1876 Ottoman coup d'état

1876 Ottoman coup d'état
Part of the Decline and modernization of the Ottoman Empire

Last photograph of Abdulaziz after his deposition
Date30 May 1876
Location
Result

Sublime Porte victory

Belligerents
Sublime Porte
Ottoman Army
Young Ottomans
Ottoman Sultanate
Commanders and leaders
Midhat Pasha
Hüseyin Avni Pasha
Süleyman Pasha
Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha
Hasan Hayrullah Efendi
Abdul Aziz  
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.