Editing Murad V (section)

==== Accession ====
{{Main|1876 Ottoman coup d'état}}
[[File:Şehzade Murad en route to be crowned.png|thumb|150px|right|Murad en route to be crowned]]
As a result, Murad cooperated with the constitutionalist circles and took part in the deposition of Abdulaziz.<ref name="́gostonMasters2010"/> On the night of 29–30 May 1876, the committee led by the Midhat Pasha and the [[Ministry of War (Ottoman Empire)|Minister of War]], [[Hüseyin Avni Pasha]], deposed Abdulaziz and raised Murad to the throne.{{sfn|Brookes|2010|p=16}}

Though Murad acceded to the throne, he was not able to retain it.<ref name="́gostonMasters2010"/> He struggled to appear normal in his new role, so at odds with his previously quiet life of dabbling in music.{{sfn|Brookes|2010|p=16}} His weak nerves, combined with alcoholism, led to a mental breakdown.<ref name="́gostonMasters2010"/> His deposed uncle's death, only days after Murad's accession, stunned him, and, along with the distress over the abruptness with which he was brought to the throne as well as the demands put upon him as ruler, led to anxious thoughts that the world would interpret his uncle's death as something he had ordered.{{sfn|Brookes|2010|p=16}}