Word: saracoglu
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...successor, President Ismet Inönü promptly appointed a man whose similar leanings are not taken for granted: robust, greying Foreign Minister Sükrü Saracoglu (rhymes with "marrow jaw glue"), 52, who in his time has held Turkey's portfolios of Finance, Justice, Interior and Education, who has helped President Inönüü plot and steer Turkey's present course. Hearty, bull-voiced Saracoglu sports a Hitler-style mustache and has often been suspected of Axis sympathies...
...Premier Saracoglu gives loud salutes in all directions, once even roared "Tovarich!" at Joseph Stalin. The United Nations might have a few misgivings, but still there was no basis to doubt that Turkey's big hope is still to stay neutral. In World War I Turkey took a violent beating as an active flank of the Central Powers. In World War II, as a neutral flank of both sides, she has suffered no more than nerve strain and high cost of living. Neutrality lessens the danger of real conflict between those of her citizens who are pro-Axis (mostly...
...dinner. And he needed household goods; the Embassy did not have a set of glassware that matched. Even if he and British Ambassador Sir Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen had stagged the leading nightclubs until 3 in the morning with Turkey's Foreign Minister Sükrü Saracoglu, there was more formal entertaining to be done. The newly arrived corps of U.S. experts and Lend-Leasers made things especially crowded...
...Past. From friend of Russia, to membership in the Anglo-French-Turkish Pact, to a "friendship" pact with Germany and now to closer cooperation with the U.S., the status of Turkey had changed as the warring nations showed strength or weakness. "We are convinced," said Foreign Minister Saracoglu, "that our neutrality is useful to all the belligerents." The danger always lay in Turkey's geographical position. Hitler must either conquer or by-pass her on any thirsty march toward the oil fields of the Russian Caucasus or of Iraq and Iran...
...Overthrew President Inonu-made pro-Axis Saracoglu Prime Minister...