La revolution des “Jeunes-Turcs” et l’opinion publique en Grece
Part of : Balkan studies : biannual publication of the Institute for Balkan Studies ; Vol.27, No.1, 1986, pages 129-137
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The young Turks' revolution and public opinion in Greece
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The revolution of the Young Turks in July 1908 was greeted with enthusiasmnot only by the Turks themselves and by the West European countries(France in particular), but also by the Christian peoples of the Ottoman Empire(Greeks, Bulgarians, Serbians, Albanians, and Armenians). They allconsidered this event the beginning of a renaissance and of the modernisationof the Empire, and, having set aside the racial rivalries which separated them,they fraternised with the partisans of the Committee of Union and Progressand celebrated the legal and civil equality promised by the restored 1876constitution.This spirit did not prevail only amongst the subjects of the Sultan, it alsoinfluenced the policies of Turkey’s Christian neighbours (Greece, Serbia, andBulgaria), who had hitherto been the poles of attraction for their compatriotsin the Ottoman Empire. Similarly, public opinion in Greece at first greetedthe political changes that took place in the Ottoman Empire with satisfactionand much hope, as the press and other evidence attest. Doubts later arose,however, and though the sceptics did not question the good will of the YoungTurks, they were not optimistic about the future, in view of the results of theprevious efforts at reform (the Tanzimat), such as the Gulhane Hath-cherifof 1839 and the Hatti-humayoun of 1856.
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Επανάσταση Νέων Τούρκων
