Young Tunisians

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The Young Tunisian Party or Young Tunisians (French: Jeunes Tunisiens) was a political party formed in 1907 by a group of young Tunisian intellectuals who thought that the people of Tunisia should have self-determination, rather than being a protectorate of France. They were French-educated and advocated for the rights of Tunisians and Frenchmen. They printed a newspaper called Le Tunisien. Although they gained considerable support from educated and professional Tunisians, they were considered to be too close to the French by the majority of Tunisians. After violence broke out in Tunisia as a result of the Italian invasion of Tripolitania and French moves to make a Muslim cemetery public property, the French administration clamped down on the group. Its leaders were sent into exile and the group itself was forced underground.[1]

See also

  • Ali Bach Hamba, co-founder of the Young Tunisians
  • Mohamed Bach Hamba, co-founder of the Young Tunisians and editor of the "Revue du Maghreb"
  • Bechir Sfar, co-founder of the Young Tunisians

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ "Young Tunisians", Encyclopædia Britannica.


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