Download citation the young turks and the ottoman nationalities armenians greeks albanians jews and arabs 1908 1918 the years 1908 to 1918 are frequently viewed as the period when the . Officially known as the committee of union and progress cup the young turks made up a nationalist political party that ruled the ottoman empire from 1908 until the end of world war i ahmad illuminates the relationships and conflicts between the young turks and the greek armenian albanian jewish and arab ethnic groups during this period. Officially known as the committee of union and progress cup the young turks made up a nationalist political party that ruled the ottoman empire from 1908 until the end of world war i ahmad illuminates the relationships and conflicts between the young turks and the greek armenian albanian jewish and arab ethnic groups during this period placing these nationalities in their historical context he shows their relationships not only to the young turks but also to one anotherno other . Exceptfor the greek and armenian struggles through wwi which is coveredin a single chapter each nations history is covered in two periods 1908 14and 1914 18 except the albanians ahmad impartially re constructs thesenationalities history in order to detail all aspects of the challenges that theyfaced and posed to ottoman governancein the chapter on the armenians ahmad discusses . Feroz ahmad the young turks and the ottoman nationalities armenians greeks albanians jews and arabs 1908 1918 salt lake city utah university of utah press