I lived in Ankara 1969-1971 and laughed myself silly when I saw the first Turkish john - a small room (closet size) with a hole in the floor, raised footprints and a faucet. It was considered an insult to offer anything to someone using your right hand as that was the one you “wiped” with. I even brought a brass Turkish john ashtray back - don’t know where it’s at now. What TP they did have was like wax paper......slick! One of our neighbors was an American married to a Turkish doctor so whenever my Mother went to the BX she always bought her American TP....we had a normal bathroom - my Mother had the washing machine placed over the Turkish john with the drain hose going into the hole in the floor.
*** What TP they did have was like wax paper......slick!***
Must have been USAF Military issue toilet paper. Slick! In our barracks we finally decided to buy our own at the BX.