the reigns of lr Francis I and ami the Sultan Suleiman tho the Magnificent Mas In in the sixteenth century was developed conti continually nual ly