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
- AUGUST 6, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Associations of people who lost their relatives to...
Associations of people who lost their relatives to terrorism protested the abolition of death penalty at a number of meetings across Turkey
- AUGUST 5, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Acting Chairman...
The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Acting Chairman Ismail Kose criticized MHP's partners in the government coalition who supported the approval of the EU bill abolishing the death penalty for terrorist crimes, and claimed that their purpose was to save
- AUGUST 5, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz during a meeting...
Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz during a meeting with the representatives of EU countries, said: "In a country that has suffered so much from terrorism and lost more than thirty thousand of its citizens to terror, at a time when separatist terrorism is
- AUGUST 5, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish National Defence Minister Sabahattin Cakmakoglu...
Turkish National Defence Minister Sabahattin Cakmakoglu said the [negative] reaction of the relatives of the martyrs to the abolishment of death sentence was rightful
- AUGUST 5, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkey's passage of sweeping human rights reforms has...
Turkey's passage of sweeping human rights reforms has earned it the right to begin European Union membership talks, the country's top bureaucrat for EU affairs Volkan Vural said
- AUGUST 5, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that the abolition...
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that the abolition of the death penalty would not bring any changes to the imprisonment of Abdullah Ocalan, the head of the terrorist organization, on Imrali Island, and he would continue to be held there for securit
- AUGUST 5, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Kurdistan Worker's Party supporters in Azerbaijan received...
Kurdistan Worker's Party supporters in Azerbaijan received the news of the commutation of [jailed leader] Abdullah Ocalan's death sentence with great joy, following the Turkish Parliament's vote to abolish the death sentence for terrorism, Azerbaijani new
- AUGUST 5, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The European Commission asked Turkey to provide details...
The European Commission asked Turkey to provide details on a package of human rights reforms, including the abolition of the death penalty, seen as the country's first step towards starting membership talks with the European Union
- AUGUST 4, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association,...
The Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association, TUSIAD, welcomed the lifting of the death penalty
- AUGUST 4, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Around 2,500 people will escape the death penalty after...
Around 2,500 people will escape the death penalty after parliament voted to abolish capital punishment from the [civil] code except in times of war or near war
- AUGUST 4, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkey's Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit called upon the...
Turkey's Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit called upon the European Union (EU) to set a date for the start of accession talks after lawmakers adopted a package of democracy reforms demanded by the EU
- AUGUST 4, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
State Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Nationalist...
State Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli said, "those who criticized the MHP for not bringing the file of Abdullah Ocalan, the head of terrorist organization PKK, to the parliament in the past, have