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
- JULY 20, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Justice Ministry commission made amendments to...
The Justice Ministry commission made amendments to the Turkish Penal Code (TCK) preliminary draft it had prepared in 1997
- JULY 16, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Democratic Left Party and Motherland Party have...
The Democratic Left Party and Motherland Party have developed a formula to persuade another ruling partner, the Nationalist Action Party, to accept the abolition of the death sentence from the Turkish Penal Code
- JULY 15, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister Mesut...
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister Mesut Yilmaz has said that a bill to abolish the death penalty was to be put on the agenda in the new legislative term of the Turkish Parliament
- JULY 14, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Develet Bahceli, deputy prime minister and leader of...
Develet Bahceli, deputy prime minister and leader of the Nationalist Action Party, said that it was too early to abolish capital punishment in Turkey
- JULY 12, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court of Appeals revoked the sentences...
The Supreme Court of Appeals revoked the sentences passed on Unal Osman Agaoglu and Bunyamin Adanali who were sentenced to death on seven counts of murder for the murder of even students in Ankara in 1978 in a case known as the Bahcelievler massacre
- JULY 6, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Beyhan Aslan, Deputy Chairman of the Motherland Party...
Beyhan Aslan, Deputy Chairman of the Motherland Party (ANAP) Group said he supported a draft law which called for the abolishment of capital punishment
- JULY 5, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said that "The government's...
Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said that "The government's initiative is not a must to abolish death penalty
- JULY 3, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The judge who passed the death sentence on Abdullah...
The judge who passed the death sentence on Abdullah Ocalan said that capital punishment would definitely be abolished in Turkey in 2000
- JUNE 21, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that capital...
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that capital punishment can be abolished if it is removed from the framework of Article 125 of the Turkish Penal Code [TCK], which formed the basis of the conviction of terrorist Abdullah Ocalan and many other Kurdis
- JUNE 21, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
National Defense Minister Sabahattin Cakmakoglu said...
National Defense Minister Sabahattin Cakmakoglu said that his office would take up the death sentence handed down to terrorist leader Abdullah Ocalan one more time
- JUNE 17, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Yildirim Akbulut, Speaker of the Turkish Grand National...
Yildirim Akbulut, Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly [TBMM], said that abolishing the death penalty was not as easy as one might think at the moment
- JUNE 16, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
A Turkish court sentenced 33 Moslem activists to death...
A Turkish court sentenced 33 Moslem activists to death for their role in an Islamist riot in 1993 in which 37 people were killed