YOUNG TURK ASSESSMENTS OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICS, 1906-9

In: Middle Eastern studies, Band 32, Heft 2, S. 30-44

Abstract

THIS ARTICLE ATTEMPTS TO ANALYZE THE MAIN COMPONENTS, BASIC MOTIVES AND AIMS THAT INFLUENCED THE EXTERNAL POLICIES PURSUED BY THE YOUNG TURKS DURING THEIR DECADE IN POWER FROM 1908 TO 1918. IT EXAMINES THE FOREIGN POLICY IDEALS OF THE TURK ORGANIZATION AND ITS ASSESSMENTS OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICS WHILE IN OPPOSITION PRIOR TO THE YOUNG TURK REVOLUTION OF 1908. IT ARGUES THAT THE COMMITTEE OF UNION AND PROGRESS (CUP) APPEARS TO HAVE COME TO POWER IN 1908 WITH MORE FUNDAMENTAL ANTI-BRITISH AND ANTI-FRENCH SENTIMENTS THAN ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE IN THE COURSE OF THE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES.