The Ottoman Empire's First Constitutional era is …
Years: 1878 - 1878
The Ottoman Empire's First Constitutional era is to be short-lived, but the idea of Ottomanism will prove influential.
The parliament survives for only two years before the sultan suspends it.
When forced to reconvene it, he abolishes the representative body instead.
This ends the effectiveness of the Kanûn-ı Esâsî.
