As for what they get paid, it depends on rank and time in service. For a Private (E1), the 2012 pay chart would have them start off at a base pay of $1491/month, and this could go all the way up to a base pay of $2885 for a Staff Sergeant (E6) with more than six years in service.
The goal of the Young Turks was to modernize and reinvigorate the faltering empire and stop Europe from taking Ottoman territoryâstarting with Macedonia.
1) Decline in Absolutism: At the top, the Ottoman policy of succession had resulted in the weakening of the power of the Padishah. The policy of physical elimination the heirs to the thrown or unruly Ottoman princes was abandoned and replaced with the Cage system.