Editing Murad V (section)

==== Ali Suavi incident ====
{{main|Çırağan incident}}
[[File:Ali Suavi-2.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Ali Suavi, an Ottoman political activist, journalist, educator, theologian and reformer, involved in the incident]]
On 20 May 1878,{{sfn|Brookes|2010|p=76 n. 51}} an attempt was made to liberate Murad from the Çırağan Palace and restore him to the throne. Murad's brothers, [[Şehzade Ahmed Kemaleddin]] and [[Şehzade Selim Süleyman]], and sisters, [[Fatma Sultan (daughter of Abdulmejid I)|Fatma Sultan]] and [[Seniha Sultan]], and her husband Mahmud Celaleddin Pasha were involved in the plot.{{sfn|Brookes|2010|p=76}} They all wanted to see Murad regain the throne.{{sfn|Brookes|2010|p=76 n. 51}} During the incident, [[Ali Suavi]], a radical political opponent of Abdul Hamid's authoritarian regime, stormed the palace with a band of armed refugees from the recent [[Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)|Russo-Turkish War]].{{sfn|Brookes|2010|p=76 n. 51}} The Ottoman battleship ''[[Ottoman ironclad Mesudiye|Mesudiye]]'' was anchored offshore the palace to take Murad and announce his accession.{{sfn|Brookes|2010|pp=79, 85 n. 62}} But he did not reach the ship,{{sfn|Brookes|2010|p=79}} and Ali Suavi's men were unable to overcome the Beşiktaş police prefect Hacı Hasan Pasha's fierce resistance.{{sfn|Brookes|2010|pp=79–80}} The plot failed, and Ali Suavi and most of his men were killed.{{sfn|Brookes|2010|pp=76 n. 51, 80 n. 56}} According to "İngiliz" ("English") Said Pasha,<ref>He wasn't English nor British, the reason why he was called as such resulted from him speaking English fluently and being pro-British in foreign policy.</ref> moments before his death, Ali Suavi took Murad's arm and said to him, "O our Lord, come, deliver us from the Muscovites." ("''Aman efendimiz, gel bizi Moskoflardan ḫalâṣ et.''")<ref>{{cite book |last1=Çağlar |first1=Burhan |title=İngiliz Said Paşa ve Günlüğü (Jurnal) |date=2010 |publisher=Arı Sanat |location=İstanbul |isbn=9944742252 |page=143 |edition=1st |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7D0pX8btt4oC&pg=PA143 |access-date=1 February 2025}}</ref> In the aftermath, security at the Çırağan Palace was tightened.{{sfn|Brookes|2010|p=85}}