Armenians and Young Turks

Garabet K Moumdjian held a PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles. He held teaching positions at US universities including Glendale Community College, California State University, Northridge, and the University of California, Los Angeles, before working as a consultant for Middle East security affairs for the Armenian government. His academic writing on the history of Armenians in the late Ottoman Empire appeared in numerous peer-reviewed edited collections, and he was a regular commentator on current affairs in the Armenian media.

Essential reading to understand political and security conditions in the Ottoman Armenian provinces in the years prior to the Constitutional Revolution. Moumdjian provides critical insight into the interactions and cooperation between Armenian and Turkish revolutionaries.

• Acknowledgment Note on Transliteration INTRODUCTION: FROM “MILLET-I SADIKA” TO “MILLET-I ASIYA”1) REFORMS, NEGOTIATIONS, AND EARLY RELATIONSWITH THE YOUNG TURKS AND SULTAN ABDÜLHAMID II2) TOWARD A CONGRESS OF OTTOMAN DISSIDENTS, 1899-19023) ON THE PATH TO REVOLUTION4) THE EASTERN PROVINCES, 1902-1908: COLLABORATION TO SPREAD REVOLUTIONARY AGITATION WITHIN MUSLIMS AND KURDS 5) ARMENIAN AND BALKANS REVOLUTIONARY CROSS-POLINATION: ARMENIAN-MACEDONIAN RELATIONS AND THEIR BULGARIAN AGENCY, 1895-1908