Armenian National Constitution
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Armenian National Constitution or Regulation of the Armenian Nation (Turkish:"Nizâmnâme-i Millet-i Ermeniyân") (1863) was Ottoman Empire approved form of the "Code of Regulations" composed of 150 articles drafted by the Armenian intelligentsia (Dr. Nahabed Rusinian, Dr. Sevichen, Nigoghos Balian, Krikor Odian and Krikor Margosian ), which define the powers of Patriarch (position in Ottoman Millet) and newly formed "Armenian National Assembly". [1] This code is still active among Armenian Church in diaspora[2].