Tag #127838 - Interview #97497 (Sami Schilton)

I remember Ataturk’s death [11] very well indeed.  There was a magnificent ceremony for him in Turkey.  I remember going to the Dolmabahce Palace to see him but it was so crowded that we couldn’t get in.  There used to be the mounted police then.  On that day, we got scred of the crowds and returned home.  That night there were even people who died in the crowds.  We told ourselves that we would not be able to make it inside in that terrible crowd and we went back home.  We had gone there with our neighbors.  There were about 8-10 of us, and we really wanted to see Ataturk but had to go back home without seeing him.