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==Young Turk Revolution==
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In April 1908, the [[Committee of Union and Progress]] (more commonly called the [[Young Turks]]), a political party opposed to the despotic rule of Sultan [[Abdul Hamid II]], led [[Young Turk Revolution|a rebellion against the Sultan]]. The pro-reform Young Turks deposed the Sultan by July 1909, replacing him with the ineffective [[Mehmed V]]. This began the [[Second Constitutional Era]] of the Ottoman Empire.

In the following years, various constitutional and political reforms were instituted, but the decay of the Ottoman Empire continued.