TÜRK EKONOMİSİ

The first constitution was adopted in 1876 in the Ottoman Empire, then amended in 1921 and 1924.

The Ottoman caliphate was abolished in 1924.

The post of the prime minister in Turkey was removed in 2018.

The new system in Turkey has four pillars; ministries (16), offices (4), policy boards (9) and directorates (8). Parliament and the judiciary are located outside the executive (Aliriza, 2018), (Figure 1.1).

Approximately 97% of Turkey’s territory is in Asia, and 3% is on the European continent.

Turkey’s neighboring countries are Georgia, Armenia, Nakhchivan (attached to Azerbaijan) and Iran, in the east, Greece, and Bulgaria in the west, and Iraq and Syria in the south. The shortest border is with Nakhchivan (18 km), the longest border is with Syria (911 km) (Toprak and Çatalbaş, 2019).

Turkey's shortest border is with Nakhchivan (18 km), the longest border is with Syria (911 km) (Toprak and Çatalbaş, 2019).

Turkey's  longest border is with Syria (911 km) (Toprak and Çatalbaş, 2019).

With 817 km2 surface area, Atatürk Dam is the biggest dam in Turkey.