Video - The Diplomatic Incident in Istanbul

On the eve of the Crimean War, Russia sent Prince Menchikov to Istanbul as an extraordinary ambassador. While the ambassador was required to visit the Minister of Foreign Affairs after the Grand Vizier, according to the protocol, Menchikov went to the embassy building after visiting the Grand Vizier, without seeing the Minister of Foreign Affairs Fuad Pasha. Thereupon, Minister of Foreign Affairs Fuad Pasha accepted this as an insult to him and resigned. The British ambassador, who loved fishing in muddy waters, took advantage of Fuad Pasha's resentment and said: - Sir, what is this insult to you? It must not be a good thing for a valuable person like you to be removed from work for a special purpose while the state is in trouble. What will happen to this state then? He said. Fuad Pasha: - Your Excellency the Ambassador, the state, which is in trouble, will not have any difficulty in finding and appointing to that position a person who is more confident and more competent than me. In the meantime, it is necessary to appoint someone more competent to that position. There is no shortage of people in the Supreme State who are competent in difficult tasks. His Excellency the Ambassador replied, "Don't worry, those who accepted my resignation will think better about the state of the state than we do."