"I went to work at the radio station for my shift, as usual, which
went into the night hours. Sirens going off, and a call from the Air
Police informed me that the base was under attack from Kurdish
bandits...the guys who looked like they were right out of a grade-B
Arabian movie. They had come down in force, to steal copper out of the
radar emplacements (from what I was told). The copper was sold
downtown."
Plus, Lt. Neil S. Reyer, USAF wrote an article on the "Kordon Hotel" he helped to launch in Izmir in 1966: Izmir's Kordon Hotel - The Beginnings, A2/C Lewis B. Culkin Jr, USAF shared his memories of Trabzon in 1958/9 and A/2C Charles Sibert, USAF submitted a lenghty article on Incirlik Air Base, Adana detailing his service there between March 29, 1958 - January 10, 1960 with a lot of photos. Note that Mr Sibert is looking for Seyit Demirel, Turkish Air Force from Izmir who was sent to Dreux Air Base, France in 1960 for radio training.
I think the photos of this site is very interesting: there are many photographs of Turkey shot between 1950s-70s.
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