"Speaking of the Turks" by K. Ziya bey Mufti-zada is a travelogue. The author shares his experience of social life and customs of Istanbul, Turkey upon his return after a long time. Excerpt: "HOMECOMING WE were arriving at Constantinople, my native city, from which I had been absent nearly ten years. I had been in America all this time. At first, my business interests and later the general war had prevented my coming back to my own country even on a visit. I was of military age and Turkey was under blockade. When I had left Constantinople a few years after the Turkish revolution, the whole country was exhilarated, filled with joy, with ambition and with hope. Freedom and emancipation from an autocratic domination had been obtained. Nothing was to prevent the normal advance of Turkey and the Turks along the road to progress. We were at last to obtain full recognition as a civilized nation. We were at last to receive equal treatment from the other European nations."