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Ottoman Constitution of 1876

Also known as: Kanun-i Esasi

The first Ottoman constitution, proclaimed on 23 December 1876.

For the first time in Ottoman history a constitution was proclaimed, on the day the Constantinople Conference opened in Istanbul. The Kanun-i Esasi created a parliament made up of a Chamber of Deputies and a Senate, and so the First Constitutional Era began.

Open the map in 1876

Related terms

• Constitutional eras
• Chamber of Deputies

Source: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, article “KĀNÛN-ı ESÂSΔ (in Turkish); text condensed for the atlas.