Group within the Ottoman Army which suppressed the 1909 countercoup
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The Action Army was organised by Mahmud Shevket Pasha, commander of theThird Army based in Selanik. A number of staff officers opposed to the countercoup gathered in Selanik to join the force.[5] It was also supported by divisions from theSecond Army stationed in Adrianople (modernEdirne).[5]
Staff of the Action army. ToŞevket Pasha's left, Hüseyin Hüsnü, behind Hüsnü and second from leftİsmet Bey (İnönü), to his right İsmail Hakkı Bey, to his rightEnver Bey.
The force numbered around 20,000–25,000 Ottoman soldiers and was supplemented by 15,000 volunteers, including 4,000 Bulgarians, 2,000 Greeks and 700 Jews.Çerçiz Topulli andBajram Curri brought 8,000 Albanians troops, while MajorAhmed Niyazi Bey arrived with 1,800 men fromResne.[6]
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