March Incident
Prince Sabahattin's , which advocated for administrative decentralization, would eventually organize itself into the Liberty Party to participate in the 1908 election, proving to be the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP)'s main opponent. It would be suppressed and eventually disbanded following the 31 March Incident. Various smaller parties existed between 1910 and 1911 that proved to be ineffective as opposition to the CUP.