When we review history of constitutions in Turkey, Senedi İttifak (1808) was a kind of document in order to set balance and maintain relationships between the Sultan and nobles. Tanzimat Fermanı was the first action taken in the way of constitutional steps. The document granted equal rights to muslims and minorities regarding honour, modesty, right to property and life, judiciary,
military service and tax liabilities. But Kanuni Esasi (1876) was the first constitutionlike document in order to limit powers of rulers.