organizationshouldhaveitslocaldomicile(forsixgroupseach)intheparty’s
PeopleHouses(HalkEvleri).²²⁷Diemsuggestedtohavethegroupsledbymen
chosenbythepartyandformerGJVmembersolderthantheageof18,alesson
frompastmistakesmadeintheBundJungdeutschland.²²⁸Themembers,asinthe
caseoftheBJDandOGD,wereexemptfrommembershipfeesandweredivided
ingroups:10to15year-oldsand 15 to 18 year-olds.Thesegroupsshouldassem-
bletwiceaweekandfocusonphysical,ethical(nototherwisespecified)and
militarytraining.²²⁹TheGJVshouldattractyoungpeoplefromalllayersofsoci-
ety,wearuniformwithrankinsigniawhileinserviceanditshouldalsoofferin-
depthcoursesofmilitaryknowledgefortheirmalemembers,inadditiontothe
AskerlikDersiatschool.²³⁰WhatwastobecomeoftheTurkishBoyScoutorgan-
izationwasnotpartofDiem’sconsiderations.
LikeintheGermanImperialYouthCompetitions,theGJV’s“wolfcubs”were
tocompetewithothergroupsinregularsportcontestswhich,apartfromrun-
ning,swimmingandotherdisciplines,shouldalsoincludefirearmsshooting
aspartoftheirparamilitarytraining(Wehrsport)section.²³¹Diemalsosuggested
toequiptheKemalYouthwiththenecessarysportandinstructionmaterial
(“ 150 ,0 00 Kemalbooks”listedwithoutfurtherdescription),including 25 rifles
withsufficientammunitionandthesamenumberofexercisehandgrenades
foreveryPeople’sHouse.²³²ThispartofDiem’sproposalsoundedliketheprep-
Thosenationwideinstitutionshadbeenfoundedin 19 32,providinginstructions,courses
andotheractivitiesfreeofchargeforallagegroupstherebyservingthespreadoftheKemalist
stateideology.ThePeople’shousesweresubordinatedtotheCHF.SeeNeşeGürallarYeşilkaya,
“Halkevleri”[PeopleʼsHouses],inModernTürkiye’deSiyasîDüşünce.Vol.2:Kemalizm,ed.Tanıl
BoraandandMuratGültekingil(Istanbul:İletişim, 2002 ), 113 – 118.
ForDiemithadbeenaratherawkwardsituationthatanassociationbearingtheterm
‘young’initsnamewaspresidedbyColmarvonderGoltz,amaninhislatesixties.Eventhough
themilitarywasheldinhighesteembytheWilhelminesociety,thiswasnotappealingto 12 to 18
year-oldboys.Theyneededayoungernationalleaderaswellassimilaragedgroupleadersat
thelocallevel.Inreality,olderteachersandofficersoftengaveinstructions,especiallyduring
thefirstyearsofWorldWarOneuntiltheactivitiesoftheBJDslowlyfadedout.Diemsaw
thisasamajordisadvantageinthestructureoftheBJD.ForDiem,youthhadtobeledby
youth,especiallyafterhehadmadetheacquaintanceofthe 30 years-oldleaderoftheHitler
Youth,BaldurvonSchirach.Cf.Becker,CarlDiemsLeben,vol. 3 ,1 54.
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