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==Death== {{multiple image | align = right | direction = vertical | width = 200 | image1 = Osman II.png | caption1 = Osman II by Vigenère | image2 = Scarella - Yedikule.png | caption2 = [[Yedikule Fortress]] in 1685 | image3 = Deposition d'osman 1.png | caption3 = Deposition of Osman II by Jean Antoine Guer | image4 = Theodosian Golden Gate.jpg | caption4 = One of the entrances of the [[Yedikule Fortress]] in modern [[Istanbul]] | image5 = OttomanEmpire1622.png | caption5 = The Empire in 1622, the year Osman II died }} Due to these reforms seeking a counterweight to Janissary influence, as well as Osman II closing the Janissary coffee shops (the gathering points for conspiracies against the throne), the very day Osman was due to set out recruiting his new, more loyal army<ref>Ozgen, Korkut. "The Family: The Sultans: Osman II." The Ottomans. 2002. http://www.theottomans.org.</ref> a palace [[Janissary revolts|uprising by the janissaries]] began with the Janissaries killing the chief harem eunuch Suleiman Agha, then located and promptly imprisoned the young sultan in [[Yedikule Fortress]] in Istanbul, where Osman II was strangled to death. After Osman's death, his ear was cut off (and possibly his nose) and presented to [[Halime Sultan]] and Sultan [[Mustafa I]] to confirm his death and Mustafa would no longer need to fear his nephew. It was the first time in the Ottoman history that a sultan was executed by the janissaries.<ref>{{cite book |last=Piterberg |first=Gabriel |title=An Ottoman Tragedy: History and Historiography at Play |url=https://archive.org/details/ottomantragedyhi00pite_133 |url-access=limited |place=Berkeley |publisher=University of California Press |date=2003 |isbn=0-520-23836-2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/ottomantragedyhi00pite_133/page/n44 28]}}</ref> This disaster is one of the most discussed topics in Ottoman history. Hasanbegzade, Karaçelebizade, Solakzade, Peçevi, Müneccimbaşı and Naima dates, in the Fezleke of Katip Çelebi, detailed and some of them were narrated in a story style.{{sfn|Sakaoğlu|2015|p=221}}
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