Establishment of The Second Constitutional Era, 24 July 1908
See also: Second Constitutional Era (Ottoman Empire)In a few weeks during July 1908 the Young Turk Revolution changed the political structure of the Empire.
Abdul Hamid's regime which lasted more than 35 years and the former autocratic system developed under his control were destroyed. The Armenians, Roman Catholic Syrians, Greeks of the Archipelago, and Bulgarians forgot Empire inaugurationed the new fraternity and progress. There was a unification theme and groups which fought against each other wished to work out the salvation of a common country. Heads of Macedonian bands (IMRO) fraternized with the members of the "Committee of Union and Progress"; Greeks and Bulgarians embraced one another under tÌhe second biggest party "Liberal Union". The Bulgarian federalist wing welcomed the revolution and later joined mainstream political life as People's Federative Party (Bulgarian Section). Even, some of its leaders like Sandanski and Chernopeev participated in the march on Constantinople to depose the "attempt to dismantle constitution". The former centralists of IMRO formed the Bulgarian Constitutional Clubs and like the PFP participated in Ottoman elections. Armenians which formed Armenakan, Social Democrat Hunchakian Party (Hunchakian) and Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnak or Tashnag) begin to work openly as there was no Abdul Hamid's pressure on them.
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