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A3STRACT
This is a study of* a political society called
the Committee of Union and Progress (Ittihad ve Terakki
Cemiyeti) between the years 1908 and 1913- Because of
the role it played in the insurrection which forced the
Sultan to re-establish the 1876 Constitution, the
Committee emerged as the dominant political group in
July 1908. But the Committee’s position did not remain
unchallenged for long. Political forces which had
previously been obscured by the struggle against the
Palace came to the surface, and there began a period
of political activity and debate unequalled in the
history of modern Turkey.
I have endeavoured to show that the CUP, while
being the dominant political group, never had a monopoly
of power during this period. Political and social
conditions prevailing within (and without) the Ottoman »
Empire forced it to share power with the traditional
ruling groups, such as the bureaucratic elite symbolised
by the Sublime Porte (BabiSli) and the army. The
Committee also compromised with other political organ- *
isations. X have also tried to show how the social
and political attributes of the CUP were constantly