Election to the House of Representatives in the Ottoman Empire in 1914
In the election for the House of Representatives in the Ottoman Empire in 1914 , only the Committee for Unity and Progress (KEF) participated as the only party. The newly elected House of Representatives met for the first time in May 1914.
During this legislative period , the Ottoman Empire fought in the First World War . The genocide of the Armenians , the Aramaeans and the persecution of the Pontic Greeks took place during this period . Parliament passed the Deportation Act in 1915 .
background
After the Ottoman defeats in the First Balkan War , Grand Vizier Kâmil Pasha was overthrown by a KEF-led military coup in January 1913. Kâmil Pasha rejected the Turkish-Islamic synthesis of the committee and was appointed to dissolve the committee.
After the assassination of the new Grand Vizier Mahmut Schewket Pasha , the committee began to dissolve the Freedom and Unity Party ( Liberal Entente ), whose supporters were accused of being involved in the murder. The Liberal Entente was also weakened as the empire lost territories in the Balkans where many of its Christian supporters lived. The committee made efforts to gain support in the Arab provinces by making gestures of reconciliation to Arab leaders - which also diminished Arab support for the Entente. This enabled the committee to call elections where unionists prevailed.
execution
Election fraud , coercion and coercion led to protests in several parts of the Reich. In Hama , 27 of the 48 electors signed a petition regarding the election in Homs . When Hama had to hold the election, two-thirds of voters refused to vote - in protest against the election process in Homs. Similar electoral boycotts took place in Acre due to irregularities in Safed and Tiberias .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Hasan Kayalı (1995) "Elections and the Electoral Process in the Ottoman Empire, 1876-1919" (PDF; 444 kB) International Journal of Middle East Studies , Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 265-286
- ^ Myron E. Weiner, Ergun Özbudun (1987) Competitive Elections in Developing Countries , Duke University Press, p. 335
