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
- DECEMBER 20, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
On December 20, the European Parliament, which has...
On December 20, the European Parliament, which has not warmly welcomed Turkey's candidate status, called on Turkey to abolish the death sentence
- DECEMBER 16, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
On December 16, the People's Democracy Party (Hadep)...
On December 16, the People's Democracy Party (Hadep) gave a qualified welcome to a speech by Mesut Yilmaz, leader of the Motherland Party, in which he said that Turks and Kurds had an equal right to democracy and freedoms
- DECEMBER 13, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
On December 13, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Chair of the EU/Turkey...
On December 13, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Chair of the EU/Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee, welcomed the statements made during the EU Helsinki Summit by Bulent Ecevit on the abolition of the death penalty, saying he hoped this would be the "first step towa
- DECEMBER 11, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
On December ll, the Council of Ministers of the European...
On December ll, the Council of Ministers of the European Union meeting in Helsinki formalized Turkey's candidacy for membership of the Union
- DECEMBER 4, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
On December 4, the conservative National Movement Party...
On December 4, the conservative National Movement Party (MHP), which is a member of the ruling coalition, said that it was in favor of the ratification by the Parliament of Ocalan's death by hanging
- DECEMBER 1, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
On December 1, the European Court of Human Rights which...
On December 1, the European Court of Human Rights which accepted the application of Ocalan's lawyers for a cautionary measure, asked Turkey to postpone his death penalty until the procedures were finalized at the Court
- NOVEMBER 25, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
On November 25, the Court of Appeal confirmed Ocalan's...
On November 25, the Court of Appeal confirmed Ocalan's death sentence
- SEPTEMBER 10, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
On September 10, State Minister Mehmet Ali Irtemcelik...
On September 10, State Minister Mehmet Ali Irtemcelik met with IHD Chairman Hunsu Ondul and IHD Board of Directors member Osman Baydemir to discuss Turkey's drive to improve its human rights record
- JULY 1, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
In July, the Human Rights Association (IHD) started...
In July, the Human Rights Association (IHD) started a signature collection campaign in a bid to abolish the death sentence
- JUNE 29, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
On June 29, the Presidency of the European Union Council...
On June 29, the Presidency of the European Union Council noted that "in light of Turkey's aspirations to membership in the EU, it should be emphasized that non-application of the death penalty is one of the shared values, and consequently part of the "acq
- JUNE 23, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
On June 23, Ocalan was sentenced to death
On June 23, Ocalan was sentenced to death
- JUNE 18, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
On June 18, the Turkish Parliament approved an amendment...
On June 18, the Turkish Parliament approved an amendment to the Constitution that eliminates military judges from the Tribunals for State Security, one of which was trying Ocalan