ՊԵՏԱԿԱՆՈՒԹՅԱՆ ԳԱՂԱՓԱՐԻ ՀՈԼՈՎՈՒՅԹՆ ԱՐԵՎՄՏԱՀԱՅ ԻՐԱԿԱՆՈՒԹՅԱՆ ՄԵՋ ԱԶԳԱՅԻՆ ՍԱՀՄԱՆԱԴՐՈՒԹՅԱՆ ՎԱՎԵՐԱՑՄԱՆ 160-ԱՄՅԱԿԻ ԱՌԹԻՎ

Abstract

The 30s-50s of the 19th century in the history of Ottoman Empire are known as "Tanzimat", the period of reforms. In that historical period, a group of enlightened Western Armenian intellectuals, influenced by European progressive revolutions and highly educated there, and inspired by liberating ideas, based on the difficult and disastrous situation of the Western Armenians, as well as taking advantage of the difficult external military-political situation created for Turkey in the middle, started the constitutional movement, as a result of which 1860 was developed over the years. On May 24, the National General Assembly after lengthy discussions, editing and reductions adopted a document called "National Constitution" aimed at improving the national-spiritual life of the Western Armenians, which was submitted to the Sultanate government (Bardzr Daran) for ratification, and finally on March 17, 1863, it is approved by the government and became a state law.