An International Conference On the Centenary of the Young Turks’ Revolution

An International Conference
On the Centenary of the Young Turks’ Revolution
1908-2008
The Young Turks and Their Legacy
Organized by the Department of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies
at the University of Macedonia
in collaboration with CIEPO
October 10-11, 2008, Thessaloniki, Greece

Friday, October 10, 2008
18:00-19:00:
Welcoming Remarks
Professor Stelios Katranidis, Deputy Rector and

Chairman of the Dept. of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental

Studies, University of Macedonia
Opening Address
“The Young Turks and Their Legacy Today”
Associate Professor Dimitris Keridis, Head of the Conference's

Organizing Committee, University of Macedonia
Keynote address...
“The Roots of the Young Turk Revolution of 1908”
Professor Μ. Sükrü Hanioğlu, Princeton University

19:00-21:00: Roundtable Discussion
“The Young Turks’ Revolution. A Hundred Years Later”
Professors Stefan Astourian, University of California at Berkeley
Sükrü Hanioğlu, Princeton University,
Metin Heper, Bilkent University, Ankara,
Hasan Kayali, University of California at San Diego
Dimitris Keridis, University of Macedonia (Chair)
Dimitris Stamatopoulos, University of Macedonia

21:00-22:00: Reception
Saturday, October 11, 2008
09:30-10:00 Registration

10:00-12:00: First Session
Ideas and Politics: The Revolution in Historical Perspective
Chair: Dimitris Stamatopoulos, Lecturer, University of Macedonia
10:00-10:20: Metin Heper, Bilkent University, Ankara

"Nationalism in Turkey: From the Young Turks to the Republic"
10:20-10:40: Büsra Ersanlı, Marmara University, Istanbul
“Union and Progress in Shades: Samples from History Textbooks”

10:40-11:00: Paraskevas Konortas, University of Athens
"The Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate of Constantinople

and the Young Turks: from Reservations to Conflict"
11:00-11:20 Vangelis Kechriotes, Bogazici University, Istanbul
Wissenscaftskolleg zu Berlin
“The Young Turk Revolution in the Greek Historiography”

11:20-12:00: Discussion
12:00-12:30: Coffee Break
12:30-14:15: Second Session
Thessaloniki at the Turn of the Century and the Young Turks
Chair: Konstantinos Tsitselikis, Assistant Professor, University of Macedonia
12:30-12:50: Evangelos Hekimoglou, Researcher
“The Greek Community of Thessaloniki and the

Young Turk Challenge, 1908-1911”
12:50-13:10: Rena Molho, Panteion University, Athens
“The Young Turk Movement and its

Impact on the Jews of Salonika”
13:10-13:30: Yura Konstantinova, Institute of Balkan Studies, Sofia
“The Young Turk’s Hürriyet and the Bulgarians’ hopes”
13:30-13:50: Meropi Anastassiadou-Dumont, CNRS, Strasbourg University

“The Muslim Community of Salonika at the Turn of the 20th Century”
13:50-14:15: Discussion
14:15-15:30: Lunch
15:30-16:30 Third Session
The Young Turk Revolution and the End of the Macedonian Struggle
Chair: Dimitris Keridis, Associate Professor, University of Macedonia
15:30-15:50: Basil Gounaris, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
“Unwanted Allies: Greek Struggles for Macedonia and the Young Turks Factor”

15:50.16:10: Mehmet Hacisalihoğlu, Yildiz Teknik Üniversitesi, Istanbul
“The Young Turks and the Macedonian Struggle”
16:10-16:30: Discussion
16:30 – 17:00: Coffee Break
17:00-18:45 Fourth Session
The Consequences of the Revolution
Chair: Eftichia Voutira, Associate Professor, University of Macedonia
17:00-17:20: Hasan Kayalı, University of California at San Diego
“Consequences of 1908 in the Arab Periphery”

17:20-17:40: Stefan Astourian, University of California at Berkeley
“The Armenian Genocidal Process and the Young Turks”

17:40-18:00: Tina Georgieva, University of Sofia
“Young-Turk Revolution and the Changes in Russian Balkan Policy”
18:00-18:20: Evripides Georganopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
“The Influence of the Young Turk Movement

on the Pontic Hellenism: the Elections of

1908 and 1912”
18:20-18:45: Discussion
18:45-19:00: Concluding Remarks
Dimitris Keridis & Dimitris Stamatopoulos, University of Macedonia