Young Turks: Committee of Union and Progress in Turkish Politics, 1908-14 - Hardcover

Ahmad, Feroz

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198214758 ISBN 13: 9780198214755

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1969

Synopsis

First published in 1973, this book has become the definitive study of the "Young Turks," also known as the Committee of Union and Progress. Counting Turkish army officers as its members, the Young Turks sought to reform the Ottoman Empire by provoking a constitutional revolution against Sultan Ahmed Hamid II. Feroz Ahmad describes these events and the ensuing counterrevolution of 1909, including a discussion of the "Group of Saviour officers" who were determined to destroy the Young Turks. The Unionists were routed by the Ottoman armies during the First Balkan War and suffered great losses in Macedonia. But in 1913 they regained power in a coup led by the charismatic Enver Bey. Afterward the Young Turks abandoned the idea of a "union" and pursued a more moderate policy. Ahmad's book concludes with an examination of territorial losses and the consequences of six years of war on the Ottoman state.

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Review

"The author has demonstrated a profound knowledge of Turkish politics and his scholarship is meticulous." -- "American Historical Review"

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1969
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198214758
• ISBN 13: 9780198214755
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 220