Provisional Law of Disposal of Immovable Property, 5 Jumada al-ula 1331

Army officers loyal to the Committee of Union and Progress take control of Istanbul and force Sultan Abd al-Hamid II to restore the 1876 constitution and call for parliamentary elections.

Around 60 Zionists who reside in Jaffa and belong to a society called Ahuzat Bayit (House Estate), distribute among themselves some twelve acres of land they had purchased on the northern outskirts of...

The founders of the Bar Giora Group that was created in 1907 as an underground organization meet in Kfar Tavor colony (previously Mas-ha) in Tiberias subdistrict and decide to publicly establish,...

The enactment of the Associations Law constitutes a response to political developments that had threatened Ottoman unity as envisioned by the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) and the latter’s...

The right to own property is extended to juridical persons, corporate bodies such as companies, societies, and charitable institutions.

Guards from Rehovot affiliated with the Zionist paramilitary group Hashomer clash with Arab laborers from Zarnuqa over an accusation of theft of grapes from a Jewish-cultivated vineyard.

With the extinction of the Qahtani Society, some of its military members, including Ali al-Nashashibi (a military doctor from Jerusalem ), found the secret Covenant Society in Istanbul; it does not...

The Fifth Ottoman Parliament is elected.

The Ottoman government sends a note to all powers informing them of its decision to abrogate unilaterally the Capitulations as of 1 October.

On the strength of the assurances he received from McMahon, Sharif Hussein of Mecca states Arab independence from Ottoman rule and starts the Arab revolt from Mecca.