Constitution of Turkey (1961)

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constitution fundamental law

The Constitution of Turkey (1961) was the post-coup fundamental law that established a more liberal, parliamentary democratic framework and restructured state institutions in the Republic of Turkey.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
1961 Constitution of Turkey	5
Constitution of Turkey (1961) canonical	1
Turkish Constitution of 1961	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitution ⓘ fundamental law ⓘ
adoptedAfter	1960 Turkish coup d'état ⓘ
adoptedBy	Constituent Assembly of Turkey ⓘ
adoptedOn	1961-07-09 ⓘ
adoptionMethod	constitutional referendum ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Constitution of Turkey (1961) ⓘ surface form: 1961 Constitution of Turkey Constitution of Turkey (1961) ⓘ surface form: Turkish Constitution of 1961
cameIntoForceOn	1961-10-20 ⓘ
characterizedAs	more liberal than the 1924 Constitution ⓘ
country	Turkey ⓘ
definedExecutiveBranchAs	Council of Ministers ⓘ
definedHeadOfStateAs	President of Turkey ⓘ
draftedBy	Committee of Professors ⓘ
draftingPeriod	1960–1961 ⓘ
effectiveFrom	1961-10-20 ⓘ
established	Constitutional Court of Turkey ⓘ Council of State of Turkey ⓘ surface form: Council of State (Turkey) Court of Accounts of Turkey ⓘ surface form: Court of Accounts (Turkey) Grand National Assembly of Turkey ⓘ Grand National Assembly of Turkey ⓘ surface form: National Assembly of Turkey National Security Council of Turkey ⓘ surface form: National Security Council (Turkey) Senate of the Republic ⓘ bicameral legislature ⓘ
followedBy	Constitution of Turkey (1982) ⓘ
follows	1924 Constitution of Turkey ⓘ surface form: Constitution of Turkey (1924)
governmentForm	parliamentary democracy ⓘ
historicalEra	Cold War ⓘ
language	Turkish ⓘ
legalSystem	civil law ⓘ
limited	executive power ⓘ
placedUnderGuarantee	autonomy of radio and television broadcasting ⓘ university autonomy ⓘ
providedFor	checks and balances ⓘ constitutional review by Constitutional Court ⓘ freedom of association ⓘ freedom of expression ⓘ freedom of the press ⓘ fundamental rights and freedoms ⓘ judicial review of legislation ⓘ multi-party system ⓘ right to form political parties ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ social rights ⓘ trade union rights ⓘ
referendumApprovalRate	about 61.7 percent ⓘ
referendumDate	1961-07-09 ⓘ
repealedOn	1982-11-07 ⓘ
strengthened	judicial independence ⓘ parliamentary oversight ⓘ
subjectOf	Turkish constitutional law scholarship ⓘ