The \'German Spirit\' in the Ottoman and Turkish Army, 1908-1938. A History of Military Knowledge Transfer - Gerhard Grüßhaber

man corps’ paradehere. It wasso excellent that itwatered the people’s
mouth.”²²
Strempelstayedinhispositionuntillate 1913 ,whenhewaspostedtothe
Germanmilitarymission.However,thisdeploymentwasnottolastverylong,
sincehewastransferredtotheWesternfrontafterseveralarguments with
LimanvonSanders.²³ColmarvonderGoltzwouldprovetobethemostinfluen-
tialfigureoftheGerman-Ottomanmilitaryrelations.

TheGoltzEra:NewHopefortheOttomanOfficerCorps

ColmarvonderGoltz,“GolçPaşa”inOttomanTurkish,hadbecomealegendary
figureintheOttomanofficercorps.HehadtaughtthegenerationofOttoman
staffofficerswhowouldlatereducatetheyoungofficersthatleadthe 1908 rev-
olution.Withhisunpretentiousways,Goltzhadmanagedtobehardonthere-
formissuesbutsoftonthepersonshedealtwith.Hedevelopedanewrecruit-

Figure1:TheOttomanmilitaryattachéEnver

(middle)watchingtheGerman 1909 autumn

manoeuver

ŞevketSüreyyaAydemir,Makedonya’danOrtaasya’yaEnverPasa[EnverPasha:FromMace-
doniatoCentralAsia]vol2(Istanbul:RemziKitabevi, 1976 ), 21 2.
Trumpener,GermanyandtheOttomanEmpire,79;Wallach,AnatomieeinerMilitärhilfe,1 45 –
147.

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