THE SULTAN OF TURKEY
HEIRS SEEKING COMPEKSATM
CONSTANTINOPLE, February 24
Dismally failing to secure compensation from the Turkish, Greek, Bulgarian, and Serbian Governments for property allegedly belonging to the late Turkish' Sultan,' Abdul _ Hamid, the princesses and princes, his joint heirs, are making a. final hid to secure a verdict hv suing the British Government before' the Anglo-British tribunal, claiming restitution of 122 properties in Bagdad and Cyprus, and oilfields at MnsnlT involving millions. It is recalled that Abdul Hamid, during his thirty rears' reign, accumulated a 'fortune of '£8,000,000 by acquiring property through _ the Turkish Empire, chiefly by questionable methods.—A. and N.Z. and ‘Sun’ Cable.
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Evening Star, Issue 19801, 27 February 1928, Page 4
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106THE SULTAN OF TURKEY Evening Star, Issue 19801, 27 February 1928, Page 4
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