Word: brusa
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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From the village of Chalcedon, on the Asiatic shore, Gregory VII crossed over to Phanar in a caïque, accompanied by the Archbishops of Brusa and New Caesarea. Where the marble steps of the Ecumenical palace go down to the waters of the Bosphorus, he was met by the Metropolitans of Nicaea and of Cyzicus. Taking his arms they led him to the palace gate. The chief secretary of the Holy Synod read him the canon of election. The Archbishop of Caesarea gave him the pastoral staff...
...Brusa, Mustapha Kemal Pasha gave a party to celebrate his marriage. The guests assembled in a well-known French hotel celebrated for its wines; but there was nothing to drink-not until the proprietor discreetly mentioned to Kemal that the cellar was full. " Bring us up some of the best," said the host. " But, Sir, our cellar has been sealed by the gendarmes." " Ah! " said Mustapha, " tell them to unseal...
Mustapha Kemal Pasha comes into the limelight under a new guise. Speaking before the Teachers' Association at Brusa (across the Bosphorus from Constantinople), he exhorted women to educate themselves and to take an active part in the nation's affairs...
...Angora. The second offensive is against Aflun-Kara Hissar, another railroad terminal. Here the operations are most important, because, if successful, the Greeks will cut off the Turks from Cilicia in their attempt to join their main army. Some 120,000 men are at present on the Smyrna and Brusa front and the Greeks with superior forces have the initial advantage...