ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the current challenges of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (GNAT) in developing and maintaining its legislative capacity. This chapter analyzes recent data on the institutional decline in legislative capacity in Turkey. On the eve of full implementation of a new presidential model in Turkey, the availability of resources dedicated to the improvement of legislative capacity is crucial for an effective system of checks and balances. This chapter emphasizes the vital connection between the lack of resources available to individual legislators in their law-making and supervisory processes and the overall legislative capacity of the GNAT.
