| align=center|[[Abdul Hamid II]] || align=center| [[Ottoman Empire]] || align=center|1876–1909 || <small>34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire who exert effective despotic control over the fracturing state. He abolished the constitutional regime in 1878, and established an oppressive regime. The dissidents were imprisoned or exiled through agents. Newspapers, magazines and books were censored.</small> | | align=center|[[Abdul Hamid II]] || align=center| [[Ottoman Empire]] || align=center|1876–1909 || <small>34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire who exert effective despotic control over the fracturing state. He abolished the constitutional regime in 1878, and established an oppressive regime. The dissidents were imprisoned or exiled through agents. Newspapers, magazines and books were censored.</small> |