TURKEY’S NEW CAPITAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 98, Issue 15320, 22 August 1923, Page 5

TURKEY’S NEW CAPITAL.

A RAMSHACKLE VILLAGE.

PRIMITIVE APPOINTMENTS.

NO LEGISLATIVE FACILITIES,

Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn, Received August 22, 12.30 p.m.

LONDON, August 21

The Times, in a special article, says it is difficult to realise thert Turkey is governed from the village of Angora, which the correspondent describes as ramshackle. He states ttiat the Premier occupies an unimposing structure near the school, which is used as the House of Representatives. Other Ministers arc housed in dilapidated, unsuitable buildings. The rough noors' are strewn with rugs, with the oldest and most incongruous furniture. Oil lamps and candles are the sole illuminants, and water is drawn from a few stiff pumps in the streets. A single hostelry provides accommodation, but no food. The rooms are devoid of conveniences, and are filled with beds occupied by deputies and summoned officials’. The passages are strewn with beds. A single sink is fed by water, which is the only washing arrangements for guests'. Privileged guests of the Government are offered accommodation In a railway coach at the station. A car attached is equipped with wash basin and douche, but is rendered almost uninhabitable by mosquitoes and flies. There is a great scarcity of food. The officials, deputies and visitors have meals at a restaurant adjoining Parliament Buildings. -The almost continuous wars have impoverished the country, yet the revenue and expenditure have not been debased by the printing press, and the Turkish pound has only depreciated two-sevenths of its value.