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Rename

This article should be properly renamed. What does the "II" stand for? If it's "second" it should be "second", not "II". And it should be "of" rather than "in". /The Phoenix 19:40, 29 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The article is wrong in saying that the Ottoman Constitution left the Sultan with little or no power. Provisions existed in the Constitution to ensure that the Sultan had ultimate executive power; all ministers answered to him, and no process existed to hold him accountable for anything. All he had to do is take an oath to respect the Constitution and be loyal to the nation (and this oath was an addition in 1909 rather than being in the original 1876 document).

Section titles

Hi @Benlittlewiki:, thanks for your work on reorganising the article, it's much appreciated! Just a head's up that per MOS:SECTIONTITLE, section headings should follow the same guidance as article titles (MOS:AT). That means they should be "precise, concise, and consistent with those of related articles". I think some of the more analytical titles, particularly "A Relative Calm (1909–1912)" and "Coups, catastrophe, and dictatorship (1912–1913)" need to be renamed to be less subjective – do you have any suggestions? Jr8825 • Talk 22:44, 26 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Jr8825: I renamed those sections to "Years of peace" and "Years of crisis". Adding more detail to those (very eventful) sections can warrant the creation of more specific subsections with more specific names. Benlittlewiki (talk) 18:11, 29 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]