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
- OCTOBER 16, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
In the build-up to the publication of the Accession...
In the build-up to the publication of the Accession Partnership for Turkey the European Union indicated that the removal of the death penalty from the statute books would not be a precondition for the opening of full membership talks with Turkey
- OCTOBER 12, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Turk, responding to a question about...
Justice Minister Turk, responding to a question about capital punishment , said that in the Justice Commission's draft a new article replaced Article 312
- OCTOBER 6, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Walter Schwimmer, the Secretary General of the Council...
Walter Schwimmer, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe (COE), said that he believed Turkey would take the necessary steps to abolish capital punishment
- OCTOBER 2, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
In his address to the parliament at the start of the...
In his address to the parliament at the start of the new legislative year President Ahmet Necdet Sezer urged that constitutional reforms be carried out in order to see the death penalty abolished
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Turkish Council of Ministers adopted a report prepared...
The Turkish Council of Ministers adopted a report prepared by the Human Rights Supreme Board which foresees the abolition of the capital punishment as a reference document
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Omer Izgi, the acting Chairman of the Nationalist Action...
Omer Izgi, the acting Chairman of the Nationalist Action Party (MHP) parliamentary group said that the MHP would not allow the abolition of the death penalty because of conditions in Turkey
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Ankara State Security Court (DGM) No
Ankara State Security Court (DGM) No
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Seven PKK [Kurdistan Workers' Party] prisoners were...
Seven PKK [Kurdistan Workers' Party] prisoners were sentenced to death at a trial at the Erzurum DGM (State Security Court)
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The chairman of the Supreme Court of Appeal Sami Selcuk...
The chairman of the Supreme Court of Appeal Sami Selcuk described the death penalty as "a primitive punishment" which "does not give the right to the convicted to return to the society again"
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
In Istanbul, a mothers' group released doves and called...
In Istanbul, a mothers' group released doves and called for a negotiated solution to the 16-year-long war between Turkish security forces and the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in southeastern Turkey
- AUGUST 29, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament accepted a statute governing...
The European Parliament accepted a statute governing Turkey's preparations for the accession process
- JULY 24, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Istanbul State Security No 3court handed down the...
The Istanbul State Security No 3court handed down the death penalty for "attempting to undermine the constitutional order by use of arms," in the trial of 41 members of the illegal Islamic Movement Organization who were accused of committing a number of h