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With the palace coups of the mid-1870s, was there any chance that Prince Yusuf (very small Wiki link, my apologies) could've been installed as Sultan and that Midhat Pasha could returned to act as Vizier (or some other powerful role) under him? Could they have managed to push through Young Ottoman reforms and install a standing constitution and parliament? Could they have managed to retain more of the Balkan Christian population than the Ottoman Empire did in OTL? Most importantly, could any reform they pass last beyond their time in power?