This article is devoted to the Kurdish policy of the Young Turks and their relations with the Armenian Dashnaktsutyun party. After the Young Turks came to power (July 1908) and declared a constitutional regime, all the peoples of the Ottoman Empire were considered equal. This change in the status of minorities in the empire had a strong impact on the Kurdish tribes that formed the Hamidian regiments during the reign of Abdul Hamid II. In the first years of their rule, the Young Turks, in cooperation with the Armenian Dashnaktsutyun committee, began to eliminate all elements of the old regime in the eastern provinces, especially the Hamidian regiments, for which they abolished their privileges. Dissatisfied with this policy of the authorities, Hussein Pasha (the leader of the Haideranli tribe) and his comrades emigrated to Western Iran in order to seek Russian patronage. Fearing unrest and a Russian-backed Kurdish uprising, the Young Turks adopted a more moderate policy towards the Kurdish tribes. Keywords: Kurdish issue, Young Turks, Dashnaktsutyun, Hamidian regiments, Haideranli tribe leader Huseyn Pasha. THE COMMITTEE FOR UNION AND PROGRESS' POLICY TOWARDS THE KURD HAMIDIYE REGIMENTS IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE (1908-1912) After Young Turks s coming to power and the proclamation of the constitutional regime all the nations of the Ottoman Empire were proclaimed equal. This drastic change concerning the minorities of the empire had a strong impact on the Kurdish tribes which have enrolled at the Hamidiye Regiments in the Eastern provinces during the era of Abdulhamid II and have committed armed robbery and violence against the Armenians, usually without any impunity by local administrations. In the early years of the new regime, the ruling Young Turk party in cooperation and even alliance with the Armenian Committee of the ARE embarked upon elimination of the all adherents of the old Abdulhamid regime, including Hamidian regiments. They nullified the many privileges of th ... Read more