Turkish dreadnoughts building in England according to the Dutch newspaper Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant evening edition dated 19 August 1914

The newspaper Kölnische Zeitung reported that between April and June 70 officers and 200 sailors travelled from Turkey to England to be trained in controlling the two dreadnoughts which were built there and to be delivered within short time. The rest of the crews was to be temporarily British. At the end of June was suddenly the main armament of the Resjadiëh altered without informing the Turkish admiralty. At that moment the English yards all ready reported a delayed delivery causing agitation in Constantinople. Sir E. Groy said that an error in the armament was discovered which have to be restored. This error was surprisingly discovered when the Russian naval attaché at Constantinople was ordered by his government stayed during four full weeks at the English yards while reporting daily to St. Petersburg about these dreadnoughts. According to abovementioned newspaper was the Resjadiëh all fully paid for while the Sultan Osman was to be delivered in the end of September.