<item><hi format=bold>Turkish Grand National Assembly:</hi> (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
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<item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> 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 178, ANAP 101, SHP 55, RP 39, CHP 18, MHP 13, DEP 13, BBP 7, DSP 3, YP 3, MP 2, independents 10, vacant 8
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<item><hi format=bold>Judicial branch:</hi> Court of Cassation
<item><hi format=bold>Political parties and leaders:</hi> Correct Way Party (DYP), Tansu CILLER; Motherland Party (ANAP), Mesut YILMAZ; Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP), Murat KARAYALCIN; Welfare Party (RP), Necmettin ERBAKAN; Democratic Left Party (DSP), Bulent ECEVIT; Nationalist Action Party (MHP), Alparslan TURKES; Democracy Party (DEP), Hatip DICLE; Socialist Unity Party (SBP), Sadun AREN; New Party (YP), Yusuf Bozkurt OZAL; Republican People's Party (CHP), Deniz BAYKAL; Labor Party (IP), Dogu PERINCEK; National 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, Abdul Kadir Yasar TURK
<item><hi format=bold>Other political or pressure groups:</hi> Turkish Confederation of Labor (TURK-IS), Bayram MERAL
<item>• <hi format=ital>consulate(s) general:</hi> Istanbul
<item>• <hi format=ital>consulate(s):</hi> Adana
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<item><hi format=bold>Flag:</hi> 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