6th Chamber of Deputies of the Ottoman Empire

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.^[1]

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.^[2][3] 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, lead 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.