TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER
MENEMENJOGLU RESIGNS
POLICY DISAPPROVED OF LONDON, June 15. The Turkish Foreign Minister, Numen Menemenjoglu, has resigned. The Prime Minister, Bay Sarajoglu, has assumed his duties. Ankara i-adio stated'that M. Menemenjoglu resigned . after the Turkish Cabinet to-day disapproved of his recent foreign policy. Turkey's potentialities would never be used against Britain, Russia, or America, said Bay Sarajoglu in a statement after the resignation of Menemenjoglu, says Ankara radio. “Armed German ships will not be allowed to leave the Dardanelles. Henceforth all classes of German ships, including merchantmen, will be subjected to close examination with a view to ascertaining whether they are merchantmen.’’ Menemenjoglu has generally been regarded as the Turkish Minister who was most intent that Turkish policy should not provoke the danger of German retaliation—a danger which some Turks seem to have exaggerated, says The Times diplomatic correspondent. Menemenjoglu strongly opposed Allied requests in recent months, and upheld a policy of strict neutrality. When Turkey lately banned the export of chrome to Germany the initiative is said to have come direct from the •President himself—certainly not from Menemenjoglu.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25564, 17 June 1944, Page 6
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