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1949-51_Vol.1J -    Note: 7

Page: 13
Date: 12. 4. 49.
Location: Ankara
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Social welfare etc
k<social welfare>

Beggars - usually young and deformed. One good-looking lad with a twisted wrist and lump
on his right arm. Not enough to be a nuisance.
Peasants noticeably different in dress - tight legging - trousers and cummerbund on men, baggy
trousers on women - vary from quite prosperous to bare-footed even in this snowy weather.
Plenty of manpower - hamals; 2 or 3 selling tickets at Kzlay; often 2 on a bus as well;
domestic servants easy to get.
?? Beggars have regular beats; children work in groups for a master or mistress; a paying
profession. ( Corders 22/4)
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