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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?