Turno Tranquilo

Turno Tranquilo
1893–1913
The Rua Corona, Precea, 1895
Including	First United Kingdom of Paretia Historicism
Leader(s)	Túlio Serras Joaquim Capela
← Preceded by First Constitutional Monarchy Followed by → Great Collapse

Turno Tranquilo ("Tranquil Turn"), was a period in Paretian during the late 19th century entering into the early 20th century. Mainly taking place during the first Constitutional Monarchy of Paretia, it mostly occured under the Premiership of Túlio Serras and the Liberal National Resurrection Movement. It is commonly considered a period of economic prosperity and growth in Paretia, after decades of stagnation in the country. It is commonly associated with other periods of peace and success across Euclea including the Long Peace in Estmere, Anni di Serenità in Etruria, and the Prachtvolle Epoche in Werania.

Politics

Formation of political parties

Before the Turno Tranquilo, political fronts were mostly made of unofficial groups in the government. The two largest groups were the Traditionalist Party of Paretia and the Progressive-Liberals of Paretia. Although called parties, the organization of the parties would become more organized during this period into what most modern political parties are.

The leader of this change was the Liberal National Resurrection Movement, which became the dominant political party during this period. Other parties that formed would include the Paretian Leftist Union as well. These parties would be organized it the way that most modern parties are.

Rise of the LNRM

O Voz Universal, a painting that promoted universal suffrage under the LNRM

The beginning of the Turno Tranquilo is said to be around 1893-1895, around the time of a national referendum lead by Túlio Serras that gave women the right to vote and lowered the voting age form 21 to 18.

Túlio Serras was the leader of the Liberal National Resurrection Movement, a progressive, catch-all political party that ran on giving women the right to vote and economically liberal policies. Before Serras won the country was predominantly a two-party system between the conservative Traditionalists and liberal Progressive-Liberals.

Túlio Serras then ran to become the next Premierin the 1894 elections against Traditionalist incumbent Galisco Corte-Real, and would win in a landslide with a large majority. His party would enact a constitutional-changing bill that would solidify Universal Suffrage in Paretia. He was backed heavily by the King, Lourenço III, who was a progressive himself.

Premiership of Túlio Serras

Túlio Serras, the longest serving Paretian Premier

Túlio Serras became Premier with the popular promise of universal suffrage. This became the first major reform to the consitution under the Serras government. King Lourenço III, a fairly progressive man himself, would support the proposal and help push it through. This gave women and non-property owners the right to vote in the country, this made Paretia one of Euclea's leaders in universal suffrage.

Liberalism was the central political stance of the Serras government. The government of the LNRM promoted the civil liberties of the smaller ethnic groups of Paretia, including the Tosuton, Esmeirans, Visegans, Deguitans, and Tenorians. It lead the introduction of quadrilingual education in all four kingdoms to increase ethnic cohesion between the four kingdoms. The government began the promotion of the shared "Paretian identity", although this policy of uniting the four kingdoms was commonplace since the country's unification under Marta I, it was made into official policies during the Turno Tranquilo. This would help unite the country and stopped the possibility of separatist nationalist revolts from occuring in the other parts of the country, particularly Tosutonia.

The Tenorians and Deguitans of Esmeira were given government funded language education in the region of Esmeira. The Paretian government having the goal of "preserving the small languages of Paretia".

Society

Gastó Torrande Tio, Mayor of Encerosa from 1895 to 1903, considered the father of Tosuton nationalism

Foreign policy

Paretia e Ardesia painting, promoting friendship between the two nations