Citizens and Leaders of Europe,It is my duty to inform you this evening that the Ottoman Empire has been left no recourse but to wage jihad against the state of Austria and the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. Subsequent to this declaration, it is my unfortunate responsibility to withdraw from our founding position in the Eastern Alliance.
At this hour it is the duty of the Ottoman Empire to state before both the world and Allah himself that it places the greatest importance on its alliance and friendship with the Russian Empire and its Tsarina. The Turkish state and its forces pledge their continued support to Russia in its own jihad against Western European imperialist decadence. The forces of the Ottoman Empire solemnly pledge to never draw their swords against another Eastern power in an act of Machiavellian aggression. This decision is based solely upon the conduct of the Ottoman Empire’s “Austrian ally”.
Through his press his supposed “Majesty”, the Emperor of Austria Franz Joseph has the audacity to suggest that this decision is the result of an alliance with Great Britain. Nothing could be further from the truth, there is and never will be an alliance between The Ottoman Empire and Great Britain. His “Majesty” and his representatives chose this grandstanding route over a private redress of grievances with this government.
The suggestion however, that Austria knows the motives of the Ottoman Empire better than its own rulers is all too typical of the arrogance displayed his “Majesty” Franz Joseph and his representatives.
It does not surprise the Turkish people that the Austro-Hungarian press would so brazenly display such hypocrisy as to declare our actions a “betrayal”. We must as citizens of the world remember that this is an Empire that has the temerity to wage wars against Imperialist states in Great Britain, France, Italy, and Germany while it subjugates and disenfranchises millions of ethnic Croats, Hungarians, Czechs, Slovaks, Poles, Romanians, Slovaks, Slovenes, and Ukrainians. Its officer’s mess fills to capacity with decedent German-speaking Barons while its roll call of frontline dead bear the names of countless enslaved minorities.
From day one of our alliance there was not one pact, one agreement, nor one understanding that was not subject to immediate reinterpretation or recantation. Whether it was Greece, France, or the Balkans - Austria’s word was never its bond. Its representatives displayed no honour in maneuvering its armies into positions against Turkish ones, openly flaunting its schemes to the enemies of this country, yet somehow continually managing to forget to inform its own “ally” of their intentions. The sailors and soldiers of the Ottoman Empire were nothing more than further fodder to be sacrificed on the altar of Viennese world domination. The promised Austrian support in the Mediterranean seemed only to materialize when it benefitted Austria. The Emperor seemed all too content to play with what it saw as its new toy in Moscow, while discarding its old one in Istanbul.
I remind you all that the Holy Quran states, “Fight against those who fight against you in the way of God, but do not transgress, for God does not love transgressors.” citizens and leaders of Europe, The Ottoman Empire can no longer forgive the transgressions of the Austrian Empire.
Sincerely
The Grand Vizier
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