In this episode we look at the Young Turk Revolution of 1908, and the attempted counter Revolution of 1909. 

Bibliography

Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire, by Caroline Finkel

The Ottoman Endgame: War, Revolution, and the Making of the Modern Middle East, 1908-1923, Sean McMeekin

The Young Turks: The Committee of Union and Progress in Turkish Politics 1908-1914, by Feroz Ahmad

The Emergence of Modern Turkey: Third Edition, by Bernard Lewis