In this episode of Explaining History, we delve into the intricate web of diplomacy, ambition, and betrayal that led the Ottoman Empire into the Great War. Drawing from Eugene Rogan’s “The Fall of the Ottomans,” we explore the Empire’s precarious position in the years before 1914, caught between the competing interests of Europe’s great powers.Discover Germany’s strategic “Weltpolitik,” which saw the Ottomans as a key partner to challenge British and Russian dominance, leading to ambitious proje