Nize
{ general info. When? Summer 1950?}
(Gesi {gl: nahiye}) 100 houses, 500 people, irrigated gardens, mainly usta, practically solidly sivac and
boyac, educated people, high standard of housing, marriage mainly in village, 2 gretmen,
ihtiyar heyeti {gl: official Council of Elders - elected; I do not now believe it, but at least they thought I ought to beleive it} meets once a week; fields
little, villages near in every direction
c.f. 2/7; ref.1/...,2/... {gl. must refer to a later visit ib a later note b.}
8 families "ziraatci" {gl : agricultural} - irak {gl: In this context, a labourer who lives with the family and is a contracted servant/worker; usually one
year at a time. All found and a minute wage at the end of the year}
{com: Vlg in the kayseri valley near Sivas road. Much more sophisiticated; largely dependent on migrant building labour. Few work the land, and these are
apparently imported labour - irak}
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