"Granddaughter recalls the Polish Jew who designed Atatürk's hats
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
VERCİHAN ZİFLİOĞLU
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
Polish Jew Adolf Loker was the designer of the revolutionary hats of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Turkish Republic. Documents and photos about Atatürk that Loker was keeping in his safe were destroyed during the Sept 6-7, 1955 events. Loker's granddaughter Mari Loker-Gormezano, a deputy candidate from the Republican People's Party, or CHP, says: 'I grew up as an admirer of Atatürk; this is not a thing that was imposed'"
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