Naci Yorulmaz, Arming the Sultan: German Arms Trade and Personal Diplomacy in the Ottoman Empire before World War I

Naci Yorulmaz’s book, based on his Ph.D. dissertation completed at the Uni- versity of Birmingham in 2011 under title Arming Sultan: German Arms Trade and Personal Diplomacy Ottoman Empire before World War I begins with a quote from Friedrich Naumann, liberal politician advocate Germany’s Mitteleuropa Plan, which aimed domination Central Europe. In Naumann’s words, “We need to make country economically dependent us order be able control it politically later” sum up aims Kaiser Wilhelm II’s Germany I. The “country” was Empire, work examines relationship between terms arms trade started carried until last battle these two empires.