Armenians and Young Turks
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation and Constitutionalism in the Ottoman Empire, 1895-1908
Armenians and Young Turks
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation and Constitutionalism in the Ottoman Empire, 1895-1908
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What was the nature of the relationship between the Young Turks, whose members would go on to form and lead the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) which would carry out the Armenian Genocide beginning in 1915, and the Armenian revolutionaries of the late Ottoman Empire?
Based on rich Armenian, Ottoman, British and other archival documents and periodicals, this book reveals the complex dynamics and relations that Armenian organizations, most importantly the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF), maintained with the Young Turks between 1895-1908, when relations were transformed from mutual suspicion to closer collaboration. Put in the context of the worsening conditions for Ottoman-Armenians in the eastern provinces of the empire, the book reveals the internal debates of the ARF about collaboration with Young Turk cadres in an effort to improve conditions for their people, as well as the role that Armenian revolutionaries played in CUP calculations and aims for toppling the regime of Sultan Abdulhamid. The book thus reveals the complex and gradual development of relations between the groups before the outright anti-Armenian policies of the CUP would culminate in the Armenian Genocide. It also reveals the ARF's commitment to the constitutional project and the difficult choices it faced in pursuing those aims.
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INTRODUCTION: FROM “MILLET-I SADIKA” TO “MILLET-I ASIYA”
1) REFORMS, NEGOTIATIONS, AND EARLY RELATIONSWITH THE YOUNG TURKS AND SULTAN ABDÜLHAMID II
2) TOWARD A CONGRESS OF OTTOMAN DISSIDENTS, 1899-1902
3) ON THE PATH TO REVOLUTION
4) THE EASTERN PROVINCES, 1902-1908: COLLABORATION TO SPREAD REVOLUTIONARY AGITATION WITHIN MUSLIMS AND KURDS
5) ARMENIAN AND BALKANS REVOLUTIONARY CROSS-POLINATION: ARMENIAN-MACEDONIAN RELATIONS AND THEIR BULGARIAN AGENCY, 1895-1908
Product details
| Published | 30 Apr 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 312 |
| ISBN | 9780755655953 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Series | Armenians in the Modern and Early Modern World |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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