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Voting age lowered from 21 to 19, Number of MPs raised from 400 to 450, Lifted 1980 ban on politicians, 1987 Turkish constitutional referendum: 2: 8 July 1993: Public radio and televisions allowed 3: 23 July 1995: Voting age lowered from 19 to 18, Number of MPs raised from 450 to 550 4: 18 June 1999
Articles 2–7 consider the passage of merchant ships. Articles 8–22 consider the passage of war vessels. The key principle — freedom of passage and navigation — is laid out in articles 1 and 2. Article 1 provides, "The High Contracting Parties recognise and affirm the principle of freedom of passage and navigation by sea in the Straits".
[6] The Constitution was created after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of the First World War. [3] Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who then became Turkey's first President was a key driver in preparing this Constitution. [3] Mustafa Kemal announced the election of a new assembly to meet in Turkey's capital, Ankara. [3]
The Turkish War of Independence was won by the Turkish forces; The Ottoman Sultanate and all aristocratic titles were abolished on November 1, 1922; The Treaty of Lausanne that led to the international recognition of the new Republic was signed between Turkey and the Entente powers that had won the First World War on July 24, 1923
It was approved in a referendum held on 9 July 1961, [1] with 61.7% of the nation voting in favor. It remained in force until the 1980 coup d'état , following which it was replaced by a new document, the Constitution of 1982 , which remains in force today.
1 2 Increasing the number of MPs to 600 from 550 ... 46.7: 4.3: 51.2: 48.8 1–8 Apr 2017 ... 51.2: 27 Mar 2017 Voting for Turkish expats abroad begins in 120 ...
3: Article 76: The age requirement to stand as a candidate in an election was lowered from 25 to 18, while the condition of having to complete compulsory military service is removed. Individuals with relations to the military are ineligible to run for election. 4: Article 77: Parliamentary terms are extended from four to five years.
The Court of Cassation is divided into civil law and penal law chambers (hukuk ve ceza daireleri).Though Yargitay currently 20 civil and 20 criminal chambers, after the amendment of Yargitay Act in 2016 by the Parliament, the number of chambers will be decreased to 12 civil and 12 criminal chambers and total number of member of Court will be ...