Tags: Legislature.
The General Assembly (Turkish: Meclis-i Umumî or Genel Parlamento) of the Ottoman Empire was the first attempt at representative democracy at the imperial level in the Ottoman Empire. Also known as the Ottoman Parliament it was composed of two houses an upper house (Senate Meclis-i Âyân) and a lower house (Chamber of Deputies Meclis-i Mebusân). It was first constituted in 1876 and initially lasted until 1878 when the general assembly was dissolved by Abdul Hamid II.
