General elections were held in the

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in 1920 in order to select delegates to the new

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. The elections were dominated by the Association for the Defense of the Rights of Anatolia and Rumelia ( tr, Anadolu ve Rumeli Müdafaa-i Hukuk Cemiyeti), which consisted of nationalist local groups protesting against the Allied occupation of Turkey.

Background

Following the 1919 general elections, the newly elected

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convened in

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on 12 January 1920. However, its approval of the ''

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'' (National Pact) led to Allied forces occupying the city on 16 March. Several MPs were arrested and deported. Sultan Mehmed VI dissolved Parliament on 11 April.Hasan Kayalı (1995
"Elections and the Electoral Process in the Ottoman Empire, 1876-1919"
''International Journal of Middle East Studies'', Vol. 27, No. 3, pp 265–286 After Istanbul had been occupied, the leader of the

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sent telegrams out to Provincial Authorities and army commanders on 19 March ordering them to hold elections for a

Aftermath

Following the elections, the new

met in

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on 23 April 1920, with Mustafa Kemal as its chairman.Dilip Hiro (2009) ''Inside Central Asia: A Political and Cultural History of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Iran'', Penguin

References

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