Çırağan incident
Çırağan incident | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Ottoman Empire | Rebels | ||||||
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Yedisekiz Hasan Pasha | Ali Suavi | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
150 rebels killed |
Çırağan incident, also known as the Çırağan raid, was a failed coup attempt that took place on May 20, 1878 by a group of dissident people led by Ali Suavi to replace Ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid II with his brother Murat V who was held in Çırağan Palace.[1]
Chronology of events
[edit]Ali Suavi, one of Abdul Hamid II's opponents, and a group of approximately 150 people went to Çırağan Palace by boat and neutralized the palace guards. The rebels reached the section where Murad V was, but since Murad V was not in a healthy state of mind, he became afraid and refused to go with the rebels. As a result, Ali Suavi could not convince the former sultan.
Meanwhile, the soldiers under the command of Beşiktaş Guard Yedisekiz Hasan Pasha arrived at the scene and killed sixty of the rebels. Hasan Pasha also killed Ali Suavi by hitting his head with a thick stick and thus ending the revolution attempt.[2]
Aftermath
[edit]After the incident, Abdul Hamid II became increasingly paranoid about the possibility of being overthrown, while his brother Murad V ceased to be a viable rival. Feeling threatened, Abdul Hamid II established the Ottoman secret police two years later. The primary task of its members was to gather information and spy on dissident groups operating both inside and outside the empire.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Çağlar, Burhan (2021). "Turmoil in the Capital: British Publication Alarmed the Hamidian Regime". Belleten. 85 (302): 133–153. doi:10.37879/belleten.2021.133.
- ^ "Çirağan Vak'asi".
- ^ İlter, Erdal (2002). Millî İstihbarat Teşkilatı Tarihçesi (in Turkish). Ankara, Turkey: MİT Basım Evi. ISBN 975-19-2712-9.