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Mehmed V (1844–1918)
Until the age of 65, Mehmed Reshad lived isolated from the outer world, as a prisoner of his family. After the death of his father and the removal of his brother from the throne, he became the Emperor as a result of one of the palace coups so customary in the history of the Turkish Empire.
He was extremely cultivated and well-intentioned, but easy to influence.
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His entourage did its best to make use of this latter trait of his. He hung on to everything that was old with the skin of his teeth, intending to stop the clock and preserve his empire the way it was.
He had a morbid horror of technical novelties, including the moving pictures — in fact hardly any photos or film footage were ever taken of him.
Unlike his namesake predecessors, rather than adding new territories to his empire, his rule is remembered because of its implosion. The doom already looked unavoidable when he took the throne.
His empire was modernised despite his will by the movement of th