The Young Turk Revolution and the Ottoman Empire : The Aftermath of 1908

"The Young Turk Revolution of 1908 reverberated across the Middle East and Europe and ushered in a new era for the Ottoman Empire. The initial military uprising in the Balkans triggered a constitutional revolution, in which social mobilization and the political aspirations of the Young Turks played a crucial role. The Young Turk Revolution and the Ottoman Empire provides a newanalysis of this process in the Balkans and the Anatolian provinces, outlining the transition from revolutionary euphoria to increasing tensions at local and central levels. Focusing on the compromises, successes and failures in the immediate aftermath of 1908, and based on new primary material and Ottoman-Turkish sources, this book represents an essential contribution to our understanding of late Ottoman and modern Turkey."--Bloomsbury Publishing Cover Half-title Title Copyright Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Contributors Introduction Part I: New Fates: Revolutionary Heroes and Frustrated Hopes 1. The Heroes of Hürriyet: The Images in Struggle 2. The Logic of Enlightenment and the Realities of Revolution: Young Turks after the Young Turk Revolution 3. Political Victims of the Old Regime under the Young Turk Regime (1908–11) 4. The Implementation of the General Pardon after the Restoration of the Constitution and the Reactions in the Prisons Part II: Still the Revolution? Freedom and Power after 1908 5. The Time of Freedom, the Time of Struggle for Power: The Young Turk Revolution in the Albanian Provinces 6. Social Unrest on the Aftermath of the 1908 Revolution: The Strike of the Aydin Railway in Izmir and its Repercussions 7. Religion, Politics and Society in the Wake of the Young Turk Revolution: The ‘Ramadan of Freedom’in Istanbul 8. 31 Mart: A Fundamentalist Uprising in Istanbul in April 1909? 9. Freedom versus Security: Regulating and Managing Public Gatherings after the Young Turk Revolution Part III: Constitutional Expectations and Political Horizons 10. Historicizing the 1908 Revolution: The Case of Jamanak 11. Continuity and Change in the 1909 Constitutional Revision: An Ottoman Imperial Nation Claims its Sovereignty 12. ‘Are They Not Our Workers?’ Socialist Hilmi and his Publication Istirak: An Appraisal of Ottoman Socialism Index