COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS of THE TURKISH PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEM WITH GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS INCLUDING SEPARATION of POWERS

Year 2017, Özel Sayı - ICEBSS 2017, 114 - 127, 10.11.2017

Çağrı D. Çolak , Bülent Şener , Muhammed Yunus Bilgili

Abstract

There are many debates on the “Turkish presidential government model (TPGM)” that propose radical changes in the Turkish administration system. Such discussions take its source from the dichotomies of the “unity of power-separation of powers” and the “presidential system-parliamentary system”. Until the constitutional amendment proposal of December 10, 2016 in Turkey the debate on the government system in Turkey has been publicized by the name of “presidential” or “Turkish type presidential” system, leading to the fact that the TPGM is in the presidential system category in terms of government systems based on separation of powers. However, in the text of the constitution proposal, many article on the relationship between legislative and executive reminiscent the parliamentary system. The aim of the study here is to show in what category the TPGM is related to the legislative-executive relations, from the general literature of constitutional law and politics.

Keywords

Turkish Presidential Government Model, Unity of Power, Separation of Powers, Presidential System, Parliamentary System

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