Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- The Ottoman Empire
- 1 Revolution and the Neopatrimonial State
- 2 The Young Turk Revolution and the Global Wave
- 3 Constitutional and Extra-constitutional Struggles
- 4 The Staff Policies and the Purges
- 5 Counterrevolution and Its Aftermath
- Iran
- Concluding Remarks
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- References
5 - Counterrevolution and Its Aftermath
from The Ottoman Empire
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- The Ottoman Empire
- 1 Revolution and the Neopatrimonial State
- 2 The Young Turk Revolution and the Global Wave
- 3 Constitutional and Extra-constitutional Struggles
- 4 The Staff Policies and the Purges
- 5 Counterrevolution and Its Aftermath
- Iran
- Concluding Remarks
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- References
Summary
In April 1909 an uprising forced the CUP out of the capital. The event lasted a mere nine days, not because it involved small numbers but because of the crushing response it received from the CUP-organized Action Army. The outbreak brought to light the antagonism – class (economic), cultural, and generational – between the military officers and bureaucrats and their less educated peers and underlings, and also their superiors.
The event served to vindicate the CUP on a number of issues. First, the opposition could no longer denounce the CUP’s alarmist posture, which had justified keeping a semi-legal secretive organization on the sidelines. Also, the CUP argument that it had refused to overtake the executive because of its respect for the constitution (read: the limits imposed by its ideology) became more credible. The speed and ease with which the CUP retook the capital confirmed its claim.
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- Revolution and Constitutionalism in the Ottoman Empire and Iran , pp. 224 - 284Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011