Saviour Officers or Halâskâr Zâbitân (Turkish: Kurtarıcı Subaylar) or Halâskâran (Turkish: Kurtarıcılar) was a pro-Freedom and Accord Party armed organisation that was organised in May 1912. The organisation, which was an opponent of the Committee of Union and Progress, carried out many actions from the day it was founded until the date of the Raid on the Sublime Porte.
Saviour Officers, who published harsh statements in newspapers and submitted memoranda to the Military Council,[1] caused the Grand Vizier Mehmed Said Pasha to resign.[2] They sent a threatening letter to Halil Bey, the President of the Chamber of Deputies, asking for the dissolution of the parliament with the majority of Union and Progress,[3] and although these requests were condemned by the parliament,[4] the parliament was dissolved after the initiatives of Ahmet Muhtar Pasha.[5]
References
edit- ^ Turkish: Askerî Şura = A meeting held by the military echelons of the state to discuss military matters.
- ^ Birinci, Ali (1990). Hürriyet ve İtilaf Fırkası. Istanbul: Dergah Yayınları.
- ^ Arar, İsmail (1986). Osmanlı Mebusan Meclisi Reisi Halil Menteşe'nin Anıları. Hürriyet Vakfı Yayınları. p. 160. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ^ "Meclis-i Mebusan Zabıt Ceridesi - Kırkyedinci İnikad" (PDF). Chamber of Deputies: tbmm.gov.tr. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ^ Bağcıoğlu, Fatih. "İttihat ve Terakki Üzerine Düşünceler-2". sizinti.com.tr. Archived from the original on 18 December 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2013.