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Constitution of Republic of Turkey
Overview
Original title
Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Anayasası
Jurisdiction
Republic of Türkiye
Created
17 July 1982
Presented
20 October 1982
Ratified
7 November 1982
Date effective
9 November 1982
System
Unitary presidential republic
Government structure
Branches
Three (executive, legislative, judicial)
Head of state
President
Chambers
One (Grand National Assembly)
Executive
Presidential Cabinet
Judiciary
Judicial system of Turkey 4 supreme courts
Federalism
Unitary
Electoral college
No
Entrenchments
3
History
First legislature
6 November 1983
First executive
13 December 1983
Amendments
21
Last amended
16 April 2017
Commissioned by
National Security Council
Author(s)
Advisory Parliament of Turkey
Signatories
83% of the electorate
Supersedes
Constitution of 1961
Full text
Constitution of the Republic of Turkey at Wikisource
Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Anayasası at Turkish Wikisource
Court of Justice building in Kartal, Istanbul.
Politics of Turkey
Constitution
History
Secularism
Human rights
LGBT rights
Legislature
Grand National Assembly (Parliament)
Speaker: Numan Kurtulmuş
Leader of the Main Opposition
Özgür Özel
Political parties
Executive
President (list)
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Vice President
Cevdet Yılmaz
Cabinet (list)
Current cabinet (67th)
Ministries
National Security Council
Governors
Judiciary
Constitutional Court
President: Zühtü Arslan
Court of Cassation
President: Mehmet Akarca
Court of Accounts
President: Metin Yener
Council of State
President: Zeki Yiğit
Elections
Electoral system
Electoral cycle
Supreme Election Council
Recent elections
Parliamentary
2015
2018
2023
Presidential
2014
2018
2023
Local
2014
2019
2024
Referendum
2007
2010
2017
Political parties
Foreign relations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister: Hakan Fidan (list)
Diplomatic missions of Turkey
Diplomatic missions in Turkey
Nationality law
Passport
Visa requirements
Visa policy
Membership of international organizations
Turkey and the United Nations
Permanent Representative
European Union
Accession
relations
Customs Union
See also
History
History of the Republic
Armed Forces
Turkey portal
Other countries
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Constitutional history of Turkey
First Ottoman Parliament at the Old Darülfünun building
Constitutional documents
Charter of Alliance
Edict of Gülhane
Edict of 1856
Constitutions
1876
First Constitutional Era
Second Constitutional Era
1921
1924
1961
1982
Referendums
1961
1982
1987
1988
2007
2010
2017
Constitutional Court
The Constitution of Turkey, formally known as the Constitution of the Republic of Türkiye (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Anayasası), also known as the Constitution of 1982, is Turkey's fundamental law. It establishes the organization of the government, and sets out the principles and rules of the state's conduct along with its responsibilities in regards to its citizens. The constitution also establishes the rights and responsibilities of the latter while setting the guidelines for the delegation and exercise that sovereignty belongs entirely and without doubt to the people.
The constitution was ratified on 7 November 1982. It replaced the earlier Constitution of 1961. The constitution was amended 21 times, three of them through a referendum: 2007, 2010, 2017, one of them partly through referendum: 1987. As of April 2016, 113 of the 177 articles of the Constitution of 1982 were amended overall.[1][needs update]
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