Arming the Sultan Quotes

“As it is articulated in this book, German foreign policy makers regarded armament exports as one of the principal elements of a strategy for successful economic–political penetration of the countries where German strategic interests were at stake. For this purpose, the German military mission in general and Goltz Pasha in particular were touchstones of Bismarck’s well-planned expansionist strategy towards the Ottoman Empire.”
― Naci Yorulmaz, Arming the Sultan: German Arms Trade and Personal Diplomacy in the Ottoman Empire

“The German method also began to be recognized by some contemporary newspapers. In one magazine, the German method was perceptively described as follows: ‘Germany has begun to create “Her India” in China and “Her Egypt” in Mesopotamia, and she uses gentler and finer means to attain this end than those employed by England and France.”
― Naci Yorulmaz, Arming the Sultan: German Arms Trade and Personal Diplomacy in the Ottoman Empire