talika

Updated: May 18, 2025

It was our first duty to present ourselves to the commandant of the peninsular forces, Field-Marshal Liman von Sanders Liman Pasha, as he is generally called in Turkey and the captain found a carriage, presently, and sent us away with a soldier guard. Our carriage was a talika, one of those little gondola-like covered wagons common in the country.

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