First Constitutional Era

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The First Constitutional Era was a brief period of constitutional monarchy in the late Ottoman Empire (1876–1878) marked by the introduction of a parliament and a written constitution.

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First Constitutional Era canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional monarchy period
historical period
alsoKnownAs Birinci Meşrutiyet
First Meşrutiyet Era
chronologicallyBefore Second Constitutional Era
surface form: Second Constitutional Era (1908–1918)

Young Turk Revolution
constitutionalDocumentPromulgatedBy Sultan Abdul Hamid II
country Ottoman Empire
endedBecauseOf dissolution of parliament
suspension of the constitution by Abdul Hamid II
endTime 1878
followedBy Second Constitutional Era
autocratic rule of Abdul Hamid II
governmentForm constitutional monarchy
hasConstitution Ottoman Constitution of 1876
hasDuration approximately 2 years
hasFeature limited representative government
multi-ethnic parliamentary representation
recognition of certain civil rights
written constitution
hasTypeOfMonarchy limited monarchy
historicalRegion Anatolia
Balkans
Middle East
influencedBy Young Ottoman movement
surface form: Young Ottomans

liberal constitutional ideas
initiatedUnderMonarch Sultan Abdul Hamid II
introducedInstitution Ottoman Parliament
bicameral legislature
languageOfParliament Ottoman Turkish
legalBasis Ottoman Constitution of 1876
legislativeBody Ottoman Parliament
surface form: General Assembly of the Ottoman Empire
location Istanbul
lowerHouse Chamber of Deputies
monarchDuringPeriod Sultan Abdul Hamid II
partOf Tanzimat
surface form: Tanzimat and post-Tanzimat reform era

late Ottoman modernization
precededBy absolute monarchy in the Ottoman Empire
relatedEvent Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) campaigns
surface form: Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
relatedIdeology Ottomanism
constitutionalism
significance first attempt at constitutional governance in the Ottoman Empire
foundation for later constitutional movements in the Ottoman Empire
startTime 1876
triggeredBy foreign policy crises
internal reform demands
upperHouse Ottoman Parliament
surface form: Senate of the Ottoman Empire

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Tanzimat followedBy First Constitutional Era
Young Turk Revolution precededBy First Constitutional Era
Ottoman Parliament legislativePeriod First Constitutional Era
Second Constitutional Era precededBy First Constitutional Era
Ottoman intellectuals significantEvent First Constitutional Era
Young Ottoman movement significantEvent First Constitutional Era
Young Ottoman movement influenced First Constitutional Era
Ottoman Constitution of 1876 historicalPeriod First Constitutional Era
Ottoman Constitution of 1876 beganEra First Constitutional Era
Chamber of Deputies establishedDuring First Constitutional Era
subject surface form: Chamber of Deputies (Ottoman Empire)