HIST 46 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Young Turk Revolution, Djemal Pasha, Enver Pasha
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Meiji revolution disbanded the shogunate and is a successful modernization program. Victorious in war with russia 1904-5: was significant because it shows that a european country can be beaten by. 1882: triple alliance (germany, austria-hungary, italy: germany is supporting the ottomans by training their soldiers, etc. 1904: britain forced to enter into entente cordiale: britain forced to accept morocco as french and egypt as british. Triple entente, where russia joins britain and france where russia and britain divide. Iran into areas of interest: russians take the northern part of iran, british take the southern part (persian gulf) Demand for re-institution of constitution of 1876: wasn"t democratic but did limit the power of sultan. 1889 foundation of committee of union and progress (young turk official name) in military by soldiers who are unhappy with the sultan. Salonika a lot of reform-minded officers stationed there and they were critical of military decline.
