31st March Incident
Ottoman history
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role in Ottoman Empire
- In Ottoman Empire: The Young Turk Revolution of 1908
…Julian calendar as the “31st March Incident”) exposed the weakness of the CUP and at the same time gave it a new opportunity. The mutiny resulted from the discontent of ordinary soldiers over their conditions and their neglect by college-trained and politically ambitious officers and from what they regarded…
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suppression by Şevket Paşa
- In Mahmud Şevket Paşa
…Turk government, known as the 31st of March Incident, and deposed the sultan, who favoured a return to absolutism. He then became the inspector general of the first three army corps and minister of war, acquiring a position of great strength.
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