Türkiye
2026
STATUSAbolitionist
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES0
- 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
- 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