Other titles:THE ATLANTIC COMMUNITY - INTRODUCING TURKEY [Alternative Title]
REGARDS SUR LA TURQUIE (French title) [Alternative Title]
DIE TÜRKEI (German title) [Alternative Title]
NATO DOCUMENTARIES [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: A brief profile of the history and culture of the NATO member country Turkey.
Description: The film opens by stressing the strategic importance of Turkey’s position. The history of Istanbul is briefly mentioned, as scenes show the Hagia Sophia and revived ceremonial marches in honour of the Janissaries. Cavalry are noted as having an ongoing importance to the army of Turkey and its defence, due to the difficult terrain of the North-East. Such cavalry help to bring weaponry to the positions difficult to access for unmounted infantry and unnavigable by tanks. Those in military service also benefit from an education in skills useful to their, and Turkey’s, economic future. Turkey has much land that can still be put to agricultural use, and the government supports the growth of agriculture through surveying and providing grants of land, and the operation of machinery centres. Living standards have grown as following the resultant agricultural improvements. In Ankara, the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Turkish Republic, is shown. Views of the historical town and the modern city follow. Women, now freed to work in the secular Turkish republic, contribute significantly to medicine and education. Banking instituted by Ataturk supports the growth of heavy industry. New harbours are shown under construction to support the growth in exports. At the regional NATO headquarters of Allied Land Forces South-Eastern Europe (LANDSOUTHEAST), Greek, Turkish and United States couterparts coordinate the defence of the region. The Balkan Pact of 1953 coordinating Greece, Turkey and Yugoslavia is briefly mentioned. Turkey’s recent elections are characterised as increasingly liberal. The film ends in emphasising the economic growth of Turkey since the founding of the Republic, and the efforts to close the gap between the Turkish economy and those to the west.
A shorter version of the film is also held. This omits the sections on governmental land surveys and grants, the role of the banking sector, and the agreement of the Balkan Pact.
Alternative Title:THE ATLANTIC COMMUNITY - INTRODUCING TURKEY [Alternative Title]
REGARDS SUR LA TURQUIE (French title) [Alternative Title]
DIE TÜRKEI (German title) [Alternative Title]
NATO DOCUMENTARIES [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:NAT 2016
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM NATO
Featured Period:
Production Date:1955
Production Country: NATO
Production Details: North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Sponsor)
Gallo, Vittorio (Production individual)
Europa Telefilm (Production individual)
Vitrotti, Francesco (Production individual)
Beatty, Robert Rutherford1909-10-191992-03-03 (Production cast)
de Harven, Emile (Production individual)
