Senate of the Republic

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The Senate of the Republic was the upper house of Turkey’s bicameral parliament that functioned during the 1960s and 1970s before the country returned to a unicameral legislature.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct legislative body
upper house of parliament
alsoKnownAs Cumhuriyet Senatosu NERFINISHED
appliesToJurisdiction Turkey NERFINISHED
constitutionalChange abolished by 1982 Constitution of Turkey
country Turkey
dissolved 1980
endTime 1980
followedBy unicameral Grand National Assembly of Turkey (post-1982) NERFINISHED
hasCommitteeSystem special committees
standing committees
hasJurisdiction nationwide legislation in Turkey
hasLowerHouse National Assembly (Turkey) NERFINISHED
hasMemberType appointed senator
elected senator
natural member
hasRole initiating legislation
providing checks and balances within the legislature
reviewing legislation passed by the lower house
historicalPeriod Cold War
languageOfWork Turkish
legalBasis Constitution of Turkey (1961) NERFINISHED
legislativeChamberOf Republic of Turkey NERFINISHED
legislativeTerm 1961–1965
1965–1969
1969–1973
1973–1977
1977–1980
location Ankara NERFINISHED
meetsIn Turkish Grand National Assembly building NERFINISHED
nativeLabel Cumhuriyet Senatosu NERFINISHED
naturalMembersInclude former presidents of Turkey
numberOfChambersInParliament 2
numberOfMembers 150
partOf Grand National Assembly of Turkey NERFINISHED
bicameral parliament of Turkey
partOfGovernment legislative branch of Turkey
politicalSystemContext multi-party democracy in Turkey
precededBy unicameral Grand National Assembly of Turkey (pre-1961) NERFINISHED
reasonForDissolution 1980 Turkish coup d'état
renewalPattern one-third of seats renewed every 2 years
replacedBy unicameral Grand National Assembly of Turkey NERFINISHED
significantEvent suspended following 12 September 1980 coup
startTime 1961
status abolished
supervises executive branch of Turkey (to a limited extent)
termLength 6 years
usedVotingAge 21 years (for most of its existence)
votingSystem party-list proportional representation

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Constitution of Turkey (1961) established Senate of the Republic