Ka cika wannan jumla: Yawancin mutane suna tsammanin Abdul Hamid II yana da ra'ayoyi masu sassaucin ra'ayi, kuma wasu masu ra'ayin mazan jiya suna da halin kallon shi da shakku a matsayin mai kawo canji mai haɗari. Koyaya, duk da yin aiki tare da masu gyara Young Ottomans yayin da har yanzu yarima ne mai jiran gado kuma ya bayyana a matsayin jagora mai sassaucin ra'ayi, ya zama mai ra'ayin mazan jiya nan da nan bayan ya hau gadon sarauta. A cikin wani tsari da aka sani da "İstibdad", Abdul Hamid ya yi nasarar rage ministocinsa zuwa matsayin sakatare, kuma ya tattara yawancin gwamnatin Daular a hannunsa a Fadar Yıldız. Rashin kuɗi a cikin kuɗin jama'a, asusun ajiyar kuɗi, tashin hankali na 1875 a Bosnia da Herzegovina, yaƙi da Serbia da
Montenegro, sakamakon Yaƙin Ninety-Third da kuma jin daɗin da gwamnatin Abdul Hamid ta haifar a duk faɗin Turai ta hanyar kawar da tawayen Bulgaria duk sun ba da gudummawa ga fargabarsa don aiwatar da canje-canje masu mahimmanci.