Author/Authors
aksakal, mustafa american university, USA
Title Of Article
Why did the Ottomans enter a European War in 1914? New sources, new views
شماره ركورد
44598
Abstract
On October 27, 1914, at dark, the Ottoman fleet and two German ships steamed out of the Straits and headed north towards the Russian Black Sea coast. They then opened fire on several port cities and towns, sank Russian vessels, and took some eighty crew, including officers, prisonersof- war. Why had the Ottomans, whose empire was now largely confined to Asia, entered a European war? The customary explanation portrays the decision for war as the work of a tiny inner circle of the Committee of Union and Progress, a small group of three or four men, whose actions and policies have been ascribed to their “simple-minded” intellects.
From Page
187
JournalTitle
The Journal Of Ottoman Studies
To Page
193
JournalTitle
The Journal Of Ottoman Studies
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