Executive branch:
chief of state: President Suleyman DEMIREL (since 16 May 1993) was
elected for a seven-year term by the National Assembly
head of government: Prime Minister Mesut YILMAZ (since 12 March
1996) and Deputy Prime Minister Nahit MENTESE (since 12 March 1996)
were appointed by the president
National Security Council: advisory body to the president and the
cabinet
cabinet: Council of Ministers was 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 24 December 1995 (next to be held by December
2000); results - RP 21.38%, DYP 19.18%, ANAP 19.65%, DSP 14.64%, CHP
10.71%, independent 0.48%; seats - 550 total) RP 158, DYP 135, ANAP
133, DSP 75, CHP 49
note: seats held by various parties are subject to change due to
defections, creation of new parties, and ouster or death of sitting
deputies; current seats by party are as follows: RP 158, DYP 135,
ANAP 126, DSP 75, CHP 49, BBP 7
Judicial branch: Constitutional Court, judges appointed by the
president; Court of Appeals, judges are elected by the Supreme
Council of Judges and Prosecutors
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), Alparslan TURKES; New Party (YP),
Yusuf Bozkurt OZAL; Republican People's Party (CHP), Deniz BAYKAL;
Workers' Party (IP), Dogu PERINCEK; Nation Party (MP), Aykut
EDIBALI; Democrat Party (DP), Murat UZMAN; 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; Labor Party (EP), Abdullah Levent TUZER; Democracy and Peace
Party (DBP), Refik KARAKOC; Freedom and Solidarity Praty (ODP), Ufuk
URAS
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),
Salim USLU; Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association
(TUSIAD), Halis KOMILI; Turkish Union of Chambers of Commerce and
Commodity Exchanges (TOBB), Ali Osman ULUSOY; Turkish Confederation
of Employers' Unions (TISK), Refik BAYDUR; Independent
Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (MUSIAD), Erol YARAR
International organization participation: AsDB, BIS, BSEC, CCC,
CE, CERN (observer), EBRD, ECE, ECO, FAO, 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, UNCRO, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR,
UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNOMIG, UNRWA, UPU, WEU (associate), WFTU, WHO, WIPO,
WMO, WToO, WTrO
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, APO AE 09823 telephone: [90] (312) 468-6110 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
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