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Which Ottoman sultan asked Helmuth von Moltke to advise on modernizing the Turkish Army?
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Helmuth von Moltke
Helmuth von Moltke, 1871
The Ottoman sultan who requested that Helmuth von Moltke advise on the modernization of the Turkish Army was Mahmud II. Moltke was sent to the Ottoman Empire toward the end of 1835 to fulfill this advisory role.1