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 7, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
On June 7, the Diyarbakir State Security Court No
On June 7, the Diyarbakir State Security Court No
- MAY 31, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
On May 31, at the opening of the trial to which only...
On May 31, at the opening of the trial to which only 12 international observers and very few journalists were admitted, Ocalan urged PKK guerrillas to lay down their arms and to declare that they were prepared to serve the Turkish State
- APRIL 18, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
On April 18, the Party of the Democratic Left of Prime...
On April 18, the Party of the Democratic Left of Prime Minister Bulet Ecevit, the man responsible for Ocalan's arrest, and the Movement for Nationalist Action of the extreme right which asked for the death penalty for the Kurd leader, triumphed in the ele
- APRIL 1, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
In late April, Turkey extradited two Uzbek dissidents,...
In late April, Turkey extradited two Uzbek dissidents, Rustem Mametkulov and Zaynuttin Askarov, after receiving guarantees from Tashkent that the death penalty would not be demanded for them (see: Uzbekistan)
- MARCH 1, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
In March, the extradition of Mohammed Abdel Monem Abbas,...
In March, the extradition of Mohammed Abdel Monem Abbas, 26, who was arrested in Malta in 1998 following an Interpol request, was requested by Turkey, so that he could face charges of murdering Briton Edgar Fernandes, 37, a London librarian who had been o
- FEBRUARY 15, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
On February 15, the Turkish Secret Service arrested...
On February 15, the Turkish Secret Service arrested Ocalan while he was on his way to the airport, and the next day he was already a prisoner in the island penitentiary of Imrali, in the Sea of Marmara, where he was the only inmate with 5,000 guards keepi
- JANUARY 29, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
On January 29, the request to extradite Turkish citizen,...
On January 29, the request to extradite Turkish citizen, Yakup Kyursat Yilmaz, was rejected by the District Court of Varna in Bulgaria because he faces the death sentence in Turkey (see: Bulgaria)
- JANUARY 16, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
On January 16, Ocalan left Italy in search of a country...
On January 16, Ocalan left Italy in search of a country that would take him in
- JANUARY 1, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
In Turkey offenses punishable by death under ordinary...
In Turkey offenses punishable by death under ordinary criminal law are aggravated murder and crimes against the unity and integrity of the State