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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deposition of Sultan Abdulhamid II canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coup d’état ⓘ
political event ⓘ
regime change ⓘ
authorizedBy Ottoman parliament ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Parliament

Sheikh ul-Islam ⓘ
linked to: Shaykh al-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 Abdulhamid II ⓘ
installedRuler Sultan Mehmed V ⓘ
linked to: Mehmed V
legalForm fatwa of deposition ⓘ
location Constantinople ⓘ
Istanbul ⓘ
participant Action Army ⓘ
Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ
Ottoman Army ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman sultan
relatedTo 31 March Incident ⓘ
Second Constitutional Era ⓘ
Young Turk Revolution ⓘ
removedFromOffice Sultan Abdulhamid II ⓘ
replacedRuler 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 ⓘ