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Mehmed V

1844 - 1918

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Mehmed V Reşâd (Ottoman Turkish: محمد خامس, romanized: Meḥmed-i ḫâmis; Turkish: V. Mehmed or Mehmed Reşad; 2 November 1844 – 3 July 1918) was the penultimate sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1909 to 1918. Mehmed V reigned as a constitutional monarch. He had little influence over government affairs and the Ottoman constitution was held with little regard by his ministries. The first half of his reign was marked by increasingly polarizing politics, and the second half by war and domination of the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) and the Three Pashas. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mehmed V is the 480th most popular politician (down from 336th in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 52nd in 2019) and the 35th most popular Turkish Politician.

Mehmed V was the last sultan of the Ottoman Empire. He was most famous for being the last sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mehmed V ranks 480 out of 19,576. Before him are Paul I of Russia, Alcibiades, António Guterres, Isaias Afwerki, Qianlong Emperor, and Philip V of Spain. After him are Joachim Murat, Sigismund III Vasa, Matthias Corvinus, Kanishka, Scorpion II, and Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Mehmed V ranks 8. Before him are Karl Benz, Sarah Bernhardt, Anatole France, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Paul Verlaine, and Bernadette Soubirous. After him are Ilya Repin, Henri Rousseau, Ludwig Boltzmann, Menelik II, Umberto I of Italy, and Alexandra of Denmark. Among people deceased in 1918, Mehmed V ranks 10. Before him are Abdul Hamid II, Alexandra Feodorovna, Gavrilo Princip, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, Egon Schiele, and Guillaume Apollinaire. After him are Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, Georg Cantor, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Karl Ferdinand Braun, Manfred von Richthofen, and Frederick Trump.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Mehmed V ranks 66 out of 1,347. Before him are Mahmud II (1785), Hipparchus (-190), Margaret the Virgin (292), Saint Blaise (300), Mahidevran (1500), and Aristotle Onassis (1906). After him are Ertuğrul (1198), Ahmed II (1643), Abdulmejid I (1823), Abdul Hamid I (1725), Mustafa II (1664), and Şehzade Bayezid (1525).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Mehmed V ranks 35. Before him are Zoë Porphyrogenita (978), Osman II (1604), Croesus (-596), Suleiman II (1642), Mahmud II (1785), and Mahidevran (1500). After him are Ertuğrul (1198), Ahmed II (1643), Abdulmejid I (1823), Abdul Hamid I (1725), Mustafa II (1664), and Şehzade Bayezid (1525).

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