Tunalı Hilmi

Mizancı Murat, who was elected president at the extraordinary meeting of the Committee of Union and Progress in 1896, moved the center of the movement to Geneva in 1897.

[3] Ahmet Celalettin Pasha, appointed by the Sultan, travelled to Geneva in 1896 and called on the Young Turks to return to Istanbul and remained loyal to the Abdul Hamid II.

Tunalı Hilmi, who accepted the Pasha's offer to buy the Khutbe booklets and newspapers, continued his work with the money he received and in 1896 he established the "Ottoman Revolution Party", a special branch within the Committee of Union and Progress.

The work of the Ottoman Revolution Party, which was in favor of fighting against armed action, accelerated the formation of new organizations in Young Turk circles.

Although Abdul Hamid II sent the Paris ambassador Münir Pasha this time to discuss stopping the broadcasts against the administration, Hilmi Bey refused to meet.

[3] Tunalı Hilmi, who grew even more resentful towards the Ottoman state due to how his family was being treated, went to Egypt as an inspector of the Committee of Union and Progress in 1898 and organized the Cairo branch of the society, where he also published a newspaper called Hak.

He brought forward the idea of organizing a congress within the society and returned to Paris in 1900 for preparations; He started to republish the Khutbe booklets.

In the face of this situation, Tunalı Hilmi Bey and his friends decided to make a contract deal with Abdul Hamid II to finance their movements.

[4] During his service, he supported Ali Fahri (Agababa) Bey for the establishment of the "Revengeful New Ottomans Society" and the publication of a newspaper called "İntikam".

Until 1916, he served as the district governor in Karadeniz Ereğli, Silivri, Bayburt, Ordu, Beykoz and Gemlik; then he was tasked with supervising and regulating the situation of those who immigrated and took refuge in the country in World War I.

In 1920, when Istanbul was occupied by the Allied Forces and the parliament became inoperable, he moved to Anatolia and joined Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in his Turkish War of Independence.

Tunalı Hilmi stated that he wanted to see a female Pasha and grant women the right to vote and be elected from the parliamentary rostrum in 1923, even though he received negative reactions from the parliament.

Tunali Hilmi Street, Tunalı Hilmi Bey statue in Kuğulu Park
Grave of Tunalı Hilmi in Cebeci Asri Cemetery , Ankara