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vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%; border-top: 2px solid #e30a17; border-bottom: 2px solid #e30a17"><div style="display:inline" class="fn org">General Assembly</div> <br /><div style="display:inline" class="nickname" lang="Ottoman Turkish">مجلس عمومی</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_(1882%E2%80%931922).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Coat of arms or logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281882%E2%80%931922%29.svg/200px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281882%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="239" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281882%E2%80%931922%29.svg/300px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281882%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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style="border-top: 2px solid #e30a17; border-bottom: 2px solid #e30a17">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">23 December 1876<sup id="cite_ref-tarihiolaylar_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tarihiolaylar-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sabah_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sabah-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />23 July 1908<sup id="cite_ref-tarihiolaylar_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tarihiolaylar-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sabah_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sabah-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Disbanded</th><td class="infobox-data">14 February 1878<sup id="cite_ref-tarihiolaylar_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tarihiolaylar-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sabah_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sabah-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />11 April 1920<sup id="cite_ref-tarihiolaylar_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tarihiolaylar-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sabah_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sabah-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Council_(Ottoman_Empire)" title="Imperial Council (Ottoman Empire)">Divan-ı Hümayun</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grand_National_Assembly_of_Turkey" title="Grand National Assembly of Turkey">Grand National Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senate_of_the_Republic_(Turkey)" title="Senate of the Republic (Turkey)">Senate of the Republic</a> (1961–1980)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #e30a17; border-bottom: 2px solid #e30a17">Structure</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dolmabahce,_Istanbul,_Turchia.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Dolmabahce%2C_Istanbul%2C_Turchia.JPG/220px-Dolmabahce%2C_Istanbul%2C_Turchia.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Dolmabahce%2C_Istanbul%2C_Turchia.JPG/330px-Dolmabahce%2C_Istanbul%2C_Turchia.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Dolmabahce%2C_Istanbul%2C_Turchia.JPG/440px-Dolmabahce%2C_Istanbul%2C_Turchia.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1164" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #e30a17; border-bottom: 2px solid #e30a17">Meeting place</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data label"><a href="/wiki/Dolmabah%C3%A7e_Palace" title="Dolmabahçe Palace">Dolmabahçe Palace</a> (1876–1878)<br /><a href="/wiki/Old_Dar%C3%BClf%C3%BCnun_building" title="Old Darülfünun building">Darülfünûn building</a> (1876–1878; 1908)<br /><a href="/wiki/%C3%87%C4%B1ra%C4%9Fan_Palace" title="Çırağan Palace">Çırağan Palace</a> (1909)<br /><a href="/wiki/Mimar_Sinan_Fine_Arts_University" title="Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University">Cemile Sultan Palace</a> (1910–1920)</td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Delegation_to_Abdul_Hamid_II.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Delegation_to_Abdul_Hamid_II.jpg/250px-Delegation_to_Abdul_Hamid_II.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Delegation_to_Abdul_Hamid_II.jpg/375px-Delegation_to_Abdul_Hamid_II.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Delegation_to_Abdul_Hamid_II.jpg/500px-Delegation_to_Abdul_Hamid_II.jpg 2x" data-file-width="559" data-file-height="384" /></a><figcaption>Delegation of the Ottoman Parliament to Abdul Hamid II.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>General Assembly</b><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Turkish_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ottoman Turkish language">Ottoman Turkish</a>: <span lang="ota" dir="rtl">مجلس عمومی</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Ottoman_Turkish" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanization of Ottoman Turkish">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Ottoman Turkish-language romanization"><i lang="ota-Latn">Meclis-i Umûmî</i></span>; French romanization: "Medjliss Oumoumi" or <i>Genel Parlamento</i>; <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr"><b>Assemblée Générale</b></i>) was the first attempt at <a href="/wiki/Representative_democracy" title="Representative democracy">representative democracy</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Government_(Ottoman_Empire)" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial Government (Ottoman Empire)">imperial government</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a>. Also known as the <b>Ottoman Parliament</b> (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Parlement Ottoman</i><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), it was located in <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Constantinople" class="mw-redirect" title="Ottoman Constantinople">Constantinople</a> (<a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a>) and was composed of <a href="/wiki/Bicameralism" title="Bicameralism">two houses</a>: an upper house (<a href="/wiki/Senate_of_the_Ottoman_Empire" title="Senate of the Ottoman Empire">Senate</a>, <i>Meclis-i Âyân</i>), and a lower house (<a href="/wiki/Chamber_of_Deputies_(Ottoman_Empire)" title="Chamber of Deputies (Ottoman Empire)">Chamber of Deputies</a>, <i>Meclis-i Mebusân</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-GroteRöder2012_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GroteRöder2012-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The General Assembly was <a href="/wiki/First_Constitutional_Era_(Ottoman_Empire)" class="mw-redirect" title="First Constitutional Era (Ottoman Empire)">first constituted on 23 December 1876</a> and initially lasted until 14 February 1878, when it was dissolved by <a href="/wiki/Sultan" title="Sultan">Sultan</a> <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Hamid_II" title="Abdul Hamid II">Abdul Hamid II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-tarihiolaylar_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tarihiolaylar-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sabah_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sabah-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a result of the <a href="/wiki/Young_Turk_Revolution" title="Young Turk Revolution">Young Turk Revolution</a> which brought substantial reforms and larger participation by <a href="/wiki/List_of_parties_in_the_Ottoman_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="List of parties in the Ottoman Empire">political parties</a>, the General Assembly was revived 30 years later, on 23 July 1908, with the <a href="/wiki/Second_Constitutional_Era" title="Second Constitutional Era">Second Constitutional Era</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-tarihiolaylar_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tarihiolaylar-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sabah_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sabah-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Second Constitutional Era ended on 11 April 1920, when the General Assembly was dissolved by the <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_I" title="Allies of World War I">Allies</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_Constantinople" class="mw-redirect" title="Occupation of Constantinople">occupation of Constantinople</a> in the aftermath of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-tarihiolaylar_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tarihiolaylar-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sabah_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sabah-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many members of the dissolved Ottoman Parliament in Constantinople later became members of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_National_Assembly_of_Turkey" title="Grand National Assembly of Turkey">Grand National Assembly of Turkey</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ankara" title="Ankara">Ankara</a> (known in English as Angora in the Ottoman and pre-1930 Republic eras), which was established on 23 April 1920, during the <a href="/wiki/Turkish_War_of_Independence" title="Turkish War of Independence">Turkish War of Independence</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-tarihiolaylar_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tarihiolaylar-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sabah_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sabah-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Postcard-from-1908-celebrating-the-new-parliament.png" class="mw-file-description" title="A postcard depicting the opening of the new Parliament in 1908."><img alt="A postcard depicting the opening of the new Parliament in 1908." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Postcard-from-1908-celebrating-the-new-parliament.png/120px-Postcard-from-1908-celebrating-the-new-parliament.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Postcard-from-1908-celebrating-the-new-parliament.png/180px-Postcard-from-1908-celebrating-the-new-parliament.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Postcard-from-1908-celebrating-the-new-parliament.png/240px-Postcard-from-1908-celebrating-the-new-parliament.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="355" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A postcard depicting the opening of the new Parliament in 1908.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Postcard_parliament.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A postcard depicting a meeting of the Parliament in 1914."><img alt="A postcard depicting a meeting of the Parliament in 1914." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Postcard_parliament.jpg/120px-Postcard_parliament.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Postcard_parliament.jpg/180px-Postcard_parliament.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Postcard_parliament.jpg/240px-Postcard_parliament.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="468" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A postcard depicting a meeting of the Parliament in 1914.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SPRY(1895)_p733_-_THE_OTTOMAN_PARLIAMENT,_1877.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Ottoman Parliament in 1877."><img alt="The Ottoman Parliament in 1877." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/SPRY%281895%29_p733_-_THE_OTTOMAN_PARLIAMENT%2C_1877.jpg/120px-SPRY%281895%29_p733_-_THE_OTTOMAN_PARLIAMENT%2C_1877.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/SPRY%281895%29_p733_-_THE_OTTOMAN_PARLIAMENT%2C_1877.jpg/180px-SPRY%281895%29_p733_-_THE_OTTOMAN_PARLIAMENT%2C_1877.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/SPRY%281895%29_p733_-_THE_OTTOMAN_PARLIAMENT%2C_1877.jpg/240px-SPRY%281895%29_p733_-_THE_OTTOMAN_PARLIAMENT%2C_1877.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2061" data-file-height="1445" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Ottoman Parliament in 1877.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; 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href="/wiki/Cadastre_Bureau_(Ottoman_Empire)" title="Cadastre Bureau (Ottoman Empire)">Cadastre Bureau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Evkaf" title="Ministry of Evkaf">Ministry of Evkaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Finance_(Ottoman_Empire)" title="Ministry of Finance (Ottoman Empire)">Ministry of Finance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Ottoman_Empire)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ottoman Empire)">Ministry of Foreign Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_the_Interior_(Ottoman_Empire)" title="Ministry of the Interior (Ottoman Empire)">Ministry of the Interior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(Ottoman_Empire)" title="Ministry of Justice (Ottoman Empire)">Ministry of Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Trade_and_Agriculture_(Ottoman_Empire)" title="Ministry of Trade and Agriculture (Ottoman Empire)">Ministry of Trade and Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_War_(Ottoman_Empire)" title="Ministry of War (Ottoman Empire)">Ministry of War</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">General Assembly</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>(constitutional period)</i></span> </div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Senate_of_the_Ottoman_Empire" title="Senate of the Ottoman Empire">Senate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamber_of_Deputies_(Ottoman_Empire)" title="Chamber of Deputies (Ottoman Empire)">Chamber of Deputies</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_the_Ottoman_Empire" title="List of political parties in the Ottoman Empire">political parties</a>)</span></li></ul> 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