The Parliament of the Ottoman Empire was the first attempt at representative democracy at the imperial level in the Ottoman Empire. It was composed of two houses, the lower Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of Deputies of the Ottoman Empire

The Chamber of Deputies of the Ottoman Empire was the lower house of the Parliament of the Ottoman Empire.-First Constitutional Era:In the First Constitutional Era, which only lasted for two years, the initial selection of deputies was made by administrative councils in the provinces .After the...

and the upper "Committee of Leaders". It was first constituted in 1876

First Constitutional Era (Ottoman Empire)

The First Constitutional Era of the Ottoman Empire was the period of constitutional monarchy from the promulgation of the Kanûn-ı Esâsî , written by members of the Young Ottomans, on 23 November 1876 until 13 February 1878...

, and initially lasted until 1878, when the parliament was dissolved by Abdulhamid II. It was revived in the Second Constitutional Era

Second Constitutional Era (Ottoman Empire)

The Second Constitutional Era of the Ottoman Empire began shortly after Sultan Abdülhamid II restored the constitutional monarchy after the 1908 Young Turk Revolution. The period established many political groups...

 with substantial reforms and participation by political parties, and lasted through the Allied occupation of Istanbul until 1922, when the Empire was dissolved. The successor to the Ottoman Parliament, the Grand National Assembly of the Republic of Turkey, was formed by many members of the former Ottoman Parliament.