Action Army

Mobilised in Selanik (modern Thessaloniki) by Mahmud Shevket Pasha,[1] it occupied Istanbul and successfully suppressed the uprising in the 31 March Incident.

The 1909 countercoup was instigated by a mutiny of dissatisfied troops in Istanbul, who were joined by reactionary religious protestors demanding a return to autocracy under Abdul Hamid and sharia (sacred law).

[3] With the resignation of Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha's cabinet the mutiny developed into a wider political crisis.

Çerçiz Topulli and Bajram Curri brought 8,000 Albanians troops, while Major Ahmed Niyazi Bey arrived with 1,800 men from Resne.

Adu yoluna durdular, kılıca el vurdular, Zalimleri kırdılar, Kimdir onlar?

Together with the Operations Army Staff and the officers of the I. Corps at the III. Army Headquarters in Thessaloniki (13 April 1909)
The Action Army marching on Makri Keuy (modern Bakırköy )
Staff of the Action army. To Şevket Pasha 's left, Hüseyin Hüsnü, behind Hüsnü and second from left İsmet Bey (İnönü) , to his right İsmail Hakkı Bey, to his right Enver Bey .