The Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) was a political organization in the late Ottoman Empire, founded in 1889. It aimed to modernize the empire and promote a sense of national unity among its diverse populations. The CUP played a significant role in the 1908 Young Turk Revolution, which restored the constitution and established a constitutional monarchy. The CUP was influential in the political landscape of the Ottoman Empire until its dissolution after World War I. Its leaders, including Enver Pasha, Talat Pasha, and Jemal Pasha, sought to centralize power and implement reforms, but their policies also led to significant ethnic tensions and conflicts within the empire.