CEMİYETLER HUKUKU AÇISINDAN ERZURUM KONGRESİ
THE ERZURUM CONGRESS IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY LAW

Summary/Abstract: Societies in the Ottoman Empire were organizations that emerged and developed in the nineteenth century, when change and transformation took place. The Second Constitutional period provided an extremely rich environment for societies. The first law on the establishment and activities of organizations came into force on 16 August 1909. Although the law did not require prior permission to establish a community, it was essential to notify the highest local administrative authority. After the Armistice of Mondros, the countrywide resistance organizations created in Anatolia for the liberation of the homeland and the independence of the nation also operated within the framework of this law. In this way, the National Struggle Movement was organized. An attempt was made to ensure the peace and security of the people by countering the occupying forces. During the period of national struggle, the people of the Eastern Black Sea and Eastern Anatolia also resisted both separatist minorities and the occupation forces with the organizations they created in order to prevent efforts to establish a Greek and Armenian State in their regions. Erzurum Congress was held as a result of the efforts of Trabzon Muhafaza-i Hukuk-ı Milliye Commitee and Erzurum Vilayât-ı Şarkiye Müdafaa-i Hukuk-ı Milliye Commitee and with the participation of the representatives of other eastern provinces. The determination of Delegates, the meeting of the Congress, the decisions taken and the subsequent practices were carried out in accordance with the applicable laws. In this study, the establishment of the Trabzon Muhafaza-i Hukuk-ı Milliye Commitee and Erzurum Vilayât- ı Şarkiye Müdafaa-i Hukuk-ı Milliye Commitee, the conditions of the meeting of the Erzurum Congress, the activities of the Congress and the studies carried out after it were discussed in accordance with the Law of Associations.

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