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
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was a Turkish field marshal and statesperson who was the founder of the Republic of Turkey and served as its first president from 1923 until his death in 1938. He led sweeping re
Young Turks
…and Accord Party regained control over the Ottoman government and conducting a purge of Unionists. Freedom and Accord rule was short-lived, and with Mustafa Kemal Pasha (Atatürk) stirring up nationalist sentiment in Anatolia, the Empire soon collapsed. A guiding principle for the Young Turks was the transformation of their society…
The house where Atatürk was born in the Ottoman city of Salonica, now a museum
Atatürk's identity document with serial number 993 814
Cevat Pasha and Mustafa Kemal on the daily Tasvîr-i Efkâr dated 29 October 1915