Freedom and Accord Party
Freedom and Accord Party حریت و ایتلاف فرقهسی Hürriyet ve İtilâf Fırkası | |
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| Abbreviation | H-İ or HİF |
| Leader | Damat Ferid Pasha Müşir Fuat Pasha Miralay Sadık Şerif Pasha |
| Founded | 21 November 1911, 10 January 1919 |
| Dissolved | 25 June 1919 |
| Merger of | Ottoman Radical Reform Party People's Party Moderate Liberty Party |
| Preceded by | Liberty Party Ottoman Democratic Party |
| Headquarters | Şehzadebaşı, Istanbul |
| Newspaper | Teminat Mes'ûliyet |
| Military wing | Saviour Officers |
| Ideology | anti-Unionism Ottomanism Decentralisation Anglophilia |
The Freedom and Accord Party (Ottoman Turkish: حریت و ایتلاف فرقهسی, romanized: Hürriyet ve İtilâf Fırkası, French: Entente Libérale) was a liberal Ottoman political party active between 1911–1913 and 1918–1919, during the Second Constitutional Era. It was the most significant opposition to Committee of Union and Progress (CUP). The political programme of the party advocated for Ottomanism, government decentralisation, the rights of ethnic minorities, and close relations with Britain. 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 struggled with internal divisions among its diverse factions, resulting in a disorganized opposition to the CUP.