NationStates Jolt Archive

The Ottoman Empire
Leader
Mehmed V was sultan between 1909 and 1918, but real power lay with the 'Young Turks', a secular, modernising group that had seized power in 1909 and installed Mehmed as sultan. The leading 'Young Turks' were Enver Pasha, Talaat Pasha and Cemal Pasha

Population
25 million (1914). 14 million were Turks and the rest consisted of Greeks, Arabs, Armenians, Kurds and other nationalities.

Army
36 divisions

Navy
2 pre-dreadnought battleships, 4 destroyers (1910). More ships were ordered after 1910 but not all were delivered by the start of hostilities.

Air Force
20 aircraft (1914)

OOC: Voxio, are you sure you have those two pre-dreadnought battleships? I believe those were sold to the Ottomans by Germany sometime in 1910. But since I didn't sell them, you wouldn't have them. If you want to buy them I will sell them for whatever the historical price was. In fact I should have two more ships of the same class, and I will sell them to you for the same price as well.

OOC: Voxio, are you sure you have those two pre-dreadnought battleships? I believe those were sold to the Ottomans by Germany sometime in 1910. But since I didn't sell them, you wouldn't have them. If you want to buy them I will sell them for whatever the historical price was. In fact I should have two more ships of the same class, and I will sell them to you for the same price as well.
The website i got it off of had those listed as well as two more that it mentioned alter, I assumed they were different.

http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/F/firstworldwar/comba_turkey.html

OOC: I was refering to these four:

Brandenburg Class (10,500 tons, 6 x 28 cm guns)
SMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm, 1891
SMS Brandenburg, 1891
SMS Weißenburg, 1891
SMS Wörth, 1892


Germany sold the Ottoman Empire the SMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm and the SMS Weißenburg in 1910. They are Battleships/Pre-Dreadnaughts listed on wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German_Imperial_Navy_ships
Click on the ship names and you'll see.

I'll buy the two the Ottomans bought historically. However I'm more interested in smaller, faster crafts ATM.

More modern cruisers and torpedo boats are my focus.

OOC: Sold. I have torpedo boats and cruisers for sale but none are modern. You can look at my factbook, I will sell anything older than 1900.