Chamber of Deputies

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The Chamber of Deputies was the elected lower house of the Ottoman Empire’s bicameral parliament, representing the empire’s population in legislative affairs.

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Label Occurrences
Chamber of Deputies canonical 5

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
lower house of parliament ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy Sultan of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman sultan
constitutionalBasis Ottoman Constitution of 1876 ⓘ
country Ottoman Empire ⓘ
dissolved 1920 ⓘ
dissolvedBy Allied occupation authorities in Istanbul ⓘ
electorate male subjects of the Ottoman Empire (with property and tax qualifications, varying by period) ⓘ
establishedDuring First Constitutional Era ⓘ
firstEstablished 1876 ⓘ
hasParliamentaryChamber Senate of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Parliament
historicalEra late Ottoman period ⓘ
houseType elected chamber ⓘ
lower house ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
legislativeFunction budget approval ⓘ
government oversight ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
representation of the empire’s population ⓘ
meetingPlace Dolmabahçe Palace (initially) ⓘ
linked to: Dolmabahce Palace

various buildings in Istanbul over time ⓘ
meetsIn Istanbul ⓘ
notablePoliticalForce Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ
Freedom and Accord Party ⓘ
numberOfMembers varied by electoral term ⓘ
parliamentaryChamberOf Ottoman Empire ⓘ
partOf General Assembly of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Parliament

Ottoman Parliament ⓘ
reasonForDissolution Allied occupation of Istanbul after World War I ⓘ
reestablished 1908 ⓘ
reestablishedDuring Second Constitutional Era ⓘ
relatedInstitution Ottoman Sultanate ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman dynasty

Sublime Porte ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman chancery
represents Christian subjects of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Jewish subjects of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Muslim subjects of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
various ethnic groups of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
roleInGovernment could question and interpellate ministers ⓘ
shared legislative authority with the Senate of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
significantEvent elections of 1908 ⓘ
elections of 1912 (known as the "election of clubs") ⓘ
elections of 1914 ⓘ
elections of 1919 ⓘ
participation in Young Turk Revolution politics ⓘ
succeededBy Grand National Assembly of Turkey ⓘ
suspendedBy Abdülhamid II ⓘ
suspendedIn 1878 ⓘ
votingSystem indirect elections ⓘ
multi‑member constituencies ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ottoman Parliament → hasPart → Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
Kingdom of Egypt → lowerHouse → Chamber of Deputies ⓘ