Turkey, Greece to ship food 12 times and coded identity. Turkey, has sent ships with food and medical supplies to Greece during the war.
One of the cargo ship's named Kurtuluş (Liberation);
Kurtulus was a Turkish cargo ship which became famous for her humanitarian role in carrying food aid during the famine in Greece suffered under the Axis occupation in World War II. She sank on 20 February 1942 with her crew in the Sea of Marmara during her voyage from İstanbul to Greece..
Despite the loss of Kurtuluş, Turkey maintained her determination to help, and continued sending aid until 1946 with other ships like Dumlupınar, Tunç, Konya, Güneysu and Aksu. One ship, the Dumlupınar brought around 1,000 sick Greek children aged 13–16 to İstanbul to recuperate in a safe place.
Documentary about ship
Pastras Andonios, the spokesperson of the Governor of Lesbos, said, “Turkish people are noble. Turkey the first country to help us. We will never forget. "
For the first time, help comes from the red cross to Greece Except Turkey..14 December 1944 ( the video below )
"The Turkish Air Force now has a squadron with an all-female crew at its disposal." Source: Dutch newspaper “De Locomotief” 01-07-1939 ( From Cengiz Sogutlu archive).
March 1945
The '' national security lesson '' given to secondary & high schools since the 1930s to even today. For those who don't know, every year starting in middle school (secondary) for 2 lessons, someone from the army comes to school and teach military information to the students.
In the second world war, I guess, more education was given to the students & the students are organizing a walk on the street.
4 May 1942. General Sofik Cakmak, Chief of Turkish Air Staff (left) and other Turkish officers speak with a Fleet Air Arm pilot (right), on the landing ground.
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