Of "Grey Wolf"
Highest Last Honours Accorded Ataturk Great poignancy today of the Mustapha Kemal.
Ankara, Nov. 21.
arked the funeral Greatest Turk," who died on November 10 after having served as the first President of the Turkish Republic for more than fifteen years.
Rain began to fall as the cortege left the mentary buildings for the Ethnographic Museum, where the "Grey Wolf" of Turkey was tempora arily laid to rest, pending the construction of a special museum.
The President's sister wept as she walked behind the gun carriage, while the roar of aeroplanes overhead followed the procession as it wended its way through the main streets.
Ataturk's funeral took place with honours surpassing any accorded to the long line of Sultans of the former Ottoman Empire. All Turkey observed a three-minute silence at the end of the ceremony.
The construction of the President's last resting place will be within sight of the rugged Anatolian Mountains where he led his armies to victories.
Countries throughout the world were represented at the funeraL—
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