Suffrage: 21 years of age; universal
Executive branch:
chief of state: President Suleyman DEMIREL (since 16 May 1993)
head of government: Prime Minister Tansu CILLER (since 5 July 1993);
Deputy Prime Minister Hikmet CETIN (since 27 March 1995)
National Security Council: advisory body to the President and the
Cabinet
cabinet: Council of Ministers; appointed by the president on
nomination of the prime minister
Legislative branch: unicameral Grand National Assembly of Turkey: (Turkiye Buyuk Millet Meclisi) elections last held 20 October 1991 (next to be held NA October 1996); results - DYP 27.03%, ANAP 24.01%, SHP 20.75%, RP 16.88%, DSP 10.75%, SBP 0.44%, independent 0.14%; seats - (450 total) DYP 178, ANAP 115, SHP 86, RP 40, MCP 19, DSP 7, other 5 note: seats held by various parties are subject to change due to defections, creation of new parties, and ouster or death of sitting deputies; present seats by party are as follows: DYP 183, ANAP 97, RP 38, CHP 65, MHP 17, BBP 7, DSP 10, YP 3, MP 2, independents 6, vacant 22
Judicial branch: Court of Cassation
Political parties and leaders: True Path Party (DYP), Tansu CILLER;
Motherland Party (ANAP), Mesut YILMAZ; Welfare Party (RP), Necmettin
ERBAKAN; Democratic Left Party (DSP), Bulent ECEVIT; Nationalist
Action Party (MHP - members also regroup under the name of National
Labor Party or MCP), Alparslan TURKES; Socialist Unity Party (SBP),
Sadun AREN; New Party (YP), Yusuf Bozkurt OZAL; Republican People's
Party (CHP), Hikmet CETIN; note - Social Democrat Populist Party (SHP)
has merged with CHP; Workers Party (IP), Dogu PERINCEK; Nation Party
(MP), Aykut EDIBALI; Democrat Party (DP), Aydin MENDERES; Grand Unity
Party (BBP), Muhsin YAZICIOGLU; Rebirth Party (YDP), Hasan Celal
GUZEL; People's Democracy Party (HADEP), Murat BOZLAK; Main Path Party
(ANAYOL), Gurcan BASER; Democratic Target Party (DHP), Abdulkadir
Yasar TURK; Liberal Party (LP), Besim TIBUK; New Democracy Movement
(YDH), Cem BOYNER; Democracy and Change Party (DDP), Ibrahim AKSOY
Other political or pressure groups: Turkish Confederation of Labor
(TURK-IS), Bayram MERAL; Confederation of Revolutionary Workers Unions
(DISK), Ridvan BUDAK; Moral Rights Workers Union (HAK-IS), Negati
CECIK; Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD),
Halis KOMILI; Turkish Union of Chambers of Commerce and Commodity
Exchanges (TOBB), Yalim EREZ; Turkish Confederation of Employers'
Unions (TISK), Refik BAYDUR
Member of: AsDB, BIS, BSEC, CCC, CE, CERN (observer), EBRD, ECE, ECO,
FAO, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IEA, IFAD,
IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM
(observer), ISO, ITU, NACC, NATO, NEA, OECD, OIC, OSCE, PCA, UN,
UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNRWA, UPU, WEU (associate),
WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
Diplomatic representation in US: chief of mission: Ambassador Nuzhet KANDEMIR chancery: 1714 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036 telephone: [1] (202) 659-8200 consulate(s) general: Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, and New York
US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: Ambassador Marc GROSSMAN embassy: 110 Ataturk Boulevard, Ankara mailing address: PSC 93, Box 5000, Ankara; APO AE 09823 telephone: [90] (312) 468-6110 through 6128 FAX: [90] (312) 467-0019 consulate(s) general: Istanbul consulate(s): Adana
Flag: red with a vertical white crescent (the closed portion is toward the hoist side) and white five-pointed star centered just outside the crescent opening