The group known as the Young Turks, which ousted Sultan Abdul Hamid II in 1909, was composed of
A) military officers.
B) Westernized intellectuals.
C) Muslim clerics.
D) wealthy industrialists.
E) landed aristocrats.
Answer: A
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