I'm on vacation. As I have done each year, I have prepared a number of posts on historical and cultural subjects unlikely to be overtaken by events, with at least one appearing daily. This is the second of four posts on the escape across the Mediterranean of the German warships Goeben and Breslau to Constantinople in August, 1914, a century ago. Part I appeared last week and introduced the main players and the ships. Part II Tuesday with the chase itself and the rapid negotiations between Germany and Turkey during the course of their flight. Part III yesterday dealt with the idea of transferring the ships to Turkey and their entry into the Straits, and his final part deals with their reception in the Turkish capital.
Goeben Docked in İstinye Bay, on the Bosphorus, Istanbul
When Goeben and Breslau arrived in Constantinople (Istanbul), there was much celebration on the Turkish side, where the clasimed "sale" of the ships to Turkey was seen as a sitable riposte to Britain for its seizure of the Turkish dreadnoughts two weeks earlier.
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