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'A handbook of Turkey in Europe (London: Intelligence Division, Admiralty; 1917)' [71r] (146/348)
The record is made up of 1 volume (170 folios). It was created in 1917. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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NEWSPAPERS: OFFICIALS
137
Efkiar, a Chauvinist journal, and the Tanin. There are
also papers in Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, Italian, Spanish,
Greek, &e.
In regard to books censorship is even more stringent than
for newspapers. The manuscript of every pamphlet has to
be submitted to the ecclesiastical court, and even when
printed it is not certain that a book will be allowed to
circulate.
The Turks, with whom writing is a fine art, to this day
prefer a fine manuscript to a printed book. The Koran is
always used in manuscript. Many who can read cannot
write, and the professional letter-
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
still sits at the street
corner. Moslems consider a seal preferable to a signature.
Officials, Bakhshish. Turkish officials are often astoundingly
ignorant. As an official a Turk retains his courteous manners,
but seems to lose his honesty and truthfulness, and it is safest
to regard him as untrustworthy so long as he is in office.
Officials are really the only aristocracy in Turkey, the nearest
approach to which in our sense are some landed proprietors
(Beys) and a few families claiming to be descended from
notable Turks. Among the latter are some distinguished
members of the Ulema, and in a few such cases a family name
has been preserved. There are no wealthy men in Turkey
judged by Western standards, and there is no display of such
wealth as exists.
Nominally entered by examination from Government
colleges and offering regular promotion, official appointments
are really made by favour, and in all important cases by
palace favour. A year or two before 1908 a ‘ Commission
for the selection of functionaries ’ was appointed, but it was
never allowed to do more than recommend candidates and
its recommendations received scant attention. All official
posts are underpaid. An honest official could not live.
The provincial treasury orders by which they are paid can
only be recovered through professional discounters, who are
likely to charge as much as 50 per cent. The result is naturally
the system of bakhshish which the Young Turk solemnly
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Copy of 'A handbook of Turkey in Europe, prepared on behalf of the Admiralty , Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Division, January 1917.'
The volume contains thirteen photographic plates (folios 99-106) and a map (folio 171).
Contents (folio 6):
Section I
- I. Boundaries and Physical Features, p 9 (f 7);
- II. Climate, p 27 (f 16);
- III. Modern History, p 34 (f 19v);
- IV. Ethnology and Languages, p 49 (f 27);
- V. Religions, p 66 (f 35v);
- VI. Government and Administration, p 96 (f 50v);
- VII. Turkish Social Life, p 114 (f 59v);
- VIII. Economic Geography and Finance, p 142 (f 73v);
- IX. Chief Towns, p 166 (f 85v);
- X. Money, Weights and Measures, the Calendar, p 185 (f 95).
Section II. Itineraries.
- Roads, p 193(f 107);
- Railways, p 276 (f 148v).
Index, p 307 (f 164).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (170 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume contains a table of contents at folio 6, and an index at folios 164-170.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 172; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An original pagination sequence is present in parallel between ff 7-170.
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- Title
- 'A handbook of Turkey in Europe (London: Intelligence Division, Admiralty; 1917)'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:98v, 107r:170v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence