thescopeofmanystudiesrelatingtomilitarytopicsofthisera.⁶⁴Whilethe
ATASEfileshavebeenlesscomprehensivethanexpected,theOttomanandRe-
publicanstatearchivescontainmanycomplementingfiles.Unfortunately,asac-
cesstotheTurkishforeignministry’sarchiveisstilldenied,thisstudycannotcite
theOttomanmilitaryattachésreportsfromBerlin.Preparationsforthelaunchof
theproposeddigitalarchivearestillinprogress.⁶⁵Thusmemoirliteratureand
GermanandOttomanmilitaryperiodicalsaswellasprintedmilitarydocuments
arebeneficialwhenitcomestofillinginthegapsthatmissingarchivalmaterial
cannotdo.
Printedmaterialwasalsonoteasilyaccessible,causingatimeintensivere-
searchphase.Inbothcountriesthemilitarypressisscatteredamongseveralli-
braries.WithregardtotheGermanperspective,mostoftheGermanperiodicals
wereavailableintheBavarianstatelibrary.TheTurkishcasewasmuchmoredif-
ficulttohandle.TheTurkishmilitary’sbookstockscoveringthelateOttoman
EmpireandtheearlyRepublicanperiodweretransferredmainlytotheNational
Library(MilliKütüphane)intheearly1960s,wheremostoftheperiodicalsre-
mainaccessibletoday.Thedigitizedcollectionsofraredocumentscontaining
worksprintedintheOttomanArabalphabetintheperiodfrom 1908 to 1928
atMarmaraUniversity(Istanbul),themunicipalAtatürkLibrary(AtatürkKitaplı-
ğı)inIstanbul,andtheÖzegeCollectionattheAtatürkUniversity(Erzurum),
werehighlyvaluabletothisstudy.Despitetheuseofavarietyofpreviouslyun-
disclosedsources,notalltherelevantmaterial(e.g.militaryserviceregulations)
couldbeaccessed.
StateofResearch
MoststudiesofGerman-Ottomanmilitaryrelationsfocusontheallianceduring
theFirstWorldWar.TheearliestpublicationsontheGerman-Ottomanalliance
werepublishedbytheReichsarchiv,theinterwarmilitaryarchivesinGermany.
Theirmainintentionwastoregaintheinterpretiveauthorityoverwartimeevents
SeeforexampleGlenWilfredSwanson,“MahmudŞevketPaşaandtheDefenceoftheOtto-
manEmpire:AStudyofWarandRevolutionduringtheYoungTurkperiod”(PhDdiss.,Indiana
University,1 97 0), 321 – 322.
MevlütÇavuşoğlu,“DışişleriBakanıSayınMevlütÇavuşoğlu’nunElektronikArşivProjesiTa-
nıtımKonuşması,16Ocak 2015 ,Ankara”[SpeechgivenonthepresentationoftheElectronicAr-
chivesPresentationbytheTurkishForeignMinisterCavuşoğlu,Ankara 16 January 20 15]http://
http://www.mfa.gov.tr/disisleri-bakani-sayin-mevlut-cavusoglu_nun-elektronik-arsiv-projesi-tanitim-
konusmasi-16-ocak-2015-ankara.tr.mfa{Lastacessedon24November 2017 }
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