Senate of the Ottoman Empire
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The Senate of the
Members of the Senate were selected by the
Members of both houses, along with the government ministers led by the grand vizier (the de facto prime minister of the Ottoman Empire), met together once a year to discuss and compile a list of things for the
Bills and budgets passed by the Chamber of Deputies went to the Senate, where they were scrutinized in matters of religion, morality, economics, social issues, and military, and modified as necessary or sent back to the Chamber. The Senate also had the power to create original legislation itself.
First Constitutional Era (1876–1878)
The first Senate met on Monday, March 19, 1877. At the time that Server Pasha served as the Senate president, there were 27 members. When sultan Abdul Hamid II dissolved the parliament on February 13, 1878, the Senate ceased meeting, but its members continued to be paid government salaries and their status as military and political leaders remained unchanged.
Second Constitutional Era (1908–1920)
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After the proclamation of the Second Constitutional Era, amendments were made to the
On December 17, 1908, the Senate reconvened for the first time in over 30 years, several of its members changing over time until its end at the end of
The successor to the Ottoman Senate, the Senate of the Republic was established after the proclamation of the Turkish Republic.
Members
First Constitutional Era (1876–1878)[2]
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Second Constitutional Era (1908–1920)[3]
This incarnation of the Senate included two living members from the original 1877 Senate, for a total of 32 forming members. Although its charter called for it to have one-third the number of members of the
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See also
- Parliament of the Ottoman Empire, the parliament as a whole
- Chamber of Deputies of the Ottoman Empire, the lower house of the parliament
- Senate of Turkey, the upper house of the Turkish parliament between 1961 and 1980
- Ottoman constitution of 1876
- First Constitutional Era
- Second Constitutional Era
References
- Martin Luther University) - Cited: p. 46-47 (PDF p. 48-49)
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-01-04. Retrieved 2013-09-02.
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- ^ http://www.koprudergisi.com/index.asp?Bolum=EskiSayilar&Goster=Yazi&YaziNo=412 Archived 2005-04-30 at the Wayback Machine Meşrutiyet Döneminde Seçimler ve Meclis-i Mebusan, M. Nihat Derindere