Modern Era · Middle East · Politics
1908
Young Turks force Ottoman constitution
July 24, 1908
A cabal of reformist officers in Salonika forced Sultan Abdul Hamid II to restore the long-suspended constitution. Crowds danced in Istanbul streets and strangers embraced across ethnic lines. The multi-ethnic empire briefly believed it could remake itself as a modern constitutional nation. Within a decade that hope would burn away in war, genocide, and the empire's final dissolution.
In context
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Before and after in Middle East
- Before: 1895: Hamidian Massacres
- After: April 24, 1909: Adana massacre
Before and after in Politics
Era
Modern Era (1901–2000), one of 590 events from that era on Saeculum.
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