Second Constitutional Era

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The Second Constitutional Era was the period of restored parliamentary rule in the Ottoman Empire between the 1908 Young Turk Revolution and the 1920 dissolution of the General Assembly, during the empire's twilight years.

The Old Darülfünun building in which the Turkish Parliament held its Sittings at Constantinople. The Illustrated London News 1877

Opening of the 1908 Ottoman Parliament

Mehmed V Reşâd's reception in the train station of Monastir (modern Bitola), 1911

Albanian Revolt of 1910

Ottoman Empire

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The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm that spanned much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.

Ottoman miniature of Osman I by Yahya Bustanzâde (18th Century)

The Battle of Nicopolis in 1396, as depicted in an Ottoman miniature from 1523

Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror's entry into Constantinople; painting by Fausto Zonaro (1854–1929)

Ottoman miniature of the Battle of Mohács in 1526