Türkiye
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary republican democracy
- CONSTITUTION
- November 7, 1982, amended several times, the last in 2007, following a popular referendum
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- inspired by various European systems
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Constitutional Court, High Court of Appeal, Council of State
RELIGIONS
99.8% Muslims
From the country
- MARCH 4, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
State Minister Nejat Arseven meet with Council of Europe...
State Minister Nejat Arseven meet with Council of Europe Secretary General Walter Schwimmer, and Human Rights Commissioner Gil Robles within framework of his contacts in Strasbourg
- MARCH 2, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk declared that leaders...
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk declared that leaders of terrorist organizations were not included in a new amnesty bill
- FEBRUARY 28, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Sami Selcuk, president of the Supreme Court of Appeals,...
Sami Selcuk, president of the Supreme Court of Appeals, has stated that it has become evident that the death penalty is not a deterrent force and added that Turkey is late in abolishing the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 26, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
State Minister Mustafa Yilmaz said: "as you know, death...
State Minister Mustafa Yilmaz said: "as you know, death sentence was lifted in all member countries to the European Union (EU)
- FEBRUARY 23, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Dutch government denied asylum to Nuriye Kespir,...
The Dutch government denied asylum to Nuriye Kespir, a leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party who is wanted in Turkey to answer terrorism accusations
- FEBRUARY 21, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and Nationalist Action...
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and Nationalist Action Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli reiterated that the death penalty dispute would not cause any problems in the coalition government
- FEBRUARY 21, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Assembly [parliament] Speaker Omer Izgi pointed out...
Assembly [parliament] Speaker Omer Izgi pointed out that certain EU countries, such as France and Greece, have retained the death penalty for war crimes or near war crimes
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Ninth Criminal Department of the Supreme Court...
The Ninth Criminal Department of the Supreme Court of Appeals upheld the death sentence for three persons convicted of murdering two people on behalf of the illegal TIKB, the Turkish Revolutionary Communists Union
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
A Turkish court handed down four death sentences in...
A Turkish court handed down four death sentences in a case stemming from a car bomb attack that killed three people and seriously injured a provincial governor in 1999, the state news agency Anatolian said
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
European Enlargement Commissioner Guenter Verheugen...
European Enlargement Commissioner Guenter Verheugen said candidate country Turkey's recent political reforms, aimed at meeting EU standards, fell short of the bloc's expectations
- FEBRUARY 13, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
An Islamic leader defended the Palestinian struggle...
An Islamic leader defended the Palestinian struggle against Israeli occupation and accused the West of seeing terrorism as something practised only by Arabs and Muslims
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that the European...
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that the European Court of Human Rights was continuing to examine Turkey's death sentence against the chief of the terrorist organization [PKK] Abdullah Ocalan