Turkey’s Momentous Moment

The entry of Turkey into the First World War may have extended the conflict by as much as two years. It certainly changed the country forever. Yet the advent of war was marked by confusion, uncertainty and shifting alliances, says Ian F.W. Beckett.

The Turkish battleship Resadiye (later HMS Erin) is launched at Vickers' Works, Barrow in 1913

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