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Identifier: belltelephonevol3132mag00amerrich (find matches)
Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
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akare In operation. On February 16, 1953, radio tele-phone service between New York andAnkara was established. At differ-ent hours of the day, the same equip-ment Is used for service to Berne,Switzerland, and Hamburg, Ger-many, with connections to other partsof Europe, and to London for serv-ice to Great Britain and Ireland. Since this project was undertaken,Turkey has become a member of theNorth Atlantic Treaty Organizationand the Improvement of Its domestictelephone system and of Its commu-nications to the Western World havebecome increasingly important to thedefense of all free nations. Some of the fields to which theBell System consultants have givenspecial attention are: long-range pro-gramming of central-office expansionIn the larger cities, plans for specificbuildings, studies of the trunking lay-out In Istanbul, Introduction of writ-ten operating practices, forecasts ofdemands for service, revision of tollrate schedules, and directory prac- 2o6 Bell Telephone Magazine WINTER ^
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Modern telephone buildings are rising in many Turkish cities. This one is in Elazii tices. Inspection trips to all parts ofthe country have been made, with re-sulting specific suggestions. Domestic Arrangements With one or two exceptions, thewives of the Bell System men haveaccompanied or followed them, and ina few instances, other members oftheir families have done so. At first,the group was located in Istanbul(long famous as Constantinople), abeautiful city with many ancientmosques and other points of architec-tural and historic interest. Manyhours were spent exploring in the cityand riding back and forth on the littleferry boats that go up the Bosphorusalmost to the Black Sea, with stopsat little commuting settlements alongthe waters edge. Now the entire group is at Ankara,300 miles east of Istanbul on a 3,000 foot plateau, established as the capi-tal of the Republic by Kemal Ataturksoon after World War I. Its mainstreet is lined with modern buildings,is very well lighted, and cont

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