Another Age of War PBEM

[The ANZAC]

Russia ignores the French threats to its rights by International Law. However the Russian Confederacy will will promise not to attack the Turks during their turmoil without provocation, and the other powers are welcome to enforce this.

[winterfritz]

Originally posted by The ANZAC
the Russian Confederacy will will promise not to attack the Turks during their turmoil without provocation, and the other powers are welcome to enforce this.

France cannot but laugh cynically at Russian 'promises.' No doubt the beleaguered Turks will soon be discovered as the perpetrators of just such an imaginary 'provocation' and become victims of a brutal Russian sneak attack like the Austrians before them.

We reiterate our demands that the ships be moved away from Istanbul. Should Russia not comply, we will enforce a trade embargo with Russia as well as send ships to safeguard Turkish waters.

[winterfritz]

And heres the map showing the latest changes:

[Cyrion]

Turkish News

An official statement regarding all the previous posts will be delivered as soon as an official spokesperson has been found, hopefully tonight...

BTW: nice to see you've more time now, Winterfritz!! The studies of the "Ecole Polytechnique de Paris" have been fully appreciated...

[The ANZAC]

Originally posted by winterfritz No doubt the beleaguered Turks will soon be discovered as the perpetrators of just such an imaginary 'provocation' and become victims of a brutal Russian sneak attack like the Austrians before them.

Russia laughs at hypocritical statements like this one, as France also "sneak-attacked" Austria and took territory. Also she has not addressed that the Russian ships are within Internationally agreed upon water borders.

We reiterate our demands that the ships be moved away from Istanbul. Should Russia not comply, we will enforce a trade embargo with Russia as well as send ships to safeguard Turkish waters.

We have nothing against France nor the Ottoman Empire, we do not wish war, but if it comes to this, there might be no other choice.

[winterfritz]

Originally posted by The ANZAC
Russia laughs at hypocritical statements like this one, as France also "sneak-attacked" Austria and took territory.

France is sorely puzzled by the above statement. We never attacked Austria. The only Austrian territory we own is the city of Regensburg, which was purchased from the Russian government (and at a good price too.) France is a peaceloving and civilized nation that would never contemplate such aggression and we ask that the Russian government retract this hurtful and untrue comment.

Originally posted by The ANZAC
We have nothing against France nor the Ottoman Empire, we do not wish war, but if it comes to this, there might be no other choice.

We also have no wish for war. As stated before, we are a civilized, peace-loving nation; our only interest in this situation is preserving the independence of our friends the Turkish people.

Seeing that we have reached an impasse that could lead to disastrous conflict, France proposes an alternative solution. For a while now French observers have been monitoring the turmoil in Istanbul; one faction, led by a Young Turk known as Cyrion, seems now poised to take control of the capitol and bring central authority back to the Ottoman Empire's scattered realms.

We propose that this faction, already so close to becoming the leaders of the Empire de jure be simply recognised as the de facto government. French representatives will be able to put the Russian government in touch with Cyrion and forward any demands concerning the battlefleet off Istanbul. All we ask is that Russia respect the sovereignty of the Turkish people and obey these demands, whatever they may be.

[The ANZAC]

The Russian Confederacy apologizes for this mistake aginst the French. It was issued by an anti-government anarcho-syndicalist in the State Department, wishing for war to have his colleagues seize power and he has summarily been fired and the anarcho-sydicalist and nihilist groups in Russia are currently under investigation.

Due to this appalling mistake, and as by the fact that the Black Sea Fleet has been inspecting for itself, Russia accepts the faction lead by Cyrion as the de facto government in the Anatolya and would be open to hearing requests from the provisional government.

[winterfritz]

Originally posted by The ANZAC
The Russian Confederacy apologizes for this mistake aginst the French. It was issued by an anti-government anarcho-syndicalist in the State Department, wishing for war to have his colleagues seize power and he has summarily been fired and the anarcho-sydicalist and nihilist groups in Russia are currently under investigation.

Due to this appalling mistake, and as by the fact that the Black Sea Fleet has been inspecting for itself, Russia accepts the faction lead by Cyrion as the de facto government in the Anatolya and would be open to hearing requests from the provisional government.

France gratefully accepts the Russian apology, and commends the Russian desire to work through diplomacy rather than the sword. This whole situation can now be resolved without a single shot disturbing the European peace.

[winterfritz]

OOC: Me and Anzac were online last night discussing the possibility of resurrecting the German civ that was completely destroyed in more unenlightened times. Apparently, as can be seen in Anzac's thread, CivTweak can 'switch back on' a destroyed civ.

I tried this today, and indeed, by using CivTweak and CivCity one can resurrect the dead civ. I suggest we give it a worthless city somewhere and 'keep it on ice' like the Spanish, ready to create a new country when we want to.

Just one thing: when attempting to play this new civ it asked for a password, so if we do eventually use it again someone will have to find the old German password (if it is still this same one) or call in handyman-Henrik

[Cyrion]

The Ottoman Empire is no more...

The Democratic Federation of Turkey is born

Following the last weeks of anarchy in the Empire, a joint declaration from the Sultan Abd-ul Hamid II and the leader of the Young Turks Enver Pasha today proclamed the end of the Revolution!

Anxious not to let the turkish people suffer from a civil war, both sides agreed to discuss the future of the country and luckily an agreement has been found!

It has to be mentioned that the Sultan was more worried about the fate of Turkey than about his own power and once more proved to be an honorable man whose only failure was to have been born a few decades to late! Nonetheless, without his hard work in the last years to bring the Empire into the 20th Century, the future of the Nation would be dark indeed!

The new Turkish Constitution, on which Young Turks politicians, scientists, jurists, economists and officers have been working for month is loosely based on the swiss model. The Federation of the different parts of Turkey will allow for a good representation of the regions and various minorities, ethnical as well as religious, composing the Nation.

Regional elections are expected to be held in 3 month, presidential ones in 6 month. During the transition, the executive power will be in the hands of a man whose political shrewdness and dedication to the turkish cause nobody can doubt, the former Grand Vizier: Acting Prime Minister Cyrion!

[Cyrion]

Turkish News

Economical development

Thanks to the newly installed Trans-Europe Express, tons of freight reached France in the last weeks, bringing riches and prosperity to both Nations.

Many improvements were built in the country while the infrastructure was developed as well.


Lybia peacefully leaves Turkey

Shortly after the institution of the new Constitution, a Referendum was held in all the regions of the Nation to ask whether they wanted to be part of the new Turkish Democratic State or would rather join another nation. The majority was clear : while all the other regions wanted to remain Turk with an overwhelming majority, the Lybian cities of Tripoli and Sirte wanted to join France. So the turkish garnisons peacefully left the cities, which were transfered to France.


Message to Russia

Acting Prime Minister Cyrion today received the Ambassador of Russia to talk about the Black Sea Russian Fleet.

Though Turkey doesn't contest the right of Russia to have ships in the international waters, we would like the Russians to keep their battleships a bit further from Istanbul: the citizens are still a bit nervous after the last few weeks which have been quite intense and it would be easier for them to settle down if they were not seeing those mighty juggernaughts a few miles off our coast. We don't doubt that the Russian government will understand our worries.

[Cyrion]

And I forgot the save twice in a row: I intended to write only 1 post!!!

Here it is:

[The ANZAC]

Russia will comply with Request

Russia will remove the Black Sea Fleet within the next month. Also Russia would like to ask where Trans-Europe Express is running We are currently working on connecting the Balkans, but so far, we have not met any railroads. The Russian Confederacy would appreciate if Turkey and the rest of Europe would help enlighten us on this matter.

Germany--Again?!

In the recent meetings with the French over the Ottoman Situation, the re-formation of Germany came up. Both the French and Russian envoys concurred that a free Germany would be best for Europe. They agreed that this should be decided upon at a later time, but never specified when. The Russian envoys are expected soon to offer a proposal and plan for the Re-formation.

[JamesJKirk]

Britain is happy that with the peaceful developments in Turkey and outside, and extends its recognition to the Democratic Federation of Turkey.

The idea of resurrecting a German state is interesting and should be looked into.

OOC: It may take an extra day or so for me, as I'm in the process of moving and whatnot. But I'll definitely have my turn done and posted this weekend.

[Case]

Italian Foreign Ministry Statement

Turks Congratulated

The Italian Government wishes to congratulate Turkey for it's liberal reforms. Like the people of Italy, it appears that the good folk of Turkey have finally removed the albatross of monarchy from their collective necks and have replaced it with the wings of progress upon their backs.

President Case has offered the services of his 'political advisors' to Acting Prime Minister Cyrion should he decide to contest his country's upcoming elections.