The Young Turks were a broad opposition movement in the late Ottoman Empire to the absolutist régime of Sultan Abdul Hamid II. The prominent organisation within the movement was the Committee of Union
Young Turks who attended the congress held in Paris under the chairmanship of Prince Sabahattin between 4–9 February 1902
Before the Ottoman opposition congress, which was held in the house of Germain Antoin Lefevre-Pontalis [fr; sv] a member of the Institut de France, on 4 February 1902, and was closed to the public, with the participation of 47 delegates the Young Turk Committee
Young Turks flyer with the slogan Long live the fatherland, long live the nation, long live liberty written in Ottoman Turkish and French
Young Turk (CUP) Committee in 1909
The Young Turk Revolution was a constitutionalist revolution in the Ottoman Empire. Revolutionaries belonging to the Internal Committee of Union and Progress, an organization of the Young Turks moveme
Young Turks
…instilling Ottomanism, or multi-cultural Ottoman nationalism. The Unionists, or members of the CUP, prevailed against Sultan Abdul Hamid II in the 1908 Young Turk Revolution. With this revolution, the Young Turks helped to inaugurate the Second Constitutional Era in the same year, ushering in an era of multi-party democracy…
Greek demonstration in Monastir in favour of the constitution
Enver Bey and Niyazi Bey from a postcard in 1908.
La Liberté guidant le peuple Eugène Delacroix Musée du Louvre Peintures RF 129 après restauration 2024