Houses and trees in Turkey. Huge crowd of men gathered in a courtyard. A man reverently lays the flag of Turkey over a grave or other object of veneration. The crowd is gathered in front of a large palace with enormous portico several stories high above the throng. Many persons are on the portico.
Turkish residents, some armed, pursue fleeing Greek soldiers as Turkish forces, led by contingent of Camel Corps, enter their town. Turkish infantries enter the town during the Greco-Turkish War. Change of scene shows Mustafa Kemal Atatürk entering the town accompanied by numerous officials. Sequence shifts to Turkish infantry setting up defensive positions in a field; troops lining up in formation for inspection; and closeups of two Turkish soldiers.
The Greco-Turkish war, circa 1921. Men preparing ammunition, weapons, and explosives.Women sewing and knitting. Women carrying supplies. Stockpile of supplies. Women driving oxcarts loaded with supplies for the militia. One woman with baby on her back, as she leads oxen. Turkish Nationalist militia moving supplies up hills in Anatolia. Turkish Nationalist cavalry riding up steep slopes. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk with members of his officer staff, standing on mountain overlooking battleground. Shell explodes near entrenched Turkish troops. Turkish gun crew firing a Vickers machine gun, and others advancing in the field. Battle scarred buildings on side of a hill.
Street scene in Turkey, circa 1924. Group of Turkish Government officials seen walking near a government building. Next sequence shows an official entourage of officials entering through a City Gate. They are surrounded by local dignitaries and members of a military unit. A large umbrella sunshade is being held over one or more members of the delegation. Then, with the crowd watching, Turkish troops entertain by performing Dances. A closeup of Turkish President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, in mufti or ordinary clothes, watching the performance. Change of scene to earlier time. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk seen in military uniform, during Greco-Turkish War.
An old man smoking while speaking to another man in Turkey. Men selling newspaper in the market. Women working in a printing press. Man stands in a field. People walk on the street. Founder of Turkey Mustafa Kemal Atatürk visits a girls’ classroom. Girls learn cooking, flower arranging, and dressmaking. School girls do synchronized exercises in a field over which the Turkish flag flies. People vote and cast their ballots in various locations. A young Turkish woman casts her vote.
Turks muster to fight in the Greco-Turkish War, leaving homes and villages, bidding farewell to loved ones and assembling as infantry and cavalry.
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