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
- JANUARY 15, 2003TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkey signed a European protocol banning the death...
Turkey signed a European protocol banning the death penalty in peacetime a symbolic move demonstrating its commitment to human rights as it waits to open talks on EU membership
- JANUARY 15, 2003TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkey signed Protocol No
Turkey signed Protocol No
- JANUARY 1, 2003TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Turkish Military Code envisages the death penalty...
The Turkish Military Code envisages the death penalty for 12 crimes committed by military personnel in wartime or under imminent threat of war
- JANUARY 1, 2003TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkey is abolitionist for ordinary crimes and retains...
Turkey is abolitionist for ordinary crimes and retains the death penalty for "crimes committed in times of war and imminent threat of war"
- JANUARY 1, 2003TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain reported 17 death sentences in 2002
Hands Off Cain reported 17 death sentences in 2002
- NOVEMBER 23, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The death sentences of 180 terrorist organization members,...
The death sentences of 180 terrorist organization members, who had been sentenced to death by Diyarbakir State Security Courts (DGMs), were commuted to life imprisonment
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court of Appeals approved punishments given...
The Supreme Court of Appeals approved punishments given to Necdet Yuksel and Rustu Aytufan, the suspects of the Umut Case, by commuting their death sentence to life imprisonment while it annulled punishments of eight other suspects including Ferhan Ozmen
- OCTOBER 18, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Aysel Celikel said that extradition...
Justice Minister Aysel Celikel said that extradition of those who were convicted of crimes of terrorism and who could not be taken back due to the existence of death sentence, were demanded again from the concerned countries
- OCTOBER 8, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Constitutional Court rejected the Nationalist Movement...
The Constitutional Court rejected the Nationalist Movement Party's (MHP) request for stopping of enforcement of some articles of European Union (EU) adjustment laws like the abolition of death sentence except war or close war threats, acquisition of immov
- OCTOBER 7, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The European Commission commended Turkey's recent flurry...
The European Commission commended Turkey's recent flurry of reforms, including the abolition of the death penalty in peacetime and legislation to extend cultural rights to its Kurdish minority, but made clear it was too early to start accession talks
- OCTOBER 3, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkey's state security court formally lifted the death...
Turkey's state security court formally lifted the death sentence passed on Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan after his capture and trial in 1999, the state-run Anatolian news agency said
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
A Turkish woman launched a 600-kilometer march to back...
A Turkish woman launched a 600-kilometer march to back international appeals for the release f a Nigerian woman under sentence of death by stoning for having a child out of wedlock