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Capital city
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Ankara |
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Constitution
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7 November 1982 |
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Corruption
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69 |
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[69th of 160]
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Executive branch > Elections
president elected by the National Assembly for a single seven-year term; first round of elections held on 27 April 2007; prime minister appointed by the president from among members of parliament |
Executive branch > Head of government
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN (14 March 2003) |
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Flag modification
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163 |
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[163rd of 197]
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Judicial branch
Constitutional Court; High Court of Appeals (Yargitay); Council of State (Danistay); Court of Accounts (Sayistay); Military High Court of Appeals; Military High Administrative Court |
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Key ministers > Education
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Huseyin Celik |
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Key ministers > Health
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Recep Akdag |
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Key ministers > Interior
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Abdulkadir Aksu |
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Key ministers > Transport
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Binali Yildirim |
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Legal system
civil law system derived from various European continental legal systems; note - member of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), although Turkey claims limited derogations on the ratified European Convention on Human Rights |
Legislative branch
unicameral Grand National Assembly of Turkey or Turkiye Buyuk Millet Meclisi (550 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) |
National holiday
Republic Day, 29 October (1923) |
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Parliamentary seats > Female
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118% |
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[118th of 143]
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Political pressure groups and leaders
Confederation of Public Sector Unions or KESK [Ismail Hakki TOMBUL]; Confederation of Revolutionary Workers Unions or DISK [Suleyman CELEBI]; Independent Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association or MUSIAD [Omer BOLAT]; Moral Rights Workers Union or Hak-Is [Salim USLU]; Turkish Confederation of Employers' Unions or TISK [Tugurl KUDATGOBILIK]; Turkish Confederation of Labor or Turk-Is [Salih KILIC]; Turkish Confederation of Tradesmen and Craftsmen or TESK [Dervis GUNDAY]; Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association or TUSIAD [Omer SABANCI]; Turkish Union of Chambers of Commerce and Commodity Exchanges or TOBB [M. Rifat HISARCIKLIOGLU] |
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Secession attempts
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Kurdistan |
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Status
democracy |
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UN membership date
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24 Oct. 1945 |
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United Nations mission
http://www.un.int/turkey/ |
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Transition State: a state with a transitional structure
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ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Turkey, Republic of Turkey, Turkiye Cumhuriyeti, Turkiye
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