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
- JUNE 10, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkey has appealed to Libya not to execute two Turkish...
Turkey has appealed to Libya not to execute two Turkish nationals sentenced to death for murder
- JUNE 7, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer summoned the heads...
Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer summoned the heads of all parties to discuss the reforms Turkey must implement to start membership talks with the European Union
- JUNE 3, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Hans-Christian Kruger, deputy secretary-general of...
Hans-Christian Kruger, deputy secretary-general of the Council of Europe, visited Ankara and made a speech at the Foreign Ministry
- MAY 31, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The European Union (EU) Commission issued a written...
The European Union (EU) Commission issued a written statement pertaining to the decision and approaches of the National Security Council (NSC), noting that it perceived them as "positive signals"
- MAY 29, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
One of Turkey's most influential business groups, TUSIAD,...
One of Turkey's most influential business groups, TUSIAD, placed full-page advertisements in national newspapers calling on politicians not to squander the opportunity of joining the European Union
- MAY 29, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Turkish army is willing to accept the abolition...
The Turkish army is willing to accept the abolition of the death penalty on condition that the government ensure a life term for jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan
- MAY 28, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Parliament Speaker Omer Izgi said Turkey should wait...
Parliament Speaker Omer Izgi said Turkey should wait for a verdict from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) before asking the Parliament to ratify a death penalty verdict on terrorist Abdullah Ocalan
- MAY 28, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Devlet Bahceli, Turkey's deputy prime minister and...
Devlet Bahceli, Turkey's deputy prime minister and the leader of the second largest party in the coalition government, the rightist National Action Party (MHP) laid down five conditions before he would consider lifting the death penalty and other EU refor
- MAY 25, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
German officials are negotiating with the Turkish government...
German officials are negotiating with the Turkish government to extradite a Turk who is serving a four-year sentence in Germany for operating a terrorist organisation and calling for the murder of a rival, the German interior minister said
- MAY 24, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
A survey published in Friday's Sabah newspaper showed...
A survey published in Friday's Sabah newspaper showed that in response to the question of whether Turkey should join the EU, 32
- MAY 21, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem at a government...
Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem at a government leaders' meeting proposed alternatives allowing Kurdish language broadcasting and the lifting of the death penalty amid Turkish efforts to meet EU membership criteria
- MAY 16, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Sami Selcuk, the chairman of the supreme court of appeals,...
Sami Selcuk, the chairman of the supreme court of appeals, addressing a conference on "State and Democracy," in Kocaeli University, said that there is no right reason that can justify death penalty and it has to be abolished