Government and Legal System in Turkey-Adiyamanli.org

Government and Legal System

Capital:
Ankara

Government type:
Parliamentary democracy with free market economy

Proclamation of the Republic:
29 October 1923

Proclamation of the Constitution:
7 November 1982.

Administrative divisions:
80 provinces

Legislative:
Unicameral, Grand National Assembly with 550 deputies (general elections every 5 years)

Executive:
President (7-year term) and Council of Ministers, headed by Prime Minister (5-year term).

Judiciary:
Independent, with Constitutional Court supervising conformity of laws to the 1982 Constitution. Turkish laws have been derived from various European systems, mainly French, Italian, and Swiss.

Last elections:
24 December 1995

Right to vote:
At the age of 18

Major international organizations:
UN, NATO, OECD, CSCE (Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe), UN. European, Parliament, EC (associate member), GATT, Black Sea Economic Cooperation, WHO, IMF, ILO, UNESCO, ECOSOC, FAO, IDB (Islamic Development Bank), INTELSAT, INTERPOL.

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