Ladies and Gentlemen, the Committee of Union and Progress...

Season 2: The Young Turks - Revolutions of the Ottoman Collapse, pt. 2

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Before there were Young Turks, there were Young Ottomans. But just to make it extra confusing for those of us living in the future, everyone called them Young Turks. "Long Live the Fatherland!"

Season 2: The Young Turks - Revolutions of the Ottoman Collapse, pt. 2

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As the Hamidian Massacres raged throughout the Ottoman Empire, a small group of Armenian Dashnaks decided to takeover the Imperial Ottoman Bank, hoping that the Great Powers might finally come to their aid.

Season 2: The Young Turks - Revolutions of the Ottoman Collapse, pt. 2

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From 1894-1896, widespread chaos and violence gripped the Ottoman Empire amidst the Hamidian Massacres. Armenian freedom fighters, known as the fedayi, would do everything they could to defend their communities.

Season 2: The Young Turks - Revolutions of the Ottoman Collapse, pt. 2

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The Armenian revolutionary parties all have a history, and that history is called the radical Russian underground. Out of People's Will came the Armenian Dashnaks. Out the Marxist Emancipation of Labor Group came the Armenian Hunchaks.

Season 2: The Young Turks - Revolutions of the Ottoman Collapse, pt. 2

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The Kurds launch a revolt, the Armenians form their first political party in history, and Sultan Abdulhamid overreacts (as usual) and forms his very own Cossack-style cavalry.

Season 2: The Young Turks - Revolutions of the Ottoman Collapse, pt. 2

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The history of the Armenians, the Kurds, and the Turks in Eastern Anatolia... it's complicated.

Season 2: The Young Turks - Revolutions of the Ottoman Collapse, pt. 2

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In 1885, the Bulgarians went ahead and annexed Eastern Rumelia... without asking anyone. Prince Milan of Serbia would have nothing of it, declaring war shortly thereafter. The ensuing conflict would begin a dangerous cycle in the Balkans.

Season 2: The Young Turks - Revolutions of the Ottoman Collapse, pt. 2

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