This is the music link from a Roots World Review of an album that begins by explaining the early years of Ataturk's Turkish Republic.
By 1935 his main goals were accomplished: the Republic had clearly defined borders, a Latin alphabet was adopted in place of an arcane Ottoman script unfit to Turkish and read by a fraction of the population, women had lost their scarves and gained the right to vote. The Republic gave him his own rail car with an up-to-date German-made music system integrated into the furniture, and a collection of 78 rpm records.
Its strangely reassuring to know that the George Washington of Turkey had a pimped out ride. I'm not sure what this record is or what this piece of music has to do with it but I'm hooked.
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