Kanûn-ı Esâsî

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Kanûn-ı Esâsî was the first written constitution of the Ottoman Empire, establishing a constitutional monarchy and introducing a parliamentary system in the late 19th century.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kanun-i Esasi 2
Kanûn-ı Esâsî canonical 2

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman legal document ⓘ
constitution ⓘ
written constitution ⓘ
adoptedOn 1876-12-23 ⓘ
affirmed Islam as state religion ⓘ
Sultan as Caliph ⓘ
linked to: Caliph
allowed Sultan to appoint and dismiss ministers ⓘ
Sultan to appoint senators ⓘ
Sultan to dissolve Parliament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ottoman Basic Law ⓘ
Ottoman Constitution of 1876 ⓘ
amendedOn 1909 ⓘ
subsequent years before 1918 ⓘ
country Ottoman Empire ⓘ
createdOffice Council of Ministers ⓘ
definedRoleOf Sultan ⓘ
draftedDuring First Constitutional Era ⓘ
establishedLegislativeBody Ottoman Parliament ⓘ
establishedLegislativeChamber Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
Senate ⓘ
historicalSignificance first written constitution of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
foundation of Ottoman constitutionalism ⓘ
influencedBy Belgian Constitution of 1831 ⓘ
French constitutional models ⓘ
inspiredByMovement Young Ottomans ⓘ
introducedFormOfGovernment constitutional monarchy ⓘ
introducedSystem parliamentary system ⓘ
language Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
laterSupportedByMovement Young Turks ⓘ
limitedPowerOf Sultan ⓘ
numberOfArticlesAtPromulgation 119 ⓘ
promulgatedInReignOf Abdülhamid II ⓘ
providedFor basic civil rights ⓘ
equality of Ottoman subjects before the law ⓘ
freedom of association (with limitations) ⓘ
freedom of the press (with limitations) ⓘ
inviolability of domicile ⓘ
protection of property ⓘ
regular budget and financial control ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
reactivatedDuring Second Constitutional Era ⓘ
reactivatedOn 1908 ⓘ
regulated composition of the Senate ⓘ
election of deputies ⓘ
judicial independence (in principle) ⓘ
required ministerial responsibility to Parliament (in practice limited) ⓘ
ministerial responsibility to the Sultan ⓘ
strengthened powers of Parliament after 1909 amendments ⓘ
supersededBy 1921 Constitution of Turkey ⓘ
suspendedBy Abdülhamid II ⓘ
suspendedOn 1878 ⓘ
weakened prerogatives of the Sultan after 1909 amendments ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Ottoman Constitution of 1876 → alsoKnownAs → Kanûn-ı Esâsî ⓘ
Birinci Meşrutiyet → hasPart → Kanun-i Esasi ⓘ
linked to: Kanûn-ı Esâsî
Birinci Meşrutiyet → legalDocument → Kanun-i Esasi ⓘ
linked to: Kanûn-ı Esâsî
First Meşrutiyet Era → legalBasis → Kanûn-ı Esâsî ⓘ