Abstract:

In the recent periods of the Ottoman Empire, where Young Turks played an active role in political life, the basic elements of political, social and cultural life developed around the aim of rescuing the state from its difficult situation. While the similarities and differences between the Young Turks in terms of political stance are expressed; tried to explain the different views and ideological perspectives that were suggested for the rescue of the empire, which was in a serious collapse in social, economic and political sense. Westernization or modernization has become a common goal for almost all Young Turks, but the political aims of Western states for the Ottomans have also led to periodic intellectuals and statesmen taking the front line to the West. In other words, it is encountered in many works belonging to the period of intermission and turnover. There is also a distinction between those who think that cooperation with the West should be political, and those who think that Western values ​​should be adopted and the Ottomans should be struggled with the Western states for the lasting of state. These distinctions are examined, and Young Turk’s three leading names with different understandings; Ahmet Riza, Mizancı Murat Bey and Prince Sabahattin's political ideas were tried to be expressed.

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