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The Young Ottomans were a group of Ottoman
Ottoman Turks

The Ottoman Turks were the subdivision of the Ottoman Muslim Millet that dominated the ruling class of the Ottoman Empire. Reliable information about the early history of the Ottomans is scarce....
 nationalist
Nationalism

Nationalism refers to an ideology, a feeling, a form of culture, or a social movement that focuses on the nation. While there is significant debate over the historical origins of nations, nearly all Expert accept that nationalism, at least as an ideology and social movement, is a Modernity phenomenon originating in Europe....
 intellectuals formed in 1865, influenced by such Western thinkers as Montesquieu and Rousseau and the French Revolution. They developed the concept of Ottomanism
Ottomanism

Ottomanism was a concept which developed prior to the First Constitutional Era of the Ottoman Empire. Its proponents believed that it could solve the social issues that the empire was facing....
, aligned with these thinkers. They advocated a constitution
Constitution

A constitution is a system for government — often codified as a written document — that establishes the rules and principles of an autonomous political entity....
al, parliamentary government.

The Young Ottomans were bureaucrats resulting from the Tanzimat
Tanzimat

The Tanzimat , meaning reorganization of the Ottoman Empire, was a period of reformation that began in 1839 and ended with the First Constitutional Era in 1876....
 reforms who were unsatisfied with its bureaucratic absolutism and sought a more democratic solution.

The failure of the "Young Ottoman" policies (Ottomanism
Ottomanism

Ottomanism was a concept which developed prior to the First Constitutional Era of the Ottoman Empire. Its proponents believed that it could solve the social issues that the empire was facing....
) in reverting the path to Dissolution of the Ottoman Empire
Dissolution of the Ottoman Empire

The dissolution of the Ottoman Empire began with the watershed event of Young Turk Revolution and ended with the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire by the victorious sides of the World War I in the early part of the 20th century....
, the thinkers under Ottoman Empire searched other means.






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The Young Ottomans were a group of Ottoman
Ottoman Turks

The Ottoman Turks were the subdivision of the Ottoman Muslim Millet that dominated the ruling class of the Ottoman Empire. Reliable information about the early history of the Ottomans is scarce....
 nationalist
Nationalism

Nationalism refers to an ideology, a feeling, a form of culture, or a social movement that focuses on the nation. While there is significant debate over the historical origins of nations, nearly all Expert accept that nationalism, at least as an ideology and social movement, is a Modernity phenomenon originating in Europe....
 intellectuals formed in 1865, influenced by such Western thinkers as Montesquieu and Rousseau and the French Revolution. They developed the concept of Ottomanism
Ottomanism

Ottomanism was a concept which developed prior to the First Constitutional Era of the Ottoman Empire. Its proponents believed that it could solve the social issues that the empire was facing....
, aligned with these thinkers. They advocated a constitution
Constitution

A constitution is a system for government — often codified as a written document — that establishes the rules and principles of an autonomous political entity....
al, parliamentary government.

The Young Ottomans were bureaucrats resulting from the Tanzimat
Tanzimat

The Tanzimat , meaning reorganization of the Ottoman Empire, was a period of reformation that began in 1839 and ended with the First Constitutional Era in 1876....
 reforms who were unsatisfied with its bureaucratic absolutism and sought a more democratic solution.

The failure of the "Young Ottoman" policies (Ottomanism
Ottomanism

Ottomanism was a concept which developed prior to the First Constitutional Era of the Ottoman Empire. Its proponents believed that it could solve the social issues that the empire was facing....
) in reverting the path to Dissolution of the Ottoman Empire
Dissolution of the Ottoman Empire

The dissolution of the Ottoman Empire began with the watershed event of Young Turk Revolution and ended with the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire by the victorious sides of the World War I in the early part of the 20th century....
, the thinkers under Ottoman Empire searched other means. One of these groups was Young Turks
Young Turks

The Young Turks were a coalition of various groups favoring reformation of the Administration of the Ottoman Empire. Through the Young Turk Revolution, their movement brought about the Second Constitutional Era ....
, which pulled the empire to Second Constitutional Era (Ottoman Empire)
Second Constitutional Era (Ottoman Empire)

The Second Constitutional Era of the Ottoman Empire began shortly after Sultan Abd?lhamid II restored the constitutional monarchy after the 1908 Young Turk Revolution....
 and then to WWI
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
, with the policies developed under Three Pashas
Three Pashas

"The Three Pashas", also known as the "dictatorial triumvirate", of the Ottoman Empire included the Ottoman minister of the interior, Mehmed Talat Pasha , the minister of war, Ismail Enver, and the minister of the Ottoman Navy, Ahmed Djemal, ....
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    Young Turks

    The Young Turks were a coalition of various groups favoring reformation of the Administration of the Ottoman Empire. Through the Young Turk Revolution, their movement brought about the Second Constitutional Era ....