General elections were held in the Ottoman Empire in 1920 in order to select delegates to the new Grand National Assembly.

[1] The elections were dominated by the Association for the Defense of the Rights of Anatolia and Rumelia (Turkish: Anadolu ve Rumeli Müdafaa-i Hukuk Cemiyeti), which consisted of nationalist local groups protesting against the Allied occupation of Turkey.

However, its approval of the Misak-ı Millî (National Pact) led to Allied forces occupying the city on 16 March.

[2] After Istanbul was occupied, Mustafa Kemal, the leader of the Turkish National Movement, sent a telegram to the provincial administrations and army commanders on 19 March as the head of the Committee of Representation, asking them to hold elections for the Grand National Assembly and to complete the elections within 15 days.

[3] Following the elections, the new Grand National Assembly met in Ankara on 23 April 1920, with Mustafa Kemal as its chairman.