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
- 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
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Nationalist Action Party (MHP) applied to the Constitutional...
Nationalist Action Party (MHP) applied to the Constitutional Court requesting the annulment of six articles of the EU Adjustment Law and asking the court to stop their enforcement
- AUGUST 17, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Deputy Chairman Sevket...
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Deputy Chairman Sevket Bulent Yahnici sent a letter to Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit to demand that normal convict status be prepared for Abdullah Ocalan, the head of the terrorist organization, and that he be transferred t
- AUGUST 11, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, sentenced to...
Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, sentenced to death in 1999, praised Turkey's abolition of capital punishment as the most important decision in its modern history, in an interview
- AUGUST 10, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Devlet Bahceli, Nationalist Action Party [MHP] leader...
Devlet Bahceli, Nationalist Action Party [MHP] leader and deputy prime minister, declared that embarking on a road based on the notions of blackmail and surrender in Turkey's ties with the EU will prepare the ground for more excessive demands pertaining t
- AUGUST 9, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
In a letter to the editor of the UK Independent daily,...
In a letter to the editor of the UK Independent daily, MP Ann Clwyd wrote: "Along with other members of the All-Party Parliamentary Human Rights Group, I am encouraged by the recent legislative reforms in Turkey, which pave the way for the abolition of th
- AUGUST 9, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The files of those who were sentenced to death on charges...
The files of those who were sentenced to death on charges of terrorism will be reviwed after Turkey abolished the death sentence except for the "crimes committed in times of war and situations of imminent war"
- AUGUST 8, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer formally ratified...
Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer formally ratified a package of human rights reforms aimed at preparing the country for European Union membership, his official Web site said
- AUGUST 6, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkey's Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said that authorities...
Turkey's Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said that authorities should be extremely careful in order to prevent Turkey's EU reforms from harming Turkey's national integrity