MOSLEM LOUNGERS IN FRONT OF A COFFEE-HOUSE IN AN ASIA MINOR TOWN 



Since the Turks took possession of Asia Minor, in the fifteenth century, it has been 

 known as Anatolia, a word derived from the Greek meaning "rising" or "East." It com- 

 prises the entire peninsula which forms the western extremity of Asia lying between the 

 Black Sea on the north and the Mediterranean on the south. Its total area is about twice 

 that of the State of Colorado. 



Photographs by Cass Arthur Reed 



BESDEGUMA, A VILLAGE IN THE AIDIN VILAYET OF ASIA MINOR, WHICH IS SELDOM 



VISITED BY STRANGERS 



Even in remote districts the camera is recognized and the ordinary business of the town 

 is suspended while the strutting braves "have their picture took." The coffee-house is the 

 Turk's cafe and club, and even in the busy season muleteers and laborers take time to gossip 

 and drink the thick black coffee which takes the place of alcoholic beverages. 



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