By M. Sukru Hanioglu
ISBN-10: 0195091159
ISBN-13: 9780195091151
ISBN-10: 1423765036
ISBN-13: 9781423765035
In 1908, the revolution of the younger Turks deposed the dictatorship of Sultan Abdulhamid II and tested a constitutional regime that grew to become the most important ruling energy within the Ottoman empire. however the seeds of this revolution went again a lot farther: to 1889, whilst the key younger Turk association the Committee of Union and growth used to be shaped. M. Sukru Hanioglu's landmark paintings is the tale of the facility struggles in the CUP and its influence on twentieth-century Turkish politics and tradition. right away an in-depth heritage of an ideological stream and a examine of the diplomatic relationships among the Ottoman Empire and the so-called nice powers of Europe on the flip of the century, it analyzes the effect of ecu political concept at the CUP conspirators, and lines their effect on generations of Turkish highbrow and political life.
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208 Other than this lengthy controversy with Ahmed Midhat, there were few articles and works 28 The Toung Turks in Opposition in which the Young Turks engaged in polemical discussion on the specifics of the sultan's regime from a political perspective. Nevertheless, the real concern of the Young Turks was not whether there was a sharp distinction between an absolutist regime and a benevolent autocracy but that a loyalist administration had emerged and replaced the rational Tanzimat bureaucracy.
The entire Ottoman Constitution was taken directly from the contemporary Belgian and French constitutions, and the resulting document, as its architects intended, in no respect represented the Ottoman people. The framers omitted the right to establish political parties or to peacefully assemble. Seen from a viewpoint informed by constitutional law, it is clear that this constitution provided no foundation for a parliamentary system because ministers and cabinets bore no responsibility to the parliament.
More important in these first phases were the Freemasons and such lesser-known organizations as Le Parti Constitutionnel en Turquie, Le Comite Turco-Syrien, and the Cemiyet-i Ilmiye, the society of the ulema. Also deserving of mention are the activities of high-ranking government officials, governors, and palace officials. Relations between the Freemasons, the Young Turks, and the CUP In the late Ottoman Empire, during the period 1876-1908, the Freemasons were undoubtedly among the most active opposition organizations.
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