Turki Muda Dan Freemason

Pendokong kumpulan Turki Muda (Young Turks) turut pengaruh dengan gerakan Freemason Menjelang 1908 rrmai tokoh Turki Muda yang menghebah penyertaan mereka dalam Freemason Antara mereka adalah Ahmed Rıza Bey, Mehmet Talat, Nazim Bey, Djemal Bey, Midhat Shukru, Huseyin Hilmi Pasha, and many others. 

None of them tried to hide his ties with the masonic creed. One of the consequences of the Young Turk revolution was that, from the summer of 1908 onward, there was an unprecented rush to join the lodges. The “Macedonia Risorta” was the principal beneficiary of this sudden enthusiasm of the Ottoman elites for freemasonry.

Berikutnya pada 1909 satu lagi gelombang Freemason tercetus di kalangan Turki Muda Mereka yang terlibat antaranya adalah Musa Kazim Efendi, Mehmet Cait Bey dan Riza Tevfik.

Thus, the “Constitution”, a Spanish lodge which had managed to recruit key figures such as
the sheikh-ul-islam Musa kâzim Efendi, the minister of Finance Mehmet Cavit Bey and the
philosopher Riza Tevfik, was won over to the Ottoman Grand Orient in December 1909.
 

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