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 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
- 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