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Kemal handled the problem with his usual vigour and eloquence in a speech to the Assembly, by linking the power of the caliphate with that of the Assembly: “… It was by force that the sons of Osman seized the sovereignty and Sultanate of the Turkish nation… Now the Turkish nation has rebelled and has put a stop to these usurpers, and has effectively taken sovereignty and the Sultanate into its own hands.
The subsequent war over Spanish succession resulted in the enthronement of the Bourbon candidate, Felipe V. When Madrid’s alcázar burned down in 1734, with the loss of many art treasures, Felipe seized the opportunity to build a new, incredibly lavish royal palace.
The WTO protests are undoubtedly an important, perhaps even watershed, event, but the LAT overshoots when it states: "Not since the days of the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement has the entire downtown core of a major American city been seized by a popular political uprising."
In 1926, Pilsudski engineered a military coup and seized control under the Sanacja, or senate, government that would rule until the start of World War II.
When Chechens raided the Russian territory of Dagestan, and bombs wrecked Moscow apartment buildings, the army seized the opportunity.