121 The Young Turks
At the end of the nineteenth century, efforts to reform the Ottoman Empire led a new generation of Western-educated Turks to oppose Sultan Abdülhamit II (1842-1918). In 1889 the Young Turks established their movement and published their programme in the journal Mechveret (Consultation), issued in Paris. They advocated reinstating the constitution, which had been abolished after the sultan came to power in 1876. In 1908 they teamed up with others and staged a revolution.
Date:
1897
Catalog record:
ZK 10190
Number:
121 Location
'Mechveret' office
12 rue Monge
ParisFrance
