Ismail Enver, Mustafa Kemal, and other Unionist officers launch a guerrilla war to drive the invading Italians out of Libya. After the Italians open up a new front in the Aegean, the CUP faces a major crisis in Istanbul as the "Savior Officers" launch a coup to overthrow their government.

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Exit Ottomanism. Enter Turkification.

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General Mahmud Shevket leads a large multi-ethnic army out of Salonica and marches on Istanbul. Helping Shevket fight reactionaries in the capital would be other officers of destiny like Niyazi, Enver, Cemal, Mustafa Kemal, and of course, the Lucky Deer.

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As the counterrevolution gripped Istanbul in 1909, the dream of Islamic modernism cracked, giving way to that fateful split between secular nationalism and political Islam.

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In October of 1908, the Ottomans lost Bulgaria to independence, Bosnia to Austria, and Crete to Greece. And then Europe is steamrolling towards for the Great War as Russia and Austria try to regain their lost imperial prestige.

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After the Young Turk Revolution, the Ottoman people let loose for a while and had one big, multi-ethnic party. Long live the constitution!

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Ladies and Gents, we have made it. So sit back, relax, and watch as the CUP menaces the Sultan into reinstating the Midhat Constitution.

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Trouble is-a-brewing in Macedonia as the CUP infiltrates and radicalizes the Third Army and as the "Heroes of Liberty," officers Ismail Enver and Ahmed Niyazi, prepare their bands for a mutiny.

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