ABSTRACT
Constitutional situation Turkey is a parliamentary democracy. The president of the republic is the head of state. Since the end of the Second World War, Turkey has had two constitutional regimes: the 1961 constitution (replacing the 1924 constitution) and the 1982 constitution which is still in place. 1 Although the 1982 constitution kept the basic structure of its predecessor, it made signifi cant changes in several areas. One major change was to switch from the bicameral system to a unicameral system and, hence, to abolish the Republican Senate, which had been introduced following the military intervention of 1960. 2 Since 1982, therefore, the Turkish Grand National Assembly, Turkiye Buyuk Millet Meclisi (TBMM), is the unicameral parliament of Turkey.
