Council of Ministers (historically)

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The historical Council of Ministers in Turkey was the executive governing body composed of the prime minister and cabinet members responsible for administering state affairs under the oversight of the Grand National Assembly.


Statements (44)
Predicate Object
instanceOf cabinet
executive body
abolishedBy 2017 Turkish constitutional referendum
accountableTo Grand National Assembly of Turkey
appliesToJurisdiction Republic of Turkey
composedOf ministers
prime minister of Turkey
constitutionalStatus executive organ
couldBeDissolvedBy vote of no confidence
couldInclude deputy prime ministers
state ministers
couldIssue decree laws (under certain conditions)
country Turkey
existedUnderHeadOfState President of Turkey
formedBy prime minister-designate
formedPartOf executive branch of Turkey
governed executive administration of the Republic of Turkey
hadCharacteristic collective decision-making
politically responsible to parliament
hadCollectiveResponsibilityTo Grand National Assembly of Turkey
hadPower directing domestic policy
directing foreign policy
issuing decrees
overseeing public administration
preparing draft laws
preparing state budget
headedBy prime minister of Turkey
languageOfWork Turkish
legalBasis Constitution of Turkey (1924)
Constitution of Turkey (1961)
Constitution of Turkey (1982)
legislativeOversightBy Grand National Assembly of Turkey
oversaw ministries of Turkey
partOf Government of Turkey
requiredApprovalFrom Grand National Assembly of Turkey
responsibleFor administration of state affairs
implementation of laws
seat Ankara
selectionMethod ministers appointed on proposal of prime minister and approval of president
subordinateTo Grand National Assembly of Turkey
succeededBy Presidential Cabinet of Turkey
timePeriod Republican era before transition to presidential system
typeOfGovernmentSystem parliamentary system
wasAbolished 2018

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Grand National Assembly of Turkey
supervises

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