THE TURKISH POLICE.
GIFT OF SMART UNIFORMS. ANKARA. Brass helmets and red tunics are to be Turkey's "New Year gift" to her policemen, according to an order issued l)V the Ministry of the Interior. The tunics will have laurel leaves embroidered in gold and silver on the collars, according to rank. Tliev will make Turkish policemen, it is claimed, the smartest in the world. The force will also have a more military appearance. The Directors of Public Security, as the police chiefs are known, will in future be required to wear, on official occasions, a regimental | dress resembling the parade uniforms of military -.staff officers.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 46, 24 February 1937, Page 12
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