Senate of the Republic (Turkey)

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Senate of the Republic

Cumhuriyet Senatosu
Turkish Parliament
History
FoundedJuly 20, 1961 (1961-07-20)
DisbandedSeptember 12, 1980 (1980-09-12)
Leadership
1st Chairman
2nd Chairman
Mehmet Enver Aka
1963-1965
3rd Chairman
4th Chairman
Tekin Arıburun
1970-1977
5th Chairman
Sırrı Atalay
1977-1979
6th Chairman
Politics of Turkey
Constitution
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Executive
Judiciary
Elections
Foreign relations
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Senate of the Republic (

Turkish constitution of 1961 and abolished with the 1982 constitution, although it did not exist after 12 September 1980 as a result of the 1980 coup d'état
.

History

Although the

Turkish constitution of 1961 introduced an upper house called the Senate of the Republic, or Senate for short. The name Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi) referred to the entire parliament including both houses. However, the activities of both houses of the parliament were suspended after the 1980 Turkish coup d'état. Under the 1982 constitution
, the Senate was abolished.

Composition of the Senate

The Senate was composed of 150 elected members and 15 members appointed by the president. There were also senators known as "natural members", who were the former presidents (including the president of

Hatay Republic) and the 22 members of the 1960 coup d'état committee members (Turkish: Milli Birlik Komitesi). In the first year, the Senate was composed of 188 members.[1]

Elections

In

winner takes all) was applied for the Senate. The outcome for the first senatorial election (with the exclusion of independents) was as follows:[2]

Name of the party Percentage of votes No of seats gained Percentage of seats
CHP 37.2 % 36 24 %
AP 35.4 % 71 47 %
YTP 13.9 % 27 18 %
CKMP 13.4 % 16 11 %

After 1961, the obvious discrepancy between the percentage of the votes and the number of seats was severely criticized and before the next elections, the election system for the Senate was changed to the D'Hondt system as well on 17 April 1964.[3]

Another difference was in the electoral period. The total legislation term was six years, where 1/3 of the seats were up for election every two years (Turkish: Üçtebir yenileme seçimi). The first election (for all 150 members) was held on 15 October 1961.[3] The seats up for election were decided by casting lots for the second and third elections. The last election was held on 14 October 1979.

See also

References

  1. ^ Turkish constitution 1961 (in Turkish)
  2. ISBN 978-975-406-5664
    p.242
  3. ^ a b Türkiye'nin 75 yılı, Hürgüç yayıncılık, İstanbul, 1998
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