“When he was mayor of Istanbul back in the 1990s, he famously said, ‘Democracy is like a streetcar: you ride it to the stop you want, and then you get off.’ ..…

Russian leaders wanted war specifically by August 1914 because key part of their plan was seaborne landing of army corps near Istanbul to capture Turkish Straits at the onset of hostilities. ... unexpectedly for Russia, German operating in Mediterranean evaded both French and British..…