Mehmed V

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Mehmed V Reşâd (Ottoman Turkish: محمد خامس, romanized: Meḥmed-i ḫâmis; Turkish: V. Mehmed or Mehmed Reşad; 2 November 1844 – 3 July 1918) was the penultimate sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1909 to 1918. Mehmed V reigned as a constitutional monarch. He had little influence over government affairs and his ministries showed little regard for the constitution. The first half of his reign was marked by increasingly polarizing politics, and the second half by war and domination of the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) and the Three Pashas. Reşad was the son of Sultan Abdul Mejid I. He was sympathetic to the Young Turks, and while Crown Prince was kept under house arrest by his reigning half-brother Abdul Hamid II. Reşad was elevated to the throne at his expense in the aftermath of the 31 March Incident, taking the regal name Mehmed V. Coming to power in the aftermath of the failed coup attempt, his nine-year reign featured three coups d'etat, four wars, eleven governments, and numerous...

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