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<text id=93CT1417>
<title>
Turkey--Government
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Turkey
Government</hdr><body>
<list>
<l>Names:</l>
<l> conventional long form: Republic of Turkey</l>
<l> conventional short form: Turkey</l>
<l> local long form: Turkiye Cumhuriyeti</l>
<l> local short form: Turkiye</l>
</list>
<p>Digraph: TU
</p>
<p>Type: republican parliamentary democracy
</p>
<p>Capital: Ankara
</p>
<p>Administrative divisions: 73 provinces (iller, singular - il);
Adana, Adiyaman, Afyon, Agri, Aksaray, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya,
Artvin, Aydin, Balikesir, Batman, Bayburt, Bilecik, Bingol,
Bitlis, Bolu, Burdur, Bursa, Canakkale, Cankiri, Corum, Denizli,
Diyarbakir, Edirne, Elazig, Erzincan, Erzurum, Eskisehir,
Gaziantep, Giresun, Gumushane, Hakkari, Hatay, Icel, Isparta,
Istanbul, Izmir, Kahraman Maras, Karaman, Kars, Kastamonu,
Kayseri, Kirikkale, Kirklareli, Kirsehir, Kocaeli, Konya,
Kutahya, Malatya, Manisa, Mardin, Mugla, Mus, Nevsehir, Nigde,
Ordu, Rize, Sakarya, Samsun, Siirt, Sinop, Sirnak, Sivas,
Tekirdag, Tokat, Trabzon, Tunceli, Urfa, Usak, Van, Yozgat,
Zonguldak
</p>
<p>Independence: 29 October 1923 (successor state to the Ottoman
Empire)
</p>
<p>Constitution: 7 November 1982
</p>
<p>Legal system: derived from various continental legal systems;
accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
</p>
<p>National holiday: Anniversary of the Declaration of the
Republic, 29 October (1923)
</p>
<p>Political parties and leaders: Correct Way Party (DYP),
Suleyman DEMIREL; Motherland Party (ANAP), Mesut YILMAZ; Social
Democratic Populist Party (SHP), Erdal INONU; Refah Party (RP),
Necmettin ERBAKAN; Democratic Left Party (DSP), Bulent ECEVIT;
Nationalist Labor Party (MCP), Alpaslan TURKES; People's Labor
Party (HEP), Ahmet TURK; Socialist Unity Party (SBP), Saden
AREN; Democratic Center Party (DSP), Bedrettin DALAN; Republican
People's Party (CHP), Deniz BAYKAL; Workers' Party (IP), Dogu
PERINCEK; National Party (MP), Aykut EDIBALI
</p>
<p>Other political or pressure groups: Turkish Confederation of
Labor (TURK-IS), Sevket YILMAZ
</p>
<p>Suffrage: 21 years of age; universal
</p>
<p>Elections:
</p>
<p> Grand National Assembly: 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
</p>
<p>Executive branch: president, Presidential Council, prime
minister, deputy prime minister, Cabinet
</p>
<p>Legislative branch: unicameral Grand National Assembly (Buyuk
Millet Meclisi)
</p>
<p>Judicial branch: Court of Cassation
</p>
<p>Leaders:
</p>
<p> Chief of State: President Suleyman DEMIREL (since 16 May
1993)
</p>
<p> Head of Government: Prime Minister Tansu CILLER (since NA
June 1993)
</p>
<p>Member of: AsDB, BIS, BSEC, CCC, CE, CERN (observer), COCOM,
CSCE, EBRD, ECE, ECO, FAO, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU,
IDA, IDB, IEA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT,
INTERPOL, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO, ITU, LORCS, NACC, NATO, NEA,
OECD, OIC, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNRWA,
UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
</p>
<list>
<l>Diplomatic representation in US:</l>
<l> chief of mission: Ambassador Nuzhet KANDEMIR</l>
<l> chancery: 1714 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20036</l>
<l> telephone: (202) 659-8200</l>
<l> consulates general: Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, and New
York</l>
</list>
<list>
<l>US diplomatic representation:</l>
<l> chief of mission: Ambassador Richard C. BARKLEY</l>
<l> embassy: 110 Ataturk Boulevard, Ankara</l>
<l> mailing address: PSC 88, Box 5000, Ankara, or APO AE
09823</l>
<l> telephone: [90] (4) 426 54 70</l>
<l> FAX: [90] (4) 467-0057 and 0019</l>
<l> consulates general: Istanbul and Izmir</l>
<l> consulate: Adana</l>
</list>
<p>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
</p></body></article></text>