Young Turk Revolution

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historical event political movement revolution

The Young Turk Revolution was a 1908 movement led by reformist Ottoman officers and intellectuals that restored the empire’s constitution and ushered in a period of constitutional monarchy and political modernization.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
1908 Revolution in the Ottoman Empire 1
1908 Young Turk Revolution 1
Second Constitutional Era of the Ottoman Empire 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
political movement ⓘ
revolution ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Young Turk Revolution ⓘ
surface form: 1908 Revolution in the Ottoman Empire

Young Turk Revolution ⓘ
surface form: 1908 Young Turk Revolution
country Ottoman Empire ⓘ
followedBy 31 March Incident ⓘ
countercoup of 1909 ⓘ
deposition of Sultan Abdulhamid II ⓘ
hasCause desire for constitutional government ⓘ
influence of liberal and nationalist ideas among Ottoman elites ⓘ
opposition to autocratic rule of Sultan Abdulhamid II ⓘ
hasEffect Second Constitutional Era ⓘ
establishment of constitutional monarchy in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
limitation of the absolute powers of the sultan ⓘ
political modernization in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
reopening of the Ottoman parliament ⓘ
restoration of the Ottoman constitution of 1876 ⓘ
resumption of parliamentary life in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
rise of the Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ
weakening of Sultan Abdulhamid II’s authority ⓘ
hasPart restoration of the Ottoman constitution ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
ideology Ottomanism ⓘ
Turkish nationalism ⓘ
constitutionalism ⓘ
liberalism ⓘ
location Ottoman Empire ⓘ
opposedBy Sultan Abdul Hamid II ⓘ
surface form: Sultan Abdulhamid II
participant Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ
Ottoman Army ⓘ
surface form: Ottoman army officers

Ottoman intellectuals ⓘ
Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ
surface form: Young Turks
partOf Young Turk Revolution self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Second Constitutional Era of the Ottoman Empire

late Ottoman modernization ⓘ
precededBy First Constitutional Era ⓘ
region Macedonia (Greece) ⓘ
surface form: Macedonia

Salonika ⓘ
relatedTo Balkan Wars ⓘ
Turkish War of Independence ⓘ
dissolution of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
result expansion of civil liberties in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
increased role of the military in Ottoman politics ⓘ
introduction of multi-party politics in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
strengthening of the Committee of Union and Progress in Ottoman politics ⓘ
significantEvent mutiny of Ottoman troops in Macedonia in July 1908 ⓘ
proclamation of the restoration of the constitution on 24 July 1908 ⓘ
startDate 1908 ⓘ
year 1908 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Young Turk Revolution → alsoKnownAs → Young Turk Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1908 Young Turk Revolution
Young Turk Revolution → alsoKnownAs → Young Turk Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1908 Revolution in the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Military College → associatedWith → Young Turk Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Young Turk officers
subject surface form: Declaration of Independence of Albania (1912)
Ottoman Empire → notableReform → Young Turk Revolution ⓘ
Young Turk Revolution → partOf → Young Turk Revolution self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Constitutional Era of the Ottoman Empire
Enver Pasha → participatedIn → Young Turk Revolution ⓘ
Ottoman Army → reform → Young Turk Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Young Turk military reforms
Macedonian Struggle → relatedToEvent → Young Turk Revolution ⓘ
Ottoman Parliament → restorationEvent → Young Turk Revolution ⓘ