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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Senate of the Republic canonical 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct legislative body ⓘ
upper house of parliament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cumhuriyet Senatosu ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Turkey ⓘ
constitutionalChange abolished by 1982 Constitution of Turkey ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
dissolved 1980 ⓘ
endTime 1980 ⓘ
followedBy unicameral Grand National Assembly of Turkey (post-1982) ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem special committees ⓘ
standing committees ⓘ
hasJurisdiction nationwide legislation in Turkey ⓘ
hasLowerHouse National Assembly (Turkey) ⓘ
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) ⓘ
legislativeChamberOf Republic of Turkey ⓘ
linked to: Turkey
legislativeTerm 1961–1965 ⓘ
1965–1969 ⓘ
1969–1973 ⓘ
1973–1977 ⓘ
1977–1980 ⓘ
location Ankara ⓘ
meetsIn Turkish Grand National Assembly building ⓘ
nativeLabel Cumhuriyet Senatosu ⓘ
naturalMembersInclude former presidents of Turkey ⓘ
numberOfChambersInParliament 2 ⓘ
numberOfMembers 150 ⓘ
partOf Grand National Assembly of Turkey ⓘ
bicameral parliament of Turkey ⓘ
partOfGovernment legislative branch of Turkey ⓘ
politicalSystemContext multi-party democracy in Turkey ⓘ
precededBy unicameral Grand National Assembly of Turkey (pre-1961) ⓘ
reasonForDissolution 1980 Turkish coup d'état ⓘ
renewalPattern one-third of seats renewed every 2 years ⓘ
replacedBy unicameral Grand National Assembly of Turkey ⓘ
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 ⓘ