The Young Turk Legacy And Nation Building: From... May 2026

The Young Turks (Committee of Union and Progress) facilitated the transition from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic of Turkey by establishing the core tenets of modern Turkish nationalism, secularization, and centralized military-bureaucratic rule. While serving as a foundation for the subsequent Atatürk era, this period was characterized by radical demographic engineering and authoritarian measures to create a homogenous nation-state. For a deeper analysis of this historical transformation, explore academic resources on the late Ottoman Empire.