Following the armistice, all semblance of
order disappeared. There was no working
government, nor was there any sense of shared ideas or aims. Several territories had fallen to foreign
troops, and suddenly a host of gangs of varying notoriety came to life, some
opening up new fronts against the enemy and others plundering local villages; a
bandit celebrated one day as a hero was driven away a week later, whereupon it
was announced that his body was hanging in the village square of Konakonu, near
Edremit.
(from Madonna In A
Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali)
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