WORLD HISTORY

DEVELOPMENT IN MIDDLE EAST

NATIONALISM IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In 1913, the organization that rose up and took power in the Ottoman Empire was called the
A
Committee of Union and Progress
B
Committee of Public Safety
C
Young Turks
D
Young Kurds
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), an organization of the Young Turks movement, forced Sultan Abdul Hamid II to restore the Ottoman Constitution and recall the parliament, which ushered in multi-party politics within the Empire.

Detailed explanation-2: -Young Turks (Turkish: Jön Türkler or Genç Türkler) was a political reform movement in the early 20th century that favored the replacement of the Ottoman Empire’s absolute monarchy with a constitutional government. They led a rebellion against the absolute rule of Sultan Abdulhamid II in the 1908 Young Turk Revolution.

Detailed explanation-3: -The members of the party were called ‘Young Turks’ because the founding members were all very young-most were in their early thirties, while a few were in their late twenties. In 1908, the party succeeded in overthrowing Sultan Abdul Hamid II.

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