The Young Turks in Opposition
1st Edition
Published on 16. March 1995
403 pages
978-0-19-535802-5 (ISBN)
Description
In 1908, the revolution of the Young Turks deposed the dictatorship of Sultan Abdulhamid II and established a constitutional regime that became the major ruling power in the Ottoman empire. But the seeds of this revolution went back much farther: to 1889, when the secret Young Turk organization the Committee of Union and Progress was formed. M. Sukru Hanioglu's landmark work is the story of the power struggles within the CUP and its impact on twentieth-century Turkish politics and culture. At once an in-depth history of an ideological movement and a study of the diplomatic relationships between the Ottoman Empire and the so-called great powers of Europe at the turn of the century, it analyzes the influence of European political thought on the CUP conspirators, and traces their influence on generations of Turkish intellectual and political life.
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Note on Transliteration
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Ideological Roots of the Young Turks
- Westernization as an Instrument of Change
- Contemporary Science and Its Impact on Ottoman Thinking
- The Tug of War between Conservatives and Modernists
- The Young Turks and Modernization
- How Contemporary Science Colored Young Turk Thinking
- Bureaucracy Challenged: Loyalty versus Merit
- Constitutionalism, "Parliament," and the Young Turks
- 3. The CUP, Other Opposition Forces, and the Sultan
- Relations between the Freemasons, the Young Turks, and the CUP
- Le Parti Constitutionnel en Turquie and Its Relations with the CUP
- Le Comité Turco-Syrien and Its Relations with the CUP
- The Role of the Ulema and the Sufi Orders in the Opposition Movement-Their Relations with the CUP
- The Supporters of a Palace Coup d'État and Their Connections with the CUP
- Individual Initiatives and the CUP
- 4. The Rise of the CUP in Ottoman Politics: The Formative Years of the Committee
- The Founding of the CUP and Its Early Activities
- The CUP as a Political Organization, 1895-1897
- The CUP Organization in Europe and in Egypt, 1895-1896
- The Istanbul Branch and the 1896 Coup d'État Attempt
- The CUP Organization in the Regions
- Establishment of the CUP Network in the Balkans, 1895-1896
- The CUP under the Direction of Murad Bey
- The European Organization
- The Egyptian Branch
- The Istanbul Center
- The Provincial Organization of the CUP and the 1897 Coup d'État Attempt in Syria
- The Balkan Organization
- 5. Petty Intrigue and Conspiracy: The CUP, 1898-1900
- The Reorganization of 1898
- The European Organization
- The Egyptian Branch
- The Istanbul Center and the CUP Network within the Empire
- The Balkan Organization
- The Activities of the Geneva Center in Late 1898 and Negotiations with the Palace
- The CUP and the Young Turks until the Flight of Damad Mahmud Pasha
- The Geneva Center and the Paris Branch
- The Egyptian Branch
- The CUP Organization within the Empire
- The Balkan Organization, New Branches in North Africa and Central Asia, and the CUP in Cyprus
- 6. The CUP in the Hands of the High-Ranking Conspirators
- The Flight of Damad Mahmud Pasha and Its Consequences
- Damad Mahmud Pasha and the Geneva Center
- The Rise of the Pro-British Group under Damad Mahmud Pasha and the CUP Center in England
- The Paris Branch of the CUP
- The "Activists" in Geneva
- The Young Turks in Egypt
- The CUP Center in Istanbul and Activities in the Empire
- The Balkan Organization
- The CUP and the Ottoman Opposition prior to the 1902 Congress
- 7. Organizational Transformation of the CUP, 1889-1902
- 8. The First Congress of Ottoman Opposition in Paris and Its Consequences
- Final Activities before the Congress
- The Organization of the Congress
- The First Congress of Ottoman Opposition
- Consequences of the Congress
- 9 The Political Ideas of the Young Turks
- Islam as a Tool of Modernization
- The Young Turks and Positivism
- The Young Turks and Elitism
- Materialism, Race, and Nationalism
- 10. Conclusion
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
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