Ottoman Parliament

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The Ottoman Parliament was the representative legislative body of the late Ottoman Empire, periodically convened from the late 19th to early 20th century as part of the empire’s constitutional reforms.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature
legislative body
parliament
abolished 1920
abolishedBy Allied occupation authorities in Istanbul
Sultan Mehmed VI
linked to: Mehmed VI
alsoKnownAs General Assembly of the Ottoman Empire
linked to: Ottoman Parliament

Meclis-i Umumi
linked to: Ottoman Parliament

Ottoman General Assembly
linked to: Ottoman Parliament
capitalOfCountry Ottoman Empire
country Ottoman Empire
dissolvedBy Abdul Hamid II
firstSessionEnd 1878
firstSessionStart 1877
followedBy Grand National Assembly of Turkey
hasJurisdictionOver Ottoman Empire
hasPart Chamber of Deputies
Senate of the Ottoman Empire
linked to: Ottoman Parliament

lower house
upper house
inception 1876
languageOfWork Ottoman Turkish
lastElectionsHeld 1919
legalBasis Ottoman Constitution of 1876
legislativePeriod First Constitutional Era
Second Constitutional Era
locatedIn Constantinople
linked to: Istanbul

Istanbul
meetsDuringConflict Balkan Wars
First World War
linked to: World War I
meetsInBuilding Bâb-ı Âli vicinity
Dolmabahçe Palace
linked to: Dolmabahce Palace

Çırağan Palace
numberOfChambers 2
partOf Ottoman constitutional system
precededBy imperial council of the Ottoman Empire
reasonForAbolition Allied occupation of Istanbul
Turkish War of Independence
reestablishedUnder Mehmed V
restorationEvent Young Turk Revolution
restoredIn 1908
selectionMethodOfDeputies indirect election
selectionMethodOfSenators appointment by the sultan
sharesPowerWith Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
linked to: Ottoman sultan
significantFor constitutionalism in the Ottoman Empire
development of representative government in the Middle East
suspendedIn 1878

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Ottoman Empire legislature Ottoman Parliament
Grand National Assembly of Turkey precededBy Ottoman Chamber of Deputies
linked to: Ottoman Parliament
Ottoman Parliament alsoKnownAs General Assembly of the Ottoman Empire
linked to: Ottoman Parliament
Ottoman Parliament alsoKnownAs Meclis-i Umumi
linked to: Ottoman Parliament
Ottoman Parliament alsoKnownAs Ottoman General Assembly
linked to: Ottoman Parliament
Ottoman Parliament hasPart Senate of the Ottoman Empire
linked to: Ottoman Parliament
First Constitutional Era legislativeBody General Assembly of the Ottoman Empire
linked to: Ottoman Parliament
First Constitutional Era upperHouse Senate of the Ottoman Empire
linked to: Ottoman Parliament
Second Constitutional Era parliamentName Ottoman Parliament
Second Constitutional Era includedChamber Senate of the Ottoman Empire
linked to: Ottoman Parliament
Deposition of Sultan Abdulhamid II authorizedBy Ottoman parliament
linked to: Ottoman Parliament
Committee of Union and Progress controlled Ottoman parliament
linked to: Ottoman Parliament
Imperial Council of the Ottoman Empire replacedBy Ottoman parliament
linked to: Ottoman Parliament
Chamber of Deputies (Ottoman Empire) partOf General Assembly of the Ottoman Empire
subject linked to: Chamber of Deputies
linked to: Ottoman Parliament
Chamber of Deputies (Ottoman Empire) partOf Ottoman Parliament
subject linked to: Chamber of Deputies
Chamber of Deputies (Ottoman Empire) hasParliamentaryChamber Senate of the Ottoman Empire
subject linked to: Chamber of Deputies
linked to: Ottoman Parliament
Ismail Qemali memberOf Ottoman Parliament