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National Geographic : 1951 Aug
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T Horse Carts Draw Food and Fuel in Ancient Bursa Bursa dates from about 185 B. c., when it was founded as a principal city of the kingdom of Bithynia. Today it is one of the Republic's leading silk-spinning centers. Mul berry groves, thriving on the water laden foothills, supply the mills with cocoons. The dusty courtyard (opposite page) suggests that modern roads have not come to this part of Turkey. On the contrary, as a popular resort town Bursa is well paved. A Turkish Government project to build or improve some 14,000 miles of roads is under way. In several areas the author saw Marshall Plan specialists teaching farmers to operate American tractors. >-"By water all things find life." This quotation from the Koran might apply to the fountain in a Bosporus side village. Water sellers, trudging beside donkeys laden with 5-gallon tins, still serve many homes. The poster proclaims that dubbed-in voices of two Turkish singers will be heard in an American movie. © National Geographic Society Kodachrome by Gilbert Grosvenor
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