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Mahmud Raif Efendi

He was the first diplomat to serve as chief clerk in the Ottoman Embassy

in London. Due to his anglophilia, he gained the nickname 'English Mahmut'.
He instigated the Kabakçı Mustafa Rebellion of 1808, which brought death
to him as well. This rebellion caused the deposing and subsequent murder of

Sultan Selim III, after which Istanbul became a lawless city controlled by

thugs for almost one and a half years. During this time, the Wahhabi riot
broke out in Arabia but the Ottomans failed to quickly suppress it because
of its domestic problems. The effects of this rebellion are felt to this day. Raif

Efendi's book on his trip to Britain clearly demonstrates his deep admiration

of that country.

Young Ottomans or the New Ottomans

Sultan Abdülaziz's opponents organized as Young Ottomans, under the
leadership of Midhat Pasha, who was behind the coup of 1876. Ali Suavi,

who attempted another coup a couple of years later, did so with his wife, who
was also a British spy. This group was the beginning of Young Turks and the

Committee of Union and Progress. Young Ottomans believed that the Ot-
toman Empire could only be saved with the help of the British.

Young Turks, İsmail Kemal Bey and Damad
Mahmud Celaleddin Pasha

As a continuation of Young Ottomans, this group later turned into the

Committee of Union and Progress. Most Young Turks were supported by the
British deep state. When in 1899, İsmail Kemal Bey, Damad Mahmud
Celaleddin Pasha and their sons fled to Europe, the Young Turk movement

began to assume a pro-British stance. Those Young Turks that believed in the

necessity of British intervention in Ottoman lands later split from the core
society and founded the 'Ottoman Society of Promoters of Freedom', and
tried to stage a coup with the help of the British, but failed.

Prince Sabahaddin, who was considered one of the names behind the 31
March Incident, was the son of Damad Mahmud Celaleddin Pasha. He ar-

gued that the Ottoman state system should be modeled on the British sys-
tem. Another Young Turk, Ahmed Rıza, who was the son of 'English' Ali

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