
The Decline of Muslim Powers
Yesterday marked the anniversary of the overthrowing of Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire by the Young Turks, a reformist group aimed to modernise the Ottoman Empire. They forced the sultan to reinstate the constitution in 1908 and deposed him in 1909. While









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