Second Constitutional Era

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The Second Constitutional Era was a period of restored constitutional monarchy and parliamentary governance in the Ottoman Empire beginning in 1908, marked by political liberalization, party politics, and significant social and intellectual ferment.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period
period of the Ottoman Empire
political era
associatedWithIdeology Islamism
Ottomanism
Turkish nationalism
surface form: Turkism

constitutionalism
liberalism
characterizedBy intellectual ferment
multi-party politics
parliamentary governance
political liberalization
press freedom expansion
restoration of the Ottoman constitution
social reform debates
country Ottoman Empire
endCause military defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I
occupation of Istanbul by Allied powers
endTimeApproximate 1918
followedBy Turkish War of Independence
dissolution of the Ottoman Empire
founding of the Republic of Turkey
surface form: establishment of the Republic of Turkey
governmentForm constitutional monarchy
parliamentary monarchy
includedChamber Chamber of Deputies
Ottoman Parliament
surface form: Senate of the Ottoman Empire
languageOfGovernment Ottoman Turkish
legalBasis Ottoman Constitution of 1876
majorEventDuringPeriod 31 March Incident
Arab Revolt
Armenian Genocide
surface form: Armenian genocide

Balkan Wars
World War I
monarchDuringPeriod Sultan Abdul Hamid II
surface form: Abdul Hamid II

Mehmed V
Mehmed VI
notableFeature expansion of political parties and associations
growth of a modern public sphere
parliamentName Ottoman Parliament
parliamentType bicameral legislature
precededBy First Constitutional Era
Hamidian Era
region Anatolia
Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire
Balkans
significantPoliticalForce Committee of Union and Progress
Freedom and Accord Party
startEvent Young Turk Revolution
startTime 1908

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Young Turk Revolution hasEffect Second Constitutional Era
Ottoman Parliament legislativePeriod Second Constitutional Era
First Constitutional Era followedBy Second Constitutional Era
First Constitutional Era chronologicallyBefore Second Constitutional Era
this entity surface form: Second Constitutional Era (1908–1918)
Ottoman intellectuals significantEvent Second Constitutional Era
31 March Incident relatedTo Second Constitutional Era
deposition of Sultan Abdulhamid II relatedTo Second Constitutional Era
subject surface form: Deposition of Sultan Abdulhamid II
Chamber of Deputies reestablishedDuring Second Constitutional Era
subject surface form: Chamber of Deputies (Ottoman Empire)