Young Turks Revolution

Young Turks Revolution

Anticipation Guide: The following terms will be used in the readings. What do you make of the terms? How do you think the terms will be used? Write your thoughts regarding the terms in your notes.

Terms from Proclamation

Before the chamberResignedTwentieth yearFashionEligible for governmentFreePrivate schoolObligatoryRoadsRailwaysCommerceAbolish

10 Commandments

ExciteDisciplinaryForceMales under 50Leave girlsFamiliesOn the groundBegin everywherePay attentionInstructions

Thoughts on the Words

Why did you select the word or words? Which word does not fit?Which words are nice or positive?Which words do you associate with negativity or bad things?Any other things regarding the words?

Sultan Abdul Hamid II or the Bloody Sultan

Stop blaming me fore this crumbling

empire

Sultan’s Governmental Reputation

1. Blamed for loss of empire after Treaty of Berlin (Montenegro, Bosnia, Serbia move toward some form of independence)

2. To prevent further decline must hold onto the Armenians. Crush all Armenian attempts at revolting (see Hamidian Massacres)

3. To keep this nation and government together the Sultan suspends the Ottoman Contitution

Young Turks 1908

1. Restore the Ottoman Constitution

2. Limit the Sultan’s power

3. Restore the empire back

Post-Reading

1. Did the author use the words in the same context that you thought?

2. Were the words used in an uplifting manner? 3. Were you right about the use of the word

and how you defined the term?

Young Turks

Talaat Pasha: Minister of Interior responsible for interior issues like deportation

Enver Pasha: Minister of War responsible for military operations

Djemal Pasha: Minister of Navy

What should the Young Turks do to achieve the restoration of the Ottoman Empire?

How was the Sultan’s power limited?

How did the Sultan go against the millet system and change from the independence option to forced assimilation?

How does the 10 Commandments support the intentionalist argument? What is the best case evidence?

1908 Proclamation

1. For the national will

2. 1/3 of Senators appointed by the Sultan and 2/3 by the nation

3. Right to vote at 20

7. Turkish tongue the official language

9. Non-Muslims in the military

10. Freedom of religion

17. Free education in the Turkish tongue

10 Commandments 1914-1915

1. Go after revolutionary groups

2. Collect arms3. Encourage an us vs. them

mentality4. Males under 50 and

teachers. Islamize the rest7. Armenian government

posts8. Kill Armenians in army9. Begin all the above

simultaneously10. Keep this a secret

4. In certain provinces the military will help. Otherwise let local officials do the work

Did the young Turks live up to their

promises?