Topic summary
1876 Ottoman coup d'état
Abdul Aziz:
Sublime Porte
Ottoman Army
Young Ottomans
Hüseyin Avni Pasha
Süleyman Pasha
Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha
Damat Mahmud Celâleddin Pasha
Hasan Hayrullah Efendi
Political support:
Prince Murad
Prince Abdul Hamid
(Cause of death disputed)
Pertevniyal Sultan
Mahmud Nedim Pasha
Supported by:
Nikolay Ignatyev(alleged)
On 30 May 1876, a bloodless military coup d'état occurred in the Ottoman capital of Istanbul, which resulted in the dethronement of the Ottoman Sultan Abdulaziz, and subsequently, the appointment of Murad V as the Sultan. The Ottoman Empire would be dominated by a constitutional committee chaired by Midhat Pasha for the next two years, a period known as the First Constitutional Era.