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1980-1.July80-Oct.81 -    Note: 285

Page: 91
Date: May 1981
Location: Sakaltutan
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i(0446 Mustafa) and i(5492 Yeter)
i(0185 A.O.) i(5492 Yeter) 22
Fa. kept her because she was a good carpet weaver.
He is conservative
[This raises questions - scandal earlier?]
A close kin in village was go-between. She was known to be hard-working, good, able, sturdy.
Also clearly cheap. i(0185 A.O.) - no baslik, but all expenses.
He reckoned to spend 250,000 TL on gold (TL60,000) and on furniture, carpet, bed and bedroom etc.
DŸgŸn - not much; 1 day. Whole thing less than TL270,000.
Neighbours gave food. DŸgŸn cost very little.
i(0185 A.O.) would offer a good home, with only one bro. in rivalry. Sak. is now a more "civilised" vlg. His conservative religiosity was almost certainly a factor.
i(0185 A.O.) gave impression of very careful weighing up by her father of her welfare.
Before nisan, they had never seen each other.
During nisan, i(0446 Mustafa) spent two nights in their house, but Fa. was "bekci". They were not alone together.
Everyone seems happy. i(0446 Mustafa) had a badly infected hand and I did not talk to him alone. But i(0185 A.O.) said very pleased.

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