Ottoman Constitution of 1876

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constitution fundamental law written constitution

The Ottoman Constitution of 1876 was the empire’s first written constitution, establishing a constitutional monarchy with a representative parliament and marking the beginning of the First Constitutional Era.

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Label Occurrences
Ottoman Constitution of 1876 canonical 5
Ottoman Basic Law of 1876 1
Ottoman constitution of 1876 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution ⓘ
fundamental law ⓘ
written constitution ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kanûn-ı Esâsî ⓘ
appliedTo all Ottoman subjects regardless of religion in theory ⓘ
beganEra First Constitutional Era ⓘ
cameIntoForce 23 December 1876 ⓘ
country Ottoman Empire ⓘ
definedReligionOfState Islam ⓘ
drafter Midhat Pasha ⓘ
Namık Kemal ⓘ
other Young Ottoman intellectuals ⓘ
draftingCommissionHead Midhat Pasha ⓘ
establishedFormOfGovernment constitutional monarchy ⓘ
establishedInstitution Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
Ottoman Parliament ⓘ
Senate ⓘ
geopoliticalContext Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) campaigns ⓘ
surface form: Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878
historicalPeriod First Constitutional Era ⓘ
historicalSignificance first written constitution of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
influenced later Turkish constitutional developments ⓘ
milestone in Ottoman modernization reforms ⓘ
inspiredBy Constitution of Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Belgian Constitution of 1831

French constitutional models ⓘ
language Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
legislativeBodyType bicameral parliament ⓘ
limitedBy strong prerogatives of the Sultan ⓘ
numberOfArticles 119 ⓘ
parliamentFirstConvened 1877 ⓘ
promulgationDate 23 December 1876 ⓘ
providedFor civil rights and liberties in principle ⓘ
limited separation of powers ⓘ
recognizedSovereign Sultan ⓘ
region Balkans ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
reignOf Sultan Abdul Hamid II ⓘ
surface form: Abdülhamid II
relatedPoliticalMovement Young Ottoman movement ⓘ
surface form: Young Ottomans
relatedReformMovement Tanzimat ⓘ
surface form: Tanzimat reforms
restoredDuring Young Turk Revolution ⓘ
restoredYear 1908 ⓘ
retainedPowerForSultan control over executive authority ⓘ
right to dissolve parliament ⓘ
subjectMatter judiciary organization ⓘ
organization of the state ⓘ
powers of the Sultan ⓘ
rights and duties of subjects ⓘ
structure of the legislature ⓘ
suspendedBy Sultan Abdul Hamid II ⓘ
surface form: Abdülhamid II
suspensionYear 1878 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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Ottoman Parliament → legalBasis → Ottoman Constitution of 1876 ⓘ
1921 Constitution of Turkey → precededBy → Ottoman Constitution of 1876 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottoman Basic Law of 1876
First Constitutional Era → legalBasis → Ottoman Constitution of 1876 ⓘ
First Constitutional Era → hasConstitution → Ottoman Constitution of 1876 ⓘ
Second Constitutional Era → legalBasis → Ottoman Constitution of 1876 ⓘ
Young Ottoman movement → influenced → Ottoman Constitution of 1876 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottoman constitutionalism
Committee of Union and Progress → restored → Ottoman Constitution of 1876 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottoman constitution of 1876
Chamber of Deputies → constitutionalBasis → Ottoman Constitution of 1876 ⓘ
subject surface form: Chamber of Deputies (Ottoman Empire)