Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1919 — No Social Barriers in Turkey. [ARTICLE]

No Social Barriers in Turkey.

To tho’se unfamiliar with Turkish customs it may seem strange that Talaak Pasha, wljo has just resigned the highest tl iguity in-the-Ot ternsn -empire. should have been earning his living only a few years ago as an obscure telegraph clerk. Ye’ •meh big jumps are perhaps easier in Turkey than in any, other country. For although the Ottoman Turks-efteit-show the irtmost numerous subject races that help th fiiake up the Turkish empire. -they-recognize no social barriers among themselves. In the eves of the sultan all are equal. Thus it may easily happen that, given the necessary ability, even an emancipated Ottoman slave may become grand vizier. and perhaps marry into tan’s own family. 'f-