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
- JUNE 29, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that provision...
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that provision that the terrorist convicts who were sentenced to death penalty and whose punishment was commuted to life imprisonment would not benefit from conditional release could be included in a law that would b
- JUNE 28, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
A public poll carried out by Turkey Economic and Social...
A public poll carried out by Turkey Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) showed that 90 percent of the Turkish people were not satisfied with democracy in Turkey and 58 percent of the Turkish society didn't know what Copenhagen criteria were
- JUNE 21, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that they cannot...
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that they cannot refrain from taking up the abolition of death sentence by saying that this issue was among medium term commitments
- JUNE 21, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Main opposition True Path Party [DYP] leader Tansu...
Main opposition True Path Party [DYP] leader Tansu Ciller has said that parliament should refrain from going into recess in order to allow a comprehensive debate on the commitments made for the EU process, not only the death penalty issue, but the cultura
- JUNE 19, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The official note on the execution of the death penalty...
The official note on the execution of the death penalty passed against Salih Izzet Erdis, the ringleader of the illegal IBDA-C [Islamic Great Eastern Raiders Front] organization, has been submitted to the [National] Assembly Speaker's Office
- JUNE 19, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Justice and Development Party (AK Party) leader Recep...
Justice and Development Party (AK Party) leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that they would not say 'yes' to the proposal of the Democratic Left Party (DSP) regarded with abolishment of death sentence, noting that their party prepared a constitutional amend
- JUNE 19, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Prime Minister and Motherland Party (ANAP) leader...
Deputy Prime Minister and Motherland Party (ANAP) leader Mesut Yilmaz said that he was losing his hope about fulfilment of European Union (EU) criteria
- JUNE 17, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said that True Path Party...
Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said that True Path Party (DYP) leader Tansu Ciller was standing in the way of Turkey abolishing the death penalty
- JUNE 17, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Democratic Left Party (DSP) directors met with Felicity...
Democratic Left Party (DSP) directors met with Felicity Party (SP) directors within the framework of their initiative to lift death sentence
- JUNE 14, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Democratic Left Party (DSP) deputy leaders Emrehan...
Democratic Left Party (DSP) deputy leaders Emrehan Halici, Zeki Sezer and Tayfun Icli and deputy secretary general Suleyman Yagiz met with Ali Riza Gonul and Ali Naci Tuncer of True Path Party (DYP) to discuss the abolition of death sentence
- JUNE 14, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said "we can reach...
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said "we can reach a consensus of opinion with the opposition, if it does not insist on constitutional amendment to lift death sentence
- JUNE 14, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Presidential Foreign Affairs Chief Adviser Tacan Ildem...
Presidential Foreign Affairs Chief Adviser Tacan Ildem during the weekly press briefing said that President Ahmet Necdet Sezer stressed on the necessity that parliamentary works had to be accelerated in order to make the initiatives aiming at abolishing o