[6] He established a daily newspaper entitled Volkan in 1908 for which he asked for financial support from Sultan Abdulhamid.
[7] Vahdeti argued that the rule of the Committee of Union and Progress would terminate the Ottoman Empire and damage Islam.
[7] However, the Committee of Union and Progress regained the power following the suppression of the revolt by the Third Army under the leadership of Mahmud Shevket Pasha, and Derviş Vahdeti was arrested in Constantinople on 18 April.
[2] Vahdeti was sentenced to death for his involvement in the 31 March Incident and was executed in Constantinople on 19 July 1909.
[2][10] Vahdeti was implied in a story by Refik Halit Karay entitled "Dervish Hasan's Conscience" (Turkish: "Dede Hasan'ın Vicdanı").