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how seriously a statement bythe Turkish Premier
Hasan Saka was intended: ” Defence requirements
are more important than anything else.”
Turkey is a democracy and yet not a real
democracy. As is known, Kemal Atatürk, modernized
the country. He engineered the revolution which,
it has been said, is the greatest that any people
(next to the Russians) have undergone in modern
times. He europeanized Turkey. He did this by
creating a dictatorship where his will, with the help
of the military, the police, and the one-party
system, was supreme. He was of the opinion that the
Turkish people were not yet ready to rule
themselves, that they should be led step by step to a
democratic form of government. It is said that, at
the time of his death, he was prepared to loose the
ties in the near future and give the people much
greater freedom than they had enjoyed before.
Certainly his successor and heir, President Ismet
Inönü, has done this. He has given liberalism free
rein. He has permitted the foundation of a new
party, the Democratic party, which represents the
opposition. He has granted greater freedom of the
press and still Turkey is not yet what we call a
democracy.
Turkey’s money goes for the greater part to the
Army and it has done so for years. This practice is
based on stern reality. Undoubtedly it has caused
stagnation in internal development.
The will to carry out extensive reforms has been
great, but the possibilities to accomplish them much
less. We were reminded of this when the Minister
of Health, Dehzet Uz, showed us the plans for a
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