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Young Turk Revolution Crowd assembling to hear the proclamation of the restoration of the constitution after the Young Turk Revolution, Ottoman Empire, July 24, 1908.

Young Turks

Turkish nationalist movement
Also known as: Jöntürkler
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Young Turks, coalition of various reform groups that led a revolutionary movement against the authoritarian regime of Ottoman sultan Abdülhamid II, which culminated in the establishment of a constitutional government. After their rise to power, the Young Turks introduced programs that promoted the modernization of the Ottoman Empire and a new spirit of Turkish nationalism. Their handling of foreign affairs, however, resulted in the dissolution of the Ottoman state. In 1889 a group of students...

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