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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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