A common feature of Turkey’s principal military-focused museums and of many local ones also, are displays of military equipment used in the First World War and in Turkey’s War of Independence (1919–1923). In many cases these are rifles and bayonets supplied by Germany to the Ottoman Empire during two specific periods: from 1887 to 1903, when Germany supplied all the modern infantry weaponry used by the Ottoman army; and from 1916 to 1918, when Berlin answered the request from Constantinople for the latest models of their own small arms. This article looks into the circumstances behind that request and the German response, with a focus on the bayonets that were provided, as these are most often seen in places open to the public today. In addition, a brief account is provided on how these rifles and bayonets remained in service use, often in a modified form, until the 1950s.

土耳其主要军事博物馆和许多当地博物馆的一个共同特点是展示第一次世界大战和土耳其独立战争（1919-1923 年）中使用的军事装备。在许多情况下，这些是德国在两个特定时期提供给奥斯曼帝国的步枪和刺刀：从 1887 年到 1903 年，当时德国提供了奥斯曼军队使用的所有现代步兵武器；从 1916 年到 1918 年，柏林回应了君士坦丁堡对他们自己的小型武器的最新型号的要求。本文探讨了该请求背后的情况和德国的回应，重点是提供的刺刀，因为这些刺刀在当今向公众开放的地方最常见。此外，还简要介绍了这些步枪和刺刀如何继续服役，