Committee of Union and Progress

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The Committee of Union and Progress was a nationalist reformist political organization that became the dominant ruling force in the late Ottoman Empire, leading the Young Turk movement and overseeing major constitutional and military changes before and during World War I.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political organization ⓘ
political party ⓘ
secret society ⓘ
abbreviation CUP ⓘ
achieved deposition of Abdul Hamid II ⓘ
activeUntil end of World War I ⓘ
aim overthrow of Abdul Hamid II’s absolutist regime ⓘ
alliedWith Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
associatedWith Armenian genocide ⓘ
linked to: Armenian Genocide

Assyrian genocide ⓘ
Greek genocide ⓘ
banned 1918 ⓘ
becameRulingParty 1908 ⓘ
cameToPower 1908 ⓘ
collectiveLeadership Three Pashas ⓘ
consolidatedPowerIn 1913 ⓘ
controlled Ottoman government ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman authorities

Ottoman parliament ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Parliament
country Ottoman Empire ⓘ
deposed Abdul Hamid II ⓘ
depositionYear 1909 ⓘ
dissolved 1918 ⓘ
enteredWarOnSideOf Central Powers ⓘ
foreignPolicyOrientation pro-German ⓘ
founded 1889 ⓘ
foundedAt Istanbul ⓘ
foundedBy Abdullah Cevdet ⓘ
Hüseyinzade Ali ⓘ
Ibrahim Temo ⓘ
linked to: İbrahim Temo

Ishak Sukuti ⓘ
headquarters Istanbul ⓘ
Salonika ⓘ
ideology Ottomanism ⓘ
Pan-Turkism ⓘ
Turkish nationalism ⓘ
modernization ⓘ
secularism ⓘ
implemented centralization policies ⓘ
constitutional reforms ⓘ
military reforms ⓘ
influenced Ottoman Army ⓘ
inPowerDuring Balkan Wars ⓘ
First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I
keyLeader Ahmed Cemal Pasha ⓘ
Ismail Enver Pasha ⓘ
linked to: Enver Pasha

Mehmed Talat Pasha ⓘ
language Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
movement Young Turk Revolution ⓘ
nativeName İttihat ve Terakki Cemiyeti ⓘ
notableMember Hüseyin Cahid Yalçın ⓘ
Mehmed Cavid Bey ⓘ
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ⓘ
opposed Abdul Hamid II ⓘ
organized 1913 Ottoman coup d’état ⓘ
Young Turk Revolution ⓘ
organizedIn 1908 ⓘ
originalName İttihad-ı Osmanî Cemiyeti ⓘ
partOf Young Turk movement ⓘ
periodInPower 1908–1918 ⓘ
policy ethnic homogenization ⓘ
forced deportations ⓘ
population engineering ⓘ
politicalPosition authoritarian ⓘ
centralist ⓘ
nationalist ⓘ
region Anatolia ⓘ
Balkans ⓘ
renamed Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ
renamedIn 1890s ⓘ
responsibleFor Ottoman entry into World War I ⓘ
restored Ottoman constitution of 1876 ⓘ
role restoration of the Ottoman constitution of 1876 ⓘ
ruled Ottoman Empire ⓘ
successor Committee for the Defense of Rights ⓘ
Republican People’s Party (indirect ideological) ⓘ
timePeriod late Ottoman Empire ⓘ
type cadre party ⓘ
usedMethod coup d’état ⓘ

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Young Turk Revolution → participant → Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ
Young Turk Revolution → participant → Young Turks ⓘ
linked to: Committee of Union and Progress
Armenian Genocide → perpetratedBy → Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ
Armenian Genocide → perpetratedBy → Young Turks ⓘ
linked to: Committee of Union and Progress
Turkish nationalism → developedFrom → Young Turk movement ⓘ
linked to: Committee of Union and Progress
Turkish nationalism → associatedWith → Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ
Turkish nationalism → associatedWith → Young Turks ⓘ
linked to: Committee of Union and Progress
Ziya Gökalp → memberOf → Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ
Rod Stewart → notableWork → Young Turks ⓘ
linked to: Committee of Union and Progress
Enver Pasha → memberOf → Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ
Enver Pasha → memberOf → Young Turks ⓘ
linked to: Committee of Union and Progress
Second Constitutional Era → significantPoliticalForce → Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ
Ottoman intellectuals → movement → Young Turks ⓘ
linked to: Committee of Union and Progress
31 March Incident → opposedTo → Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ
31 March Incident → opposedTo → Young Turk movement ⓘ
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Deposition of Sultan Abdulhamid II → participant → Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ
Deposition of Sultan Abdulhamid II → participant → Young Turks ⓘ
linked to: Committee of Union and Progress
Young Ottoman movement → influenced → Young Turk movement ⓘ
linked to: Committee of Union and Progress
Committee of Union and Progress → originalName → İttihad-ı Osmanî Cemiyeti ⓘ
linked to: Committee of Union and Progress
Committee of Union and Progress → renamed → Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ
Committee of Union and Progress → partOf → Young Turk movement ⓘ
linked to: Committee of Union and Progress
Committee of Union and Progress → nativeName → İttihat ve Terakki Cemiyeti ⓘ
linked to: Committee of Union and Progress
Abdul Hamid II → facedOppositionFrom → Young Turks ⓘ
subject linked to: Sultan Abdul Hamid II
linked to: Committee of Union and Progress
Abdul Hamid II → facedOppositionFrom → Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ
subject linked to: Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Mehmed V → deFactoRulersDuringReign → Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ
Chamber of Deputies (Ottoman Empire) → notablePoliticalForce → Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ
subject linked to: Chamber of Deputies
Tehcir Law → enactedBy → Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ
Ottoman Interior Ministry → collaboratedWith → Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ
Ottoman Interior Ministry → politicalAlignment → Committee of Union and Progress leadership during WWI ⓘ
linked to: Committee of Union and Progress
Talaat Pasha → memberOf → Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ
Talaat Pasha → politicalAffiliation → Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ
Talaat Pasha → partOf → Young Turk triumvirate ⓘ
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Talaat Pasha → movement → Young Turks ⓘ
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Djemal Pasha → memberOf → Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ
Djemal Pasha → memberOf → Young Turks ⓘ
linked to: Committee of Union and Progress
Djemal Pasha → movement → Young Turk movement ⓘ
linked to: Committee of Union and Progress
Seyfo → contemporaryGovernment → Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ
Ottoman Christian genocides → perpetrator → Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ
Ottoman Christian genocides → perpetrator → Young Turk regime ⓘ
linked to: Committee of Union and Progress
Greek genocide → perpetratedBy → Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ
Greek genocide → perpetratedBy → Young Turk regime ⓘ
linked to: Committee of Union and Progress
Fethi Okyar → memberOf → Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ
Turk → alsoKnownAs → Young Turk ⓘ
linked to: Committee of Union and Progress
Albanian Revolt of 1912 → hasParticipant → Young Turk government ⓘ
linked to: Committee of Union and Progress
Ismail Qemali → memberOf → Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ
Türkleşmek, İslamlaşmak, Muasırlaşmak → influencedBy → Young Turk movement ⓘ
linked to: Committee of Union and Progress
Rauf Orbay → affiliation → Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ
Jemal Pasha → memberOf → Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ
Jemal Pasha → memberOf → Young Turks ⓘ
linked to: Committee of Union and Progress
Jemal Pasha → partOf → Young Turk triumvirate ⓘ
linked to: Committee of Union and Progress