1. 2011. Young Turks and the Bahá'ís in Palestine, The. Necati Alkan. Reform movements in turn-of-the-century Palestine and the influence of Abdu'l-Bahá on his political milieu. Articles.
2. 2005. 'Eternal enemy of Islam', The: Abdullah Cevdet and the Bahá'í religion. Necati Alkan. Cevdet, a member of the Young Turk Committee of Union and Progress, in 1922 published an article on the Bahá'ís, for which he was politically attacked. (Offsite.) Articles.
3. 2004-06-15. Ottoman Reform Movements and the Bahá'í Faith. Necati Alkan. Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá had contact with many of the reformers and modernist ideas in Turkey in the 1860s-1890s. This paper focuses on the "Young Turk" leader Abdullah Cevdet. Audio.
4. 2004. Ottoman Reform Movements and the Bahá'í Faith, 1860s-1920s. Necati Alkan. The relationship between the Young Ottoman and Young Turk reform movements and the Bahá'ís from the 1860s onwards; the nature of these contacts and the impressions of the Young Ottomans and Young Turks of the Babis and Bahá'ís; the convergence of ideas. Articles.
5. 1914. Real Turk, The. Stanwood Cobb. Reflections on three years spent in Turkey during the rise of the Young Turk Party and the downfall of Abdul Hamid; the character of the Turkish, their temperament, and their way of looking at life. Books.
6. 1912-01. Difficulties of the Young Turk Party, The. Stanwood Cobb. Reflections on the character and political fortunes of the Young Turks, written shortly before the partitioning of Ottoman empire. Essays.

1. 1908-07-23 — The Young Turks issued a declaration demanding the restoration of the old constitution of Midhat Páshá and threatening the overthrow of the government. [AB123]
2. 1908-07-24 —
   In Constantinople, a bomb intended for Sultán 'Abdu'l-Hamíd as he returned from the mosque on Friday, killed and injured a number of people. This event prompted the authorities to recall all the members of the Commission who were gathering evidence against 'Abdu'l-Bahá at the time. Some months later the "Young Turk" revolutionaries demanded the release of all political and religious prisoners. 'Abdu'l-Bahá was free by in September. [AB123; BBD4; BBRXXX; CB237; DH71; GPB272]
   • A cable was sent to Constantinople to enquire whether `Abdu'l-Bahá was to be included in the amnesty. `Abdu'l-Bahá was set free. [AB123; GPB272]

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