“Beholdtheconservedpoweroftheeast,theAnatolianfarmer,withtheconsistinglystrik-
ingthroughAlarodianracewiththeshort,highskullsandthebigandwildswungnoses,
assaultedtheEntentebatterieswiththeirprovisionalequipment.”²¹¹DuringhisstayinTurkey,Diemcouldnotvisitallhistoricalsitesenroute,since
thiswasonlypossibleifsuchlandmarkswereonthejourneyspath.Instead,he
concentratedmainlyonhisworkbuthisjourneystillborecharacteristicsofa
“mixtureofpolitical-administrativework[...]andaneducationalexperience.”²¹²
However,DiemhadtoreturntoGermanyon23Octoberbecausehewasobliged
toparticipateinameetingregardingtheconstructionsiteforthe 1936 Berlin
OlympicGames.InlettertoRecep[Peker],heapologizedforcuttinghisstay
shortaswellasforhisabsenceduringthe 10 thanniversaryfestivitiesinAn-
kara.²¹³DiemreturnedtoTurkeyon 12 Novemberwherehespent histime
untilhisfinalreturnon5December 1933 intheTurkishcapital,typingupthe
reportthatwassubsequentlytranslatedintoTurkishbyEkremRüştüforthe
CHF.²¹⁴
Diem’sSportiveDevelopmentAid
ForDiemitwasobviousthatinTurkeythesportassociationswereinsufficient
andsportwasnotamassphenomenonatall.Inaddition,thestate’slimited
budgetdidnotallowforfundingofsportsclubsandanation-wideyouthasso-
ciationsimilartotheGermanHitlerYouth.²¹⁵However,wecanstatethatCarl
Diem’sworkoftheprevioustwodecades²¹⁶aswellasthedevelopmentsin
NaziGermanyatthetimeofhisjourneyandthewritingphaseofthereport
gainedcurrencyinDiem’sproposalfortheCHF.
Diemattachedthedraftlawtohisreport,²¹⁷statingthattheyouthofboth
sexesbetweentheagesof 10 and 18 hadtoparticipateinphysicalandmoralin-
QuotedafterBecker,CarlDiemsLeben,vol.3,81.
Becker,CarlDiemsLeben,vol.3, 80.
DiemtoRecep,9October 1933 ;BCA 490100 K1116D75Sira2Sayfa 26.
Becker,CarlDiemsLeben,vol. 3 ,81;Schäfer-Borrmann,EkremRüştüAkömer,95.
Schäfer-Borrmann,EkremRüştüAkömer,82.
Forhisproposalsafter 1929 seeBecker,CarlDiemsLeben,vol. 3 ,2 30.
CarlDiem,StaatlicheFührungundkörperlicheErziehunginderTürkei:Gesetzesvorschläge,
SportordnungundStoffverteilungsplanausgearbeitetaufgrundeinerStudienreiseSeptember-Okto-
ber 1933 imAuftragederTürkischenVolksparteivonDr.CarlDiem(November 1933 )Turkishtrans-
lationwasnottraceableintheGermanandTurkisharchives.FortheGermantypewrittenorig-
inal(s)see:BCAF4 90100 K1107D43Sı1, 54 – 14 0;FortheidenticalcopysubmittedtoReich
146 3German-Ottoman/TurkishCooperationintheMobilizationofYouth