Ottoman Liberty Society

Turkish revolutionary group

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The Ottoman Liberty Society was a secret revolutionary group formed in 1906 by discontented officers in the Ottoman Empire's III Army Corps. This group merged with the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) in 1907, contributing to the Young Turk Revolution of 1908. The revolution aimed to establish a constitutional government and modernize the Ottoman Empire, promoting Turkish nationalism. While the Young Turks introduced reforms, their foreign policy decisions, including entering World War I on the side of the Central Powers, ultimately led to the empire's dissolution. The Young Turk regime also directed the Armenian Genocide.12

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…Greece) organized to form the Ottoman Liberty Society in 1906. This secret revolutionary group merged with the CUP in Paris the following year, bringing to the Young Turk ideologists the command of the III Army Corps. Later in 1907 the CUP and the League of Private Initiative and Decentralization agreed,…
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…Greece) organized to form the Ottoman Liberty Society in 1906. This secret revolutionary group merged with the CUP in Paris the following year, bringing to the Young Turk ideologists the command of the III Army Corps. Later in 1907 the CUP and the League of Private Initiative and Decentralization agreed,…
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