Committee of Professors

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The Committee of Professors was a body of Turkish legal scholars and academics convened after the 1960 military coup to draft the progressive 1961 Constitution of Turkey.

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Committee of Professors canonical 1

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instanceOf advisory body ⓘ
constitutional drafting committee ⓘ
activeDuring 1960s ⓘ
aimedAt establishing constitutional checks and balances in Turkey ⓘ
limiting executive power in Turkey ⓘ
strengthening civil liberties in Turkey ⓘ
areaOfInfluence Turkish constitutional system ⓘ
composedOf Turkish academics ⓘ
Turkish legal scholars ⓘ
convenedAfter 1960 Turkish coup d'état ⓘ
convenedBy military authorities of Turkey ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
describedAs progressive ⓘ
dissolvedAfter promulgation of the 1961 Constitution of Turkey ⓘ
drafted Constitution of Turkey (1961) NERFINISHED ⓘ
field constitutional law ⓘ
law ⓘ
hasRole advising military authorities on constitutional matters ⓘ
drafting constitution ⓘ
inception 1960 ⓘ
influenced democratization of Turkey in the 1960s ⓘ
languageOfWork Turkish ⓘ
legalStatus extra-constitutional body ⓘ
location Ankara NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork draft text of the 1961 Constitution of Turkey ⓘ
partOf constitutional reform process after the 1960 coup in Turkey ⓘ
product Constitution of Turkey (1961) NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose to draft a new constitution for Turkey ⓘ
temporalContext post-1960 Turkish coup d'état ⓘ

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Constitution of Turkey (1961) → draftedBy → Committee of Professors ⓘ