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were no automobiles at all. There are stop lights and traffic policemen which the average Turk apparently feels are solely for motorists and have no application whatever to anyone on foot. It is not uncommon for a light to be green and have the crosswalk choked with foot traffic going against the light. Pedestrians cross streets anywhere, without looking either left or right. The philosophy seems tobe* You must have seen meI’m here!" Periodically the newspapers announce a traffic campaign against jay-walking. An ordinance is passe'd which permits a policeman to fine a person something like .02 1/2 cent on the spot, payable' to the policemen. Ap parently, pedestrians figure it worth the fine because if they’ve stopped, they pay the fine and scurry on across , in. front, of approaching vehicles, TJie campaigns are never very successful because, among other things, the people complain the policemen get too wealthy from the fines, some part of which it is suspected, they do not turn over to their offices. Farming in Turkey is still j primitive although great ! strides have been made in ■ recent years. Through ' foreign aid, tractors are now | seen on the roads and in the i
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