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Young Turks Revolution

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July 1908

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Wasif Jawharriyah collection

A large Palestinian crowd gathers outside Jaffa ’s Grand Serai, housing local government offices, to celebrate the revolution in Constantinople popularly known by the Arabs as al-Hurriyyah (Arabic for "liberty") and declared by the "Young Turks " against the despotic sultan Sultan Abd al-Hamid II . The revolution called for restoration of the Constitution of 1876 and elections for a new Parliament. Both Arabs and Turks participated in the "Young Turks" movement but, as World War I approached, tensions between the two peoples mounted.

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