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
linked to: Committee of Union and Progress
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
linked to: Committee of Union and Progress
Talaat Pasha movement Young Turks
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Djemal Pasha memberOf Committee of Union and Progress
Djemal Pasha memberOf Young Turks
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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
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