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It is debatable whether it was Ottoman Empire or Germany that attacked Russia. The battleships were nominally Ottoman vessels, but their crews were German, and the motives of the attack are at best hazy.--Eleman (talk) 08:27, 10 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Based on the above, I've removed the following text for now:
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The Ottoman-German Alliance involving the Ottoman Empire and German Reich in World War I also worked on this basis, as the Ottomans attacked Russian Black Sea ports on 28 October 1914. [References present but commented out.]
I'm away from home for a month or two, so I can't find proper references atm. Check out SMS_Goeben#Black_Sea_operations for some details, though that page isn't particularly rich on references. I'll try to find some references when I'm back.--Eleman (talk) 04:46, 12 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]