Medieval and modern times; an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . nstitution and that the reformerswould march on Constantinople if the Sultan did not aged Sultan, Abdul Hamid, did not feel himself in a posi-tion to oppose the movement, and so even Turkey got a consti-tution at last. The election of representatives to the Turkishparliament took place, and the assembly was opened by theSultan with great pomp in December, 1908. This bloodlessrevolution attracted the attention of Europe, and every onewondered wheth
Medieval and modern times; an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . nstitution and that the reformerswould march on Constantinople if the Sultan did not aged Sultan, Abdul Hamid, did not feel himself in a posi-tion to oppose the movement, and so even Turkey got a consti-tution at last. The election of representatives to the Turkishparliament took place, and the assembly was opened by theSultan with great pomp in December, 1908. This bloodlessrevolution attracted the attention of Europe, and every onewondered whether the Young Turks, who were few in number Turkey and the Eastern Question 697 and impracticable in their notions of government, would reallysucceed in reforming such a thoroughly corrupt government asthat of Abdul Hamid, who had hated and cruelly suppressedevery tendency toward betterment during his long reign. Bulgaria immediately seized the occasion to declare itself Austria onri f* X6*S entirely independent of Turkey. Next Austria proclaimed the Bosnia andannexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, two Slavic provinces of Herzeg°vina. Fig. 179. Turkish Parliament Buildings A representative parliament in Turkey would naturally include Arme-nians, Greeks, Bulgarians, Albanians, and Arabs. But the Young Turkparty managed it so that the Turks should rule Turkey which she had been managing since the settlement of1878 at the Congress of Berlin. She set to work to Germanizethem as completely as possible and suppress all tendencies tojoin their Slavic relatives in Serbia. A glance at the map willshow how important these provinces are for Austria, since theyconnect her other main possessions with Dalmatia and herports on the Adriatic. It was in the capital of Bosnia thatthe event occurred which gave the pretext for the great war. 698 Medieval and Modern Times Difficulties The Young Turks encountered ever-increasing difficulties. Young Turks They naturally thought that it would be a wise
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