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Goeben Battleship Auction Echoes WWI Diplomacy
An obscure New York ad announces the sale by auction of the Turkish battleship Nayaz, once the German Goeben. The vessel shaped WWI diplomacy, helped bring Turkey to Germany, served in the Turkish navy, and was decommissioned in 1960 after decades at the Goleuk base.
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New York
Ministry of Finance
Wall Street Journal
Nayaz
Goeben
Mediterranean
Turkey
Germany
Goleuk
Istanbul