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The Sixth Chamber of Deputies of the Ottoman Empire was elected in the 1919 Ottoman general election. The parliament served from 12 February to 18 March 1920.[1]
6th Chamber of Deputies of the Ottoman Empire | |
|---|---|
| History | |
| Founded | 12 February 1920 |
| Disbanded | 18 March 1920 |
| Preceded by | 5th Chamber of Deputies |
| Succeeded by | 1st Grand National Assembly |
| Leadership | |
President of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| Seats | 168 deputies |
| Elections | |
| Electoral college | |
Last election | 1919 |
Next election | 1920 |
| Meeting place | |
| Ankara CUP headquarters | |
Almost every single MP was associated with the Turkish National Movement. Significantly, Greeks and Armenians chose to boycott the election, as well as the Freedom and Accord Party.[2][3] Therefore, many of MPs were former members of the Committee of Union and Progress, and every one was Muslim and identified as Turkish. The one exception was Jewish deputy Mişon Ventura.
Before taking their seats in the parliament in Constantinople, they were instructed by the Committee of Representation, lead by Mustafa Kemal Pasha, to do the following: affiliate themselves with the Association for the Defense of Rights of Anatolia and Rumelia to better coordinate their activities, elect Mustafa Kemal as President of the Assembly, ratify the resolutions of the Sivas Congress, and pass a resolution in support of the National Pact. Though Mustafa Kemal was elected as an MP of Erzurum he stayed in Ankara.
Upon the assembly's convening, Kemal was angered when the MPs did not follow through with their instructions: he was not elected President of the Assembly, and the deputies instead founded the Felâh-ı Vatan Grubu (Salvation of the Homeland Group) to coordinate their own activities. Nevertheless, on 17 February 1920, the Chamber of Deputies unanimously adopted the National Pact. The Allies responded by forcefully dissolving the chamber on 16 March 1920, an event which coincided with an official occupation of Constantinople. While some MPs were arrested, many were reelected to a new parliament established in Ankara, out of the clutches of the Allies: the Grand National Assembly.
List of members
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References
edit- ↑ "MECLİS-i MEB'ÛSAN". TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ↑ Mango, Andrew (2002). Atatürk: The Founder of Modern Turkey. Overlook Press, Peter Mayer Publishers, Inc. p. 253. ISBN 1-58567-334-X.
- ↑ Gingeras, Ryan (2022). The Last Days of the Ottoman Empire. Random House. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-241-44432-0.
Sources
edit- Kayalı, Hasan (1995). "Elections and the Electoral Process in the Ottoman Empire, 1876-1919" (PDF). International Journal of Middle East Studies. 27 (3): 265–286. doi:10.1017/S0020743800062085. JSTOR 176251. S2CID 44470151 – via Cambridge University Press.