Young Turks: The Committee of Union and Progress in Turkish Politics 1908-14

by Feroz Ahmad

Book Overview

This book, first published in 1973, was regarded on publication as the definitive study of the 'Young Turks', or Committee of Union and Progress, the name given to a group of Turkish army officers who sought to reform the Ottoman Empire and who in 1908 led a constitutional revolution against Sultan Ahmed Hamid II. The author also discusses the counter-revolution of 1909 and the emergence of the 'Group of Saviour officers' who formed a cabinet determined...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1850659109
• ISBN13: 9781850659105
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Hurst & Co.
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher