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 13, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The 1st Ankara DGM [State Security Court] sentenced...
The 1st Ankara DGM [State Security Court] sentenced DHKP-C [Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front] member Cemalettin Polat to death for "attempting to change the constitution of the Turkish Republic through the force of arms"
- JUNE 13, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Five suspects were sentenced to death in the case on...
Five suspects were sentenced to death in the case on the terrorist organization TKP/ML [Turkish Communist Party/Marxist Leninist-Turkish Workers and Peasants]
- JUNE 12, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Industry and Commerce Minister Ahmet Kenan Tanrikulu...
The Industry and Commerce Minister Ahmet Kenan Tanrikulu said that given the current conditions in Turkey, it was too early to abolish the death sentence
- JUNE 10, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Virtue Party [FP] leader Recai Kutan said that "Ocalan...
Virtue Party [FP] leader Recai Kutan said that "Ocalan must be executed"
- JUNE 6, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament said after talks with Turkey...
The European Parliament said after talks with Turkey that Ankara's failure to abolish the death penalty remained an obstacle to better relations as it seeks membership of the European Union
- JUNE 3, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, in a statement from death...
PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, in a statement from death row, said that a general amnesty must be legislated, so that arms could be laid down
- MAY 31, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Izmir State Security court handed down the death...
The Izmir State Security court handed down the death penalty on six of the 22 alleged members of the far-left urban guerrilla group Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-The indictment said they shot the soldiers in fighting with security forces in 1998
- MAY 30, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Belgium's refusal to extradite Fehriye Erdal [charged...
Belgium's refusal to extradite Fehriye Erdal [charged with murdering a Turkish businessman] to Turkey rekindled the debate over the death penalty
- MAY 27, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said Belgium's decision...
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said Belgium's decision not to extradite Fehriye Erdal that "shows that Turkey has to discuss its punishment system, including the death penalty, calmly"
- MAY 26, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt announced that...
Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt announced that the government would not extradite Fehriye Erdal, one of the suspects of the assassinated Turkish industrialist Ozdemir Sabanci, to Turkey, overruling a Supreme Court decision
- MAY 16, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Walter Schwimmer, the Secretary General of the Council...
Walter Schwimmer, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CE) said that CE welcomed election of Ahmet Necdet Sezer as the 10th President of Turkey
- MAY 3, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Libya arrested dozens of suspected Islamist opposition...
Libya arrested dozens of suspected Islamist opposition figures following deportations of dissidents to the north African country, the London-based Islamic Observation Centre said