ABSTRACT
O n the second anniversary o f the entrance o f the vic torious Turkish army after the evacuation of the Allied Armies in 1923, the long and impressive military procession of seasoned war veterans was followed by a very different procession, no less impressive and no less enthusiastically cheered by the thousands that lined the streets-the pro cession of hundreds of schoolboys and girls, and students from the university. The significant feature o f this second procession was the fact that these long lines o f schoolgirls headed by their teachers, appeared publicly as a part o f a great national demonstration, wearing for the first time school caps or hats, and not the scarf headdress o f the old régime. As I watched from our balcony in Taxim Square these two processions in unbroken line, the one merged in the other, it seemed to me a striking symbol o f the part that girls and women play in modern Turkey and the importance of education in fitting them for their new role.
