Ottoman Parliament

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bicameral legislature legislative body parliament

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.

Aliases (5)

General Assembly of the Ottoman Empire ×1
Meclis-i Umumi ×1
Ottoman Chamber of Deputies ×1
Ottoman General Assembly ×1
Senate of the Ottoman Empire ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bicameral legislature → legislative body → parliament →
abolished	1920 →
abolishedBy	Allied occupation authorities in Istanbul → Sultan Mehmed VI →
alsoKnownAs	General Assembly of the Ottoman Empire → Meclis-i Umumi → Ottoman General Assembly →
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 → 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 → Istanbul →
meetsDuringConflict	Balkan Wars → First World War →
meetsInBuilding	Bâb-ı Âli vicinity → Dolmabahçe 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 →
significantFor	constitutionalism in the Ottoman Empire → development of representative government in the Middle East →
suspendedIn	1878 →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ottoman Parliament ("General Assembly of the Ottoman Empire") → Ottoman Parliament ("Meclis-i Umumi") → Ottoman Parliament ("Ottoman General Assembly") →	alsoKnownAs
Ottoman Parliament ("Senate of the Ottoman Empire") →	hasPart
Ottoman Empire →	legislature
Grand National Assembly of Turkey ("Ottoman Chamber of Deputies") →	precededBy