deposition of Sultan Abdulhamid II

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The deposition of Sultan Abdulhamid II was the 1909 removal of the long-reigning Ottoman sultan from power, marking a decisive shift toward constitutional rule under the Young Turks.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coup d’état
political event
regime change
authorizedBy Ottoman Parliament
surface form: Ottoman parliament

Shaykh al-Islam
surface form: Sheikh ul-Islam
cause 31 March Incident
conflict between absolutists and constitutionalists
counterrevolutionary uprising in Istanbul
opposition to Abdulhamid II’s autocratic rule
consequence exile of Abdulhamid II to Salonika
transfer of Abdulhamid II later to Istanbul under house arrest
country Ottoman Empire
date 1909-04-27
followedBy further empowerment of the Committee of Union and Progress
reign of Mehmed V
hasSubject Sultan Abdul Hamid II
surface form: Sultan Abdulhamid II
installedRuler Mehmed V
surface form: Sultan Mehmed V
legalForm fatwa of deposition
location Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople

Istanbul
participant Action Army
Committee of Union and Progress
Ottoman Army
Committee of Union and Progress
surface form: Young Turks
politicalContext Second Constitutional Era of the Ottoman Empire
late Ottoman modernization
precededBy Young Turk Revolution
restoration of the Ottoman constitution in 1908
reigningTitleRemoved Caliph of Islam
Ottoman sultan
surface form: Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
relatedTo 31 March Incident
Second Constitutional Era
Young Turk Revolution
removedFromOffice Sultan Abdul Hamid II
surface form: Sultan Abdulhamid II
replacedRuler Sultan Abdul Hamid II
surface form: Sultan Abdulhamid II
result accession of Mehmed V
consolidation of Young Turk power
end of Abdulhamid II’s reign
limitation of sultanic absolutism
strengthening of the Second Constitutional Era
significance decisive shift toward constitutional rule in the Ottoman Empire
milestone in Young Turk ascendancy
reduction of religious and dynastic authority in Ottoman politics
typeOfChange constitutional transformation
dynastic succession
year 1909

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Young Turk Revolution followedBy deposition of Sultan Abdulhamid II