Mount McKinley (AGC 7) - Naval Cruise Book

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WHATEVER YOUR MODE OF TRANSPORTATION OR BY C llOOOl IZMIR WAS VERY INTERESTING TO VISIT WHETHER IT BE BY .... HORSE AND BUGGY WHEN IT CAME TIM FOR FOOD.. IZMIR'S WSIS KEBAPU WAS THE BEST MEAL. WSIS KEBAPN IS A ROW OF PIECES OF LAMB STRUNG ON A SPIT AND ROASTED OVER CHARCOAL. MONETARY UNIT IN TURKEY WAS THE LIRA. THE OFFICIAL RATE OF EXCHANGE WASI9 LIRA T0 ONE U. S. DOIJARN

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IZMIR , TUR,KEY IZMIR IT IS BUILT POINT - 11 ,ASQ 1 Q1 1 -fi ,TXQA-, A 'lg' if f 1-552. .lgil fx f'iefff7I5, . I -mann it-I Z- A,1.S'.:k k LV I v V X: A. 'fef,gA ':xN 4 A ,,wf4,,., g?Hf'ww+f5Agf,, f,,,fgvf,,VI x ' .ITF if--1'--11,...l. A A A A ' Q. . T , 'ap' . I A. Aw: i , -kk fam- H x K :L I .Q Y K '-ffL 'T' A' .f 4: It v',-, I -M I,A53Qq 4, ' Q j ffg gTgxR 'E .-I5....t:'.: .'i'f!'f: ' A 'Q-15-55.1. xiii-du.: -Q , A ' ' if 'x V' . A ,I ..-. ' 1 , Rv, f , ' V45'3 'VX' K X ,gif -I .lr -'I Y K ff 5 - 1, V- ' A ' 1 ' .5 f If lfuILL. , Q-yavf mek? - , vfim, Q , A L,v J Z3 IS THE THIRD LARGEST CITY IN TURKEY WITH A POPULATION SITUATED AT THE HEAD OF THE SHELTERED GULF OF IZMIR. ON A PLAIN AROUND THE EASTERN END OF THE GULF AND THE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS IS MOUNT PAGUS, 5hO FEET ABOVE MANY CONQUERORS HAVE LEFT THEIR IMPRINT ON TURKEY AND IZMIR. CONSTRUCTIVE CONQUEROR IN MODERN TIMES IS KEMAL ATATURK WHO TURKISH FORCES AGAINST THE GREEKS OCCUPYING IZEIR IN 1922. TURK, WHO RIGHTFULLY RECEIVES THE CREDIT FOR ESTABLISHING THE TURKISH REPUBLIC IN 1923, CHOSE RENE DONJE TO PLAN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CITY IN 192A. OF 325,ooo. THE crm is HIGHEST SEA LEVEL. THE MOST LED THE KEMAL ATA- IN AN EFFORT TO MODERNIZE THE COUNTRY ALMOST OVERNIGHT, WESTERN DRESS WAS ORDAINED AND THE FEZ PROHIBITED, THE LATIN ALPHABET WAS SUBSTITU- TED FOR ARABIC SCRIPT, AND THE GREGORIAN CALENDER WAS ADOPTED EVEN MAKING SUNDAY THE SABBATH INSTEAD OF THE TRADITIONAL MOSLEM FRIDAY. IZMIR IS NOT AN ORIENTAL, BUT RATHER A WESTERN STYLE CITY. SINCE 1939, TURKEY HAS BEEN UNDER CONSTANT THREAT OF AGGRESSION WITH THE RESULT THAT SHE HAS HAD TO MAINTAIN A STANDING ARMY AND NAVY FAR BEYOND HER NORMAL REQUIREMENTS AND RESOURCES. IZEIR HAS BEEN THE SE- CONDARY CENTER OF MILITARY CONCENTRATION IN TURKEY, AND HAS THE LAR- GEST NAVAL BASE OUTSIDE OF ISTANBUL.

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WHEN IT CAME TO SHOPPING .... MODERN STORES AND SHOPS HAVE TAKEN THE PLACE OF SOME OF THE OLD BAZAARS, BUT THERE ARE STILL MANY OF THE LATTER IN IZHIR .'JH1i.RE YOU CAN BARGAIN TO YOLKR HEART'S CONTENT. BARGAINING IS USUALLY PART OF THE STANDARD BUSINESS PRACTICE. MONEY EXCHANGE NAS TURKISH LIRA FOR THE AMERICAN DOLLAR. Y, ' f A-M5- ,:mx:4i...lhil ' in T