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1971-8-71June.2.E-S -    Note: 186

Page: 59/60
Date: 25.06.71
Location: Kayseri
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i(1618 Ahmet Yilmaz) { my servant 1952} Tesviyeci {fitter} at the Smer Fabr.{cloth mill} Has a worker's flat fr 90TL a month, after living for some
years near his father.
Very pleased with himself. Gets about 2,000TL (60) a month - works 7-7 - 11 hours - 3 of them x 1.5 {overtime}, so gets paid for 12.5 hours a day.

k<employment, occupation, factory, wages, claim to invention>

Claimed to have invented a machine to save hard labour in the weaving process, which wouldd have made him rich in an advanced country.
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