Freedom and Accord Party حریت و ایتلاف فرقهسی Hürriyet ve İtilaf Fırkası | |
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| Abbreviation | H-İ or HİF |
| Leader | Damat Ferid Pasha Müşir Fuat Pasha Miralay Sadık Şerif Pasha |
| Founded | November 21, 1911 |
| Dissolved | 1919 |
| Preceded by | Liberty Party |
| Headquarters | Şehzadebaşı, Istanbul |
| Newspaper | Teminat Mes'ûliyet |
| Military wing | Saviour Officers |
| Ideology | Liberalism Conservatism Ottomanism Decentralisation Civic nationalism Constitutionalism |
The Freedom and Accord Party (Ottoman Turkish: حریت و ایتلاف فرقهسی, romanized: Hürriyet ve İtilaf Fırkası)[1] was a liberal Ottoman political party active between 1911–1913 and 1918–1919, during the Second Constitutional Era.[2] It was the most significant opposition to Union and Progress in the Chamber of Deputies. The political programme of the party advocated for Ottomanism, government decentralisation, the rights of ethnic minorities, and close relations with Britain.[3] In the post-1918 Ottoman Empire, the party became known for its attempts to suppress and prosecute the CUP. In both of its periods of existence, the party quickly descended into infighting and impotence.