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1949-51_Vol.1J -    Note: 60o

Page: 122
Date: 21. 12. 49.
Location: Tomarza
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21/12 Tomarza. Reisi (Mayor} - carpetted room, 3 decent windows, sedir on 2 sides, bench on third side, small stove on platform burning wood. Cupboard
of bedding, small cupboard of books and papers. Lace on cushions etc. Carpet on the wall (100TL); a picture of Kemal Ataturk on a charger; diagram on making
kerpi houses (from K.E. {Village Institute})
Enclosure large - a raised open platform leading across to the ev, making a covered havlu underneath {diagram}.
A long thin room open besides oda and beyond the oda, next to this room, another with large western style windows. Oda 15 years old. Only decently built house
anywhere near. One of the Muhtar's had similar large windows. Almost all the houses 2 storey.

Mdr {District Officer} seemed to live in one room, a few chairs, a bed, stove, - no carpetting or luxury {c: educated outsider; he would}

k<Tomarza mayor's house, Mdr's room>


k<houses, interiors>

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