As Talat Paşa, the Minister of Interior, wrote in his memoirs: “Turkey needed to join one of the country groups so that it could organize its domestic administration, strengthen and maintain its commerce and industry, expand its railroads, in short to survive and to preserve its existence.”
Som indenrigsminister Talat Paşa skrev i sine erindringer: “Tyrkiet havde brug for at slutte sig til en af landegrupperne, så det kunne organisere sin indenlandske administration, styrke og vedligeholde sin handel og industri, udvide sine jernbaner, kort sagt at overleve og beskytte sin eksistens.”