List of parties in Ottoman Empire gives an overview of

political parties A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or pol ...

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

. Although the

First Constitutional Era The First Constitutional Era ( ota, مشروطيت; tr, Birinci Meşrutiyet Devri) of the Ottoman Empire was the period of constitutional monarchy from the promulgation of the Ottoman constitution of 1876 (, , meaning ' Basic Law' or 'Fundamen ...

established the parliament in 1876 through the constitution, it was short-lived and did not involve political parties. The declaration of the

Second Constitutional Era The Second Constitutional Era ( ota, ایكنجی مشروطیت دورى; tr, İkinci Meşrutiyet Devri) was the period of restored parliamentary rule in the Ottoman Empire between the 1908 Young Turk Revolution and the 1920 dissolution of the G ...

in 1908 was the first time political parties were allowed participation in the Ottoman government. Workers March in Salonica 1908 - 1909

Second Constitutional Era The Second Constitutional Era ( ota, ایكنجی مشروطیت دورى; tr, İkinci Meşrutiyet Devri) was the period of restored parliamentary rule in the Ottoman Empire between the 1908 Young Turk Revolution and the 1920 dissolution of the G ...
parties (1908–1912)

Committee of Union and Progress The Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) ( ota, اتحاد و ترقى جمعيتی, translit=İttihad ve Terakki Cemiyeti, script=Arab), later the Union and Progress Party ( ota, اتحاد و ترقى فرقه‌سی, translit=İttihad ve Tera ...

(1889–1918) *

Private Enterprise and Decentralization Association Private or privates may refer to: Music * "In Private", by Dusty Springfield from the 1990 album ''Reputation'' * Private (band), a Denmark-based band * Private (Ryōko Hirosue song), "Private" (Ryōko Hirosue song), from the 1999 album ''Private ...

(''Teşebbüs-i Şahsi ve Adem-i Merkeziyet Cemiyeti''; 1902–1908) *

Ottoman Liberty Party The Ottoman Liberty Party ( ota, Osmanlı Ahrar Fırkası) was a short-lived liberal political party in the Ottoman Empire during the Second Constitutional Era. It was founded by Prince Sabahaddin, Ahmet Samim, Suat Soyer, Ahmet Reşit Rey, M ...

(1908–1910) * (''Fedakâran-ı Millet Cemiyeti''; 1908–09) * (''Fırka-i İbad'' or ''Osmanlı Demokrat Fırkası''; 1909–11, founded by

Ibrahim Temo Ibrahim Starova, also Ibrahim Bërzeshta (born ''Ibrahim Ethem Sojliu''; 22 March 1865 – 5 August 1945), better known as Ibrahim Temo, was an Ottoman-Albanian politician, revolutionary, intellectual, and a medical doctor by profession. Temo was ...

, merged with the

Freedom and Accord Party The Freedom and Accord Party ( ota, حریت و ایتلاف فرقه‌سی, Hürriyet ve İtilaf Fırkası, script=Arab), also known as the Liberal Union or the Liberal Entente, was a liberal Ottoman political party active between 1911 and 1913, ...

) *Ottoman Radical Reform Party (Islahat-ı Esasiye-ı Osmaniye Fırkası; 1909-1913, founded by Şerif Pasha, merged with the

) * (''Heyet-i Müttefika-i Osmaniye'', 1909) *

Socialist Workers' Federation The Socialist Workers' Federation (french: Fédération Socialiste Ouvrière, lad, Federacion Socialista Laboradera, tr, Selanik Sosyalist İşçi Federasyonu), was a socialist organisation in the Salonica Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire (present- ...

(1909–1916) * (''Mutedil Hürriyetperveran Fırkası'', 1909–1911, merged with the

) *

Ottoman Socialist Party The Ottoman Socialist Party ( tr, Osmanlı Sosyalist Fırkası, OSF) was the first Turkish socialist political party, founded in the Ottoman Empire in 1910. Ottoman Socialist Party (1910–1913) Before the formation of the party, socialist par ...

(1910–1913) * People's Party (''Ahali Fırkası'', 1910, merged with the

) * (''Hizb-i Cedid'', 1911, merged with the

) * Progress Party (''Hizb-i Terakki'', 1911, merged with the

) *

(1911–1919) * National Constitutional Party (''Millî Meşrutiyet Fırkası'', 1912) The 1913 coup d'état and the aftermath of Mahmud Shevket Pasha's assassination meant the CUP took full control over Ottoman politics, effectively suspending the constitution and suppressing opposition parties. No political parties were founded between 1912 and 1918.

Armistice An armistice is a formal agreement of warring parties to stop fighting. It is not necessarily the end of a war, as it may constitute only a cessation of hostilities while an attempt is made to negotiate a lasting peace. It is derived from the La ...
era parties (1918–1922)

* Renewal Party (1918–1919) *

Ottoman Liberal People's Party Ottoman is the Turkish spelling of the Arabic masculine given name Uthman ( ar, عُثْمان, ‘uthmān). It may refer to: Governments and dynasties * Ottoman Caliphate, an Islamic caliphate from 1517 to 1924 * Ottoman Empire, in existence fro ...

(''Osmanlı Hürriyetperver Avam Fırkası'', 1918–20, continuation of the

) * People's Economy Party (''Ahali İktisat Fırkası'', 1918) * Ottoman Salvation Party (''Selamet-i Osmaniye Fırkası'', 1918) * Social Democrat Party (1918–1919) * National Liberty Party (''Millî Ahrar Fırkası'', 1919) * Turkish Workers and Peasants Socialist Party (1919–1920) * (''Milli Türk Fırkası'', 1919) * Ottoman Working Party (''Osmanlı Mesai Fırkası'', 1919) * Ottoman Farmers Association Party (''Osmanlı Çiftçiler Cemiyeti Fırkası'', 1919) * Turkish Socialist Party (''Türkiye Sosyalist Fırkası''; 1919-22) *

Association for Defence of National Rights Associations for Defence of National Rights ( tr, Müdâfaa-i hukuk cemiyetleri) were regional resistance organisations established in the Ottoman Empire between 1918–1919. They would eventually unite into the Association for the Defence of Rights ...

(1918–1923/1927) * Labour Party (''Amele Fırkası'', 1920) * Communist Party of Turkey (1920–1988) * (''Türkiye Halk İştirakiyun Fırkası'', 1920) *

Turkish Agriculture Party Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities and mi ...

(''Türkiye Zürra Fırkası'', 1920) * Turkish Communist Party (1920) * Independent Socialist Party (1922)

Ethnic parties

Bulgarian Constitutional Clubs Bulgarian Constitutional Clubs (also known as ''Union of the Bulgarian Constitutional Clubs'') ( bg, Съюз на българските конституционни клубове) was an ethnic Bulgarian political party in the Ottoman Empire, ...

(1908–1909) *

People's Federative Party (Bulgarian Section) 250px, Dimo Hadzhidimov, Todor Panitsa and Yane Sandanski">Todor_Panitsa.html" ;"title="Dimo Hadzhidimov, Todor Panitsa">Dimo Hadzhidimov, Todor Panitsa and Yane Sandanski with the Young Turks The People's Federative Party (Bulgarian Section) ...

(1909–1910) *

Armenakan Party The Armenakan Party (in Armenian Արմենական Կուսակցութիւն) was an Armenian political party established in Van, Ottoman Empire in 1885 by Mekertich Portukalian as an underground organization against the ruling system. It is ...

(1885–1921) *

Social Democrat Hunchakian Party The Social Democrat Hunchakian Party (SDHP) ( hy, Սոցիալ Դեմոկրատ Հնչակյան Կուսակցություն; ՍԴՀԿ, translit=Sots’ial Demokrat Hnch’akyan Kusakts’ut’yun), is the oldest continuously-operating Armenian ...

(1887–present) *

Armenian Revolutionary Federation The Armenian Revolutionary Federation ( hy, Հայ Յեղափոխական Դաշնակցութիւն, ՀՅԴ ( classical spelling), abbr. ARF or ARF-D) also known as Dashnaktsutyun (collectively referred to as Dashnaks for short), is an Armenian ...

(1890–present) *

Serb Democratic League The Serb Democratic League in the Ottoman Empire ( sr, Српска демократска лига у Отоманској царевини) was an Ottoman Serb political organisation established on August 13, 1908, at the First Serb Conferenc ...

(1908–1909) *

Al-Fatat Al-Fatat or the Young Arab Society ( ar, جمعية العربية الفتاة, Jam’iyat al-’Arabiya al-Fatat) was an underground Arab nationalist organization in the Ottoman Empire. Its aims were to gain independence and unify various Arab te ...

(1908–1917) *

Ottoman Party for Administrative Decentralization The Ottoman Party for Administrative Decentralization or (Hizb al-lamarkaziyya al-idariyya al'Uthmani) (OPAD) was a political party in the Ottoman Empire founded in January 1913. Based in Cairo, OPAD called for the reform of the Ottoman provincial ...

(1913–1916) *

Jewish Social Democratic Labour Party in Palestine (Poale Zion) Jewish Social Democratic Labour Party in Palestine (Poale Zion) was a political party, founded in 1906 in Ottoman Palestine. Its founders belonged to a group of Jewish settlers, that had taken part in self-defense during the Homel pogrom. It was th ...

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Political parties A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or pol ...

Second Constitutional Era The Second Constitutional Era ( ota, ایكنجی مشروطیت دورى; tr, İkinci Meşrutiyet Devri) was the period of restored parliamentary rule in the Ottoman Empire between the 1908 Young Turk Revolution and the 1920 dissolution of the G ... parties (1908–1912)

Armistice An armistice is a formal agreement of warring parties to stop fighting. It is not necessarily the end of a war, as it may constitute only a cessation of hostilities while an attempt is made to negotiate a lasting peace. It is derived from the La ... era parties (1918–1922)

Ethnic parties

Second Constitutional Era The Second Constitutional Era ( ota, ایكنجی مشروطیت دورى; tr, İkinci Meşrutiyet Devri) was the period of restored parliamentary rule in the Ottoman Empire between the 1908 Young Turk Revolution and the 1920 dissolution of the G ...
parties (1908–1912)

Armistice An armistice is a formal agreement of warring parties to stop fighting. It is not necessarily the end of a war, as it may constitute only a cessation of hostilities while an attempt is made to negotiate a lasting peace. It is derived from the La ...
era parties (1918–1922)