The national flag of Turkey, which is rarely seen in Shanghai, was flown at half-mast yesterday by the British cruiser Suffolk while other foreign warships on the river flew their own flags at half-mast as a mark of respect to the memory of the late President Kemal Attaturk founder of modern Turkey, whose death occurred on November 10.
Members of the Turkish community in Shanghai observed the day solemnly, showing the same respect for their late President as the hundreds of thousands of their compatriots at Ankara, who filed past the coffin on Sunday The national flag, which aroused no little curiosity on The Bund, when hoisted by the British bluejackets, is a modification of the old Turkish standard,
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