But soon he decided to oppose the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) and became a figurehead of the more liberal and pro-decentralization opposition group of Young Turks, known as the Freedom and Accord Party (also Liberal Union or Entente).
He turned against the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) and became a leader of the more liberal and pro-decentralization opposition group known as the Freedom and Accord Party (also called Liberal Union or Entente).