The Sixth Chamber of Deputies of the Ottoman Empire was elected in the 1919 Ottoman general election. The parliament served from 12 February to 18 March 1920.
Almost every single MP was associated with the Turkish National Movement. Significantly, Greeks and Armenians chose to boycott the election, as well as the Freedom and Accord Party. Therefore, many of MPs were former members of the Committee of Union and Progress, and every one was Muslim and identified as Turkish. The one exception was Jewish deputy Mişon Ventura.
Before taking their seats in the parliament in Constantinople, they were instructed by the Committee of Representation, led by Mustafa Kemal Pasha, to do the following: affiliate themselves with the Association for the Defense of Rights of Anatolia and Rumelia to better coordinate their activities, elect Mustafa Kemal as President of the Assembly, ratify the resolutions of the Sivas Congress, and pass a resolution in support of the National Pact. Though Mustafa Kemal was elected as an MP of Erzurum he stayed in Ankara.
Upon the assembly's convening, Kemal was angered when the MPs did not follow through with their instructions: he was not elected President of the Assembly, and the deputies instead founded the Felâh-ı Vatan Grubu (Salvation of the Homeland Group) to coordinate their own activities. Nevertheless, on 17 February 1920, the Chamber of Deputies unanimously adopted the National Pact. The Allies responded by forcefully dissolving the chamber on 16 March 1920, an event which coincided with an official occupation of Constantinople. While some MPs were arrested, many were reelected to a new parliament established in Ankara, out of the clutches of the Allies: the Grand National Assembly.
List of members Electoral districtDeputyAmasyaBekir Sami Bey (Kunduh)Ömer Lütfi Bey (Yasan)AnkaraAhmed Rüstem BeyAntepAli CenaniAbdurrahman Hulusi BeyAydinAbdülkadir Cami Bey (Baykurt)Hüseyin Kâzım Kadri BeyBayazıtBitlisBoluTunalı Hilmi BeyCevat Abbas Bey (Gürer)Bozok (Yozgat)İsmail Fazıl Pasha (Cebesoy)BurdurBursaİlyas Zühdi EfendiCanik (Samsun)ÇorumÇatalcaDenizliHakkı Behiç BayiçFaik EfendiDersimHasan Hayri (Kanko)DiyarbekirMehmet Zülfü (Tigrel)Piriççizade Aziz FeyziEdirneMehmet Faik (Kaltakkıran)Mehmet Şeref (Aykut)ErganiKadri BeyErtuğrul (Bilecik)ErzincanHalil BeyErzurumMustafa Kemal Pasha (Atatürk)Celalettin ArifEskişehirGeliboluCelal Nuri (İleri)GençGümüşhaneHakkâriMazhar MüfitIspartaCemal Pasha MersinliSeyfullah EfendiİçelİstanbulAbdülhak Adnan (Adıvar)Ahmet Ferit (Tek)Ahmet Muhtar MollaoğluFuat Selim BeyHamit HasancanKâmil Efendiİzmirİbrahim Refet (Bele)Hasan Tahsin (Uzer)Yunus Nadi (Abalıoğlu)Mehmet Şükrü (Saracoğlu)İzmitKangırı (Çankırı)Karahisar-ı Sâhib"Kel" Ali ÇetinkayaÖmer Lütfi (Argeşo)Karahisar-ı ŞarkiFazıl EfendiKaresi (Balıkesir)Orhan Şemsettin BeyKastamonuYusuf Kemal (Tengirşenk)Suat (Soyer)KayseriKırk Kilise (Kırklareli)Mehmed Bahaeddin EfendiMustafa Arif (Deymer)KırşehirKonyaKütahyaAli BeyRasih EfendiLazistan (Rize)MalatyaHacı Mehmed Rifat EfendiMamuret-ül-Aziz (Elazığ)Dikbaşızade Hüseyin Avni BeyMaraşAbdülkadir BeyMardinMenteşe (Muğla)Mustafa Hilmi (Uran)Halil İbrahim EfendiMuşNiğdeMehmet Ataullah (Atalay)Erişirgil Mehmed EminMuhittin BeyOltuSaruhan (Manisa)Mahmud Celâleddin (Bayar)İbrahim Süreyya (Yiğit)SiirtSinopRıza NurSivasHüseyin Rauf (Orbay)Mustafa Vasıf (Karakol)SiverekTeke (Antalya)Hamdullah Suphi (Tanrıöver)Yusuf TalatTekfurdağı (Tekirdağ)Süleyman Faik BeyTokatAhmet BeyMehmet BeyTrabzonHüsrev (Gerede)Ali ŞükrüUrfaŞükrü Nasıh BeyVan
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