The
Special Organization, a secret paramilitary organization tied to the
Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), the ruling party of the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
, included the following members according to an interview with its former leader
Eşref Kuşçubaşı by U.S.
INR officer Philip H. Stoddard:
References
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Government of the Ottoman Empire
Turkish intelligence agencies