Arabs and Young Turks : Ottomanism, Arabism, and Islamism in the Ottoman Empire, 1908-1918 / Hasan Kayalı.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-276) and index.

1. Arabs and Arab Provinces in the Evolution of the Young Turk Movement. Tanzimat Centralization, Arabs, and Ottomanism. The Constitution, Parliament, and Arab Representation. The Hamidian Era: Continuity and Change. The Young Turk Opposition and the Arabs -- 2. The Second Constitutional Experiment, 1908-1909. Crisis of Authority in the Capital and the Provinces. The 1908 Revolution and the CUP in the Arab Provinces. The 1908 Elections. The Arab Parliamentary Contingent in the First Legislative Year. The Counterrevolution. Reform and Centralization -- 3. The Opposition and the Arabs, 1910-1911. "Turkification" Parliament: Arabs in Opposition Parties and Issues of Arab Concern. Unrest in the Arab Provinces -- 4. The Decentralist Challenge and a New "Arab Policy," 1912-1913. The 1912 Elections. The CUP's Broken Fortunes and Arabs. The CUP Comeback. Conclusion: Islamist Reinterpretation of Ottomanism -- 5. A Case Study in Centralization: The Hijaz under Young Turk Rule, 1908-1914.

The Young Turk Revolution and the Hijaz. The Grand Sharifate of Husayn Ibn Ali. Extension of Ottoman Influence in the Hijaz. Sharif Husayn's Campaigns. Sharif Husayn's Struggle to Maintain His Authority -- 6. The War Years, 1914-1918. The Elections of 1914 and the Eclipse of the Reform Movement. The Hijaz on the Eve of War. The Arab Provinces and the Early Period of the War. The Sharif Husayn-Istanbul Correspondence. Syria under Cemal Pasha's Governorship. The Arab Uprising and Istanbul's Response. War, Politics, and Ideology. The End of the Empire and Turkish-Arab Relations.