21/03/1925 | New Constitutional Document | 1925 Constitution of Iraq

March 21, 1925 in Iraq

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العربية

English - [Support the project - submit available references]

Kurdî/كوردى – [Support the project - submit available references]

Secondary Materials:

1. Phebe Marr, The Modern History of Iraq (2nd ed. ed. 2004).
2. Charles Tripp, A History of Iraq (2nd ed. ed. 2002).

1924 | New Constitutional Document | 1924 Constitution of Turkey

January 1, 1924 in Turkey

19/04/1923 | New Constitutional Document | 1923 Constitution of Egypt

April 19, 1923 in Egypt

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العربية – [kindly provided by Jordan Toone]

English - [Support the project - submit available references]

Secondary Materials:

1. The Establishment of the Shura Council Representatives and the Election of its Members 1866, Youssef Kazama Khoury, Constitutions in the Arab world (Provisions and amendments) 1839-1987 (1989), 523-538 Link (Arabic).
2. Nathan J. Brown, Egypt’s Constitutional Ghosts, Foreign Affairs, February 15, 2011, Link (last visited Mar 16, 2012).

09/04/1923 | New Constitutional Document | 1923 Constitution of Afghanistan

April 9, 1923 in Afghanistan

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درى

English

Secondary Materials:

1. Afghanistan’s Flawed Constitutional Process (International Crisis Group) (2003), Link.
2. Structure and Principles of the State Ramin Moschtagi, Max Planck Manual on Afghan Constitutional Law (3rd) (2009), Link.

1921 | New Constitutional Document | 1921 Constitution of Turkey

January 1, 1921 in Turkey

30/12/1906 | New Constitutional Document | 1906 Constitution of Persia

December 30, 1906 in Iran

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فارسى – [Support the project - submit available references]

العربية - [Support the project - submit available references]

English [Word]

Secondary Materials:

1. Edward Granville Browne, The Persian revolution of 1905-1909 (2010).

 

23/12/1876 | New Constitutional Document | The 1876 Ottoman Constitution

December 23, 1876 in Turkey

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العربية - [Support the project - submit available references]

Türk – [Support the project - submit available references]

Kurdî/کوردی –  [Support the project - submit available references]

English

Secondary Materials:

1. Richard Devereux, The first Ottoman Constitutional Period, a study of the Midhat Constitution and Parliament (1963).
2. H Kayali, Elections and the Electoral Process in the Ottoman Empire, 27 International Journal of Middle East Studies 265–286 (1995).
3. Walter F. Weiker, The Ottoman Bureaucracy: Modernization and Reform, 13 Administrative Science Quarterly 451–470 (1968).

26/04/1861 | New Constitutional Document | 1861 Constitution of Tunisia

April 26, 1861 in Tunisia

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العربية

Français

English - [Support the project - submit available references]

Secondary Materials:

1. The Tunisian Constitution, 13 Middle East Journal 443–448 (1959).
2. Nathan J. Brown, Constitutions in a Nonconstitutional World – Arab Basic Laws and the Prospects for Accountable Government (2002).

03/11/1839 | New Constitutional Document | Hatt-i Şerif of Gülhane (Ottoman decree)

November 3, 1839 in Turkey

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العربية - [Support the project - submit available references]

Türk – [Support the project - submit available references]

Kurdî/کوردی –  [Support the project - submit available references]

English

Secondary Materials:

1. University of Michigan, Electronic Middle East Sourcebook, Islamfiche Project, June 8, 2004, Link (last visited May 11, 2012).
2. Niyazi Berkes, The Development of Secularism in Turkey (1964).
3. Bernhard Lewis, The Emergence of Modern Turkey (1961).
4. Butrus Abu Manneh, The Islamic Roots of the Gülhane Rescript, 34 Die Welt des Islams 173–203 (1994).
5. Erik J. Zürcher, Turkey: A Modern History (1998).

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