On the other hand, an unpleasant incident has to be
balanced against this apparent growth of Constitutional- ism in Turkey. All Shukhry Bey, one of the moderate leaders, was recently shot by a Nationalist bravo, one Osman Agha. Suspicion at once fell on the Government, since it was known that it was by no means sorry to rid itself of an able and powerful opponent. The Govern- ment, however, took vigorous action and sent a force of gendarmerie in pursuit of Osman. They surrounded Osman and his gang and killed, him and either killed or dispersed his followers. But this again is taken in some quarters as a rather suspiciously fortunate event for the Government, since it avoids a that at which all sorts of inconvenient things might have been said. On the whole, however, there really does seem to be evidence that Turkey is making some progress towards becoming a more ordered State.
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