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Without the support of the Turkish leadership, it’s impossible. I believe any hope of an Ottoman Identity dies with that war. It’s like...

Had the Ottoman Empire survived to the present day, in the form you lay out, it would be much more powerful economically, culturally...

Oh HELL no. We are not a Board that allows the 3rd Reich to be Whitewashed. To Coventry with you.

Conversion to Oil would occur later, maybe in the 30's. Its unlikely the Ottomans would scrap a ship like the Blucher, even if it was...

One of those rare occasions when the Kaiser was on the ball and everyone else was wrong! Also query whether the Ottoman Empire had the...

Yes, the Imperial Arsenal could theoretically build ships, but it would need serious modernization. The Abdul Kadir class in all honesty...

That’s going to be Anglo-Persian Oil’s income, not what the Ottomans will receive. But even then, the Ottomans are still a great...

In my opinion there is only one ship that’s reasonably available and would be a game changer for the Ottomans, the Blucher. The ship is...

On a more technical note, i found this fascinating overview of the ottoman dreadnought and naval build-up saga...

For the most part this is correct. Everyone knew the oil potential in the region, or at least strongly suspected. Abdul Hamid used this...

The problem with oil extraction in the middle east is that the companies who had the rights (first it was deutche Bank, which then...