Երիտթուրք-հայ յարաբերութիւնները եւ Օսմանեան ընդդիմադիր ուժերու առաջին խորհրդաժողովը
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2010
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In the mid-19th century political opposition against Sultan Abdul Hamid's regime in the Ottoman Empire, known as the Young Turks Movement, took shape.
This opposition was characterized mostly as an exile movement and was not uniform. For both strategic and maneuvering reasons, the movement was divided into different groups.
The birth and development of the Young Turks movement coincided with the growth of the Armenian national liberation movement. The latter led to the formation of organized Armenian political parties, the Social Democrat Henchagian Party, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation and the Reformed/restructured Henchagian Party.
The Young Turks movement leadership had a negative attitude towards the Armenian national liberation movement, accusing it of being the creation of foreign countries which used the movement to press for their own state interests.
Nevertheless, the Young Turks made efforts to cooperate with the Armenian parties and tried to pursuade the latter to address pan-state concerns, like the toppling of Abdul Hamid's regime, restoration of the Midhat constitution, implementing general reform, etc. It was intended to make use of the Armenian parties' capacities for pan-state plans.
The Armenian parties were not against general reform in the Ottoman Empire. However, they noted that the Armenians' condition in the Empire needed immediate addressing and reform. Accordingly, they emphasized Article 61 of the Berlin Conference and the implementation of the plan proclaimed on May 11, 1895.
Diverse groups of the Young Turks Movement met with different Armenian parties to cooperate. These meetings eventually led to the convening of the first convention of Ottoman opposition forces. It involved different groups of the Young Turks and the diverse national liberation movements of the Ottoman Empire. Certain Armenian groupings participated in the Convention, which failed, and the Armenian participants left it disappointed.
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Ճէրէճեան, Ե., «Երիտթուրք-հայ յարաբերութիւնները եւ Օսմանեան ընդդիմադիր ուժերու առաջին խորհրդաժողովը», «Հայկազեան հայագիտական հանդէս», 2010, Պէյրութ, էջ 341-378