My Italy

Istanbul, the Ottoman capital, has always been known as the crossroads of Europe and Asia. Such excellent conditions have always attracted many peepers in the city. From the ancient tribal mountain people to the modern powers, everyone tried to control this city.

As for modern times, the city is under the control of the Ottoman Empire. Even though it is about to become a border city, the Ottomans are still reluctant to part with the unique and superior conditions here.

But now there is an undercurrent emerging in Istanbul. The reason is that the Ottoman people were outraged by the defeated treaty.

On the streets, people have been discussing the treaty to cede land and pay compensation.

"Do you know?"

"what do you know?"

"The empire lost the war and I heard that it cut off most of the territory in Europe and Africa."

"How could this happen? How could the empire lose so much?"

"No one expected that we would lose money when we heard that there were still 200,000 imperial troops surrounded by enemies in Macedonia."

Words like this are being circulated everywhere in Istanbul. Thanks to the outstanding Ottoman bureaucracy, the contents of the peace talks were quickly spread. Such words are considered good, but the rumors are getting more and more outrageous, saying that even Istanbul cannot be saved.

Such content about the defeat that was spread everywhere was naturally spread to the military camp.

The Zaitin Bunur military camp located southwest of Istanbul is the largest military camp in the capital. There are only more than 30,000 Ottoman troops stationed here on weekdays. However, due to the outbreak of the war, in order to strengthen the defense of the capital, nearly 50,000 officers and soldiers are currently stationed in the military camp.

Naturally, the officers and soldiers in the military camp had also learned about the conditions for ceding territory and paying compensation after defeat.

Such humiliating defeat conditions made the young Ottoman officers extremely dissatisfied, and this dissatisfaction surged in the military camp.

On this day, a large number of officers were crowded in a warehouse of the 29th Division Independent Engineer Battalion located in the northwest corner of the military camp. These wearers were officers at the lieutenant level or even at the school level, crowded in the warehouse, listening to the speech of a young man on the stage.

"Like-minded friends, if you are here, it means you are a person who truly loves this country, and I am also one of them. Are you willing to see the land cessation and compensation for the empire's defeat this time?"

"I don't want to!"

The deafening sound seemed to overturn the huge warehouse.

"Since no one is willing, how can we accept the cause created by Suleiman the Magnificent and be oppressed again and again by European bandits. Like-minded friends, we must not let the Ottoman Empire sink like this. We need to change, We need to strengthen ourselves, and we need to show Europeans that we are not sick men. We absolutely cannot accept such humiliating conditions, and would rather shed the last drop of blood than lose a piece of Ottoman territory."

"We will never allow a piece of territory to be lost, even if our blood is shed dry!"

The atmosphere at the scene reached a climax, everyone was roaring, and they wanted to vent their dissatisfaction.

And Ahmed Riza looked at these young officers who had the same dream as him, and he felt that the opportunity to change Osman was right in front of him. Although I feel a little rushed, time is not waiting for me and I can't wait any longer.

Ahmed Riza studied in Paris before and was very envious of French liberal democratic ideas. He believes that the reason why the Ottomans fell behind is precisely because of institutional problems. Only by ending the autocratic rule and decentralizing power will the Ottoman Empire gain greater national cohesion, which can promote the growth of social economy and strength.

One more thing, Ahmed Riza is currently the leader of the Ottoman Youth Party. Yes, it is the Youth Party that launched the bourgeois revolution in Ottoman.

In fact, in addition to the Al-Shabaab, there are currently many people who are dissatisfied in the Ottoman country. Like the one in the Far East, Ottoman young people are more disappointed with the country, and the national ideas coming from Europe have attracted a lot of people. Young people who want to change the country.

Otherwise, how could he have spread his ideas so widely in just one or two years? It also allows the army to have so many supporters.

After everyone's emotions rose, Riza continued. "Since everyone is willing to bleed and die for the Ottomans, we cannot let the Sultan sign the treaty. We need to let the monarch know our wishes, so we must let our voices be heard."

At this time, someone asked in the audience. "So how do we make our voices heard in Sudan?"

This is a very good question, Riza said immediately. "We are going to take to the streets and go to the palace to let the sultan understand that we do not want to see Osman sink like this, and we want to win his support."

You read that right, Riza, who advocates liberal democratic ideas, proposed that everyone petition. In fact, this was something he had no choice about. If he directly claimed to take away the Sultan's power, half of the officers involved would be able to do so. At this time, the Ottoman Sultan still had prestige. Although the Ottomans had become increasingly weaker over the years, the education they received since childhood prevented them from directly opposing the Sultan.

Even within the Youth Party represented by Riza, many people believe that the sultanate cannot be abolished and that the Ottoman Empire must have a monarch. But the power of the monarch should be limited.

At this time, the officers who had been agitated did not even think about the difference between such an action and forcing the palace soldiers to remonstrate. Of course, there were many such things in Ottoman history, including the abolition of a sultan and the establishment of a new monarch. That's why Riza's proposal was accepted by everyone.

Now that you have decided to take to the streets to protest, you need to make preparations next. Thanks to the current habits of the Ottoman army, mid-level and senior officers have their own residences, and they basically or rarely spend the night in the military camp. So this gave the junior officers the opportunity to encourage the soldiers.

These young and daring officers also acted very quickly. They decided to force the palace soldiers to give advice and did it as soon as they said it. When to start, the route of action, etc. were quickly completed.

During this time, middle and senior military officers rarely came to the military camp because the peace treaty was about to be signed, so they were really fooled.

Early in the morning on the third day, a large number of Ottoman soldiers, led by officers, took to the streets. They held high banners demanding that such a humiliating peace treaty be signed, and they vigorously protested to Sultan Abdul Hamid. Set off to the new palace of Dolmabahçe where Emperor II lived.

The chain reaction brought about by Carlo's butterfly is constantly expanding.

I cried, it was too late, it was a waste of a vacation slip, I couldn’t afford to take a vacation this month.