_#_Legal system: derived from various continental legal systems; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

_#_National holiday: Anniversary of the Declaration of the Republic, 29 October (1923)

_#_Executive branch: president, Presidential Council, prime minister, deputy prime minister, Cabinet

_#_Legislative branch: unicameral Grand National Assembly (Buyuk Millet Meclisi)

_#_Judicial branch: Court of Cassation

_#_Leaders:

Chief of State—President Turgut OZAL (since 9 November 1989);

Head of Government—Prime Minister Mesut YILMAZ (since 30 June 1991); Deputy Prime Minister Ekrem PAKDAMIRLI (since 30 June 1991)

_#_Political parties and leaders:
Motherland Party (ANAP), Mesut YILMAZ;
Social Democratic People's Party (SHP), Erdal INONU;
Correct Way Party (DYP), Suleyman DEMIREL;
People's Labor Party (HEP), Fehmi ISIKLAR;
Socialist Unity Party (SBP), leader NA;
Democratic Center Party (DMP), Bedrettin DALAN;
Great Anatolia Party (BAP), leader NA;
Democratic Left Party (DSP), Bulent ECEVIT;
Refah Party (RP), Necmettin ERBAKAN;
Democratic Center Party (DSP), Bedrettin DALAN;
Grand National Party (GNP), leader NA

_#_Suffrage: universal at age 21