THE MOSLEM SABBATH
ABOLITION IN TURKEY
ECONOMIC PRESSURE
;Timcs" Cables.
«ti ™-LO^ DON» 18th N«>vember. The Times" Constantinople correspondent states that Mustapha Kemal continued his policy of westernising Turkey by a sudden breach of the •Day of Best" tradition. Comment is caused by his opening the National Assembly on Friday, Ist November, It is now officially announced '.hat a Bill I will be forthcoming at an early date to make Sunday the "Day of Beat" instead of Friday, primarily for financial and commercial reasons. European Stock Exchanges and banks are open on Friday but shut on Sunday Turkey must fall into line or lose a day's business. The Government considers the losses thereby so serious during economic reconstruction that tradition must be sacrificed.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 122, 19 November 1929, Page 9
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123THE MOSLEM SABBATH Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 122, 19 November 1929, Page 9
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