Tag #127351 - Interview #98039 (Izak Sarhon)

My parents were quite modern people.  Even before the Republic [the Turkish Republic] was founded they used to wear European clothes, mainly because my father worked at a European clothing store, STEIN, like I said.  We never wore the “fez” [the old Ottoman headgear for men].  We did not have to of course, so we never dressed “a la turka” [in the Turkish style].  We had European made dresses, coats, shoes, everything.  There were people, including Jews, who wore the “fez” at the time but we never did.  Our family was famous for it actually. My brother and sister and I always had European made clothes, even though our economic situation was mediocre.