Deposition of Sultan Abdülaziz

Date: May 30, 1876 • Location: Istanbul, Turkey

Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V.

Abdulaziz was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 25 June 1861 to 30 May 1876, when he was overthrown in a government coup. He was a son of Sultan Mahmud II and succeeded his brother Abdulmejid I in 1861.