Erciyes Gazetesine Göre Kayseri'deki 1912 Meclis-İ Mebusan Seçimleri

Ottoman State, December 23, 1876 with the proclamation of the Constitution has passed a constitutional governance. The first Constitutional Monarchy, which started with the proclamation of the Constitution of 1876. The first term of member of the parliament was continued from March 20, 1876 to June 28, 1877. II. Abdülhamit closed the parliament on the pretex of Ottoman-Russian War. II. Abdülhamit reput the constitution in in July 23, 1908, through democratic rights and aspirations of the Ottoman intellectuals and so Parliament were reopened and was declared constitutional period started. The member of parliement of the second period of disintegration of the Ottoman Empire tried to stop the national state of the debate on the path to democracy and our culture begins to occur where there has been a period. The elections of the Ottoman Parliment in 1912, the first elections were in our history as an early general election. These elections were made during Tripoli war, with internal and external effects. This election was named “sticks and choice of beating” in history. The elections of the Fifth Ottaman Parliment had done in Kayseri in 1912. About the elections of the parliements of Kayseri written at the Erciyes newspaper which is started to be published weekly on 16 August, 1910, especially its from 14th to 18th volumes. Kayserians showed great interest in the elections. Candidates were informed to the delagates. While the delegates vote that has been entrusted to them were asked to be very careful about giving out votes. In this article, it is stated the largely Otoman State, specially Kayserians in particular in view of the election Kayserians expectations reflected in how it was demonstrated in Erciyes newspaper.