ABSTRACT
This chapter fills the gap by analysing the Grand National Assembly of Turkey's (GNAT's) administration in the context of the democratization of Turkish politics. It discusses the role and limits of political developments on the evolution and functioning of the parliamentary administration and legislative-executive relations in Turkey. The chapter clarifies the institutional mechanisms that increase the possibility of partisanship and politicization in the parliamentary administration over time. The historical evolution of the GNAT's administrative structure has been going hand in hand with Turkey's political developments and constitutional changes. Political representation and participation in Turkish politics have their roots in the 19th-century Ottoman Era. Turkey's soft-power policy prioritization in foreign policymaking boosted the GNAT's inter-institutional and inter-parliamentary relations. Turkey's responses to current domestic and global challenges derived from the ongoing political unrest and economic crises inside the country, its deteriorated relations with the EU and the United States, and the COVID-19 pandemic that seem to be decisive for future legislative-executive relations.
