Judicial system of Turkey

The judicial system of Turkey is defined by Articles 138 to 160 of the Constitution of Turkey.

With the founding of the Republic, Turkey adopted a civil law legal system, replacing Ottoman law and the Sharia courts. The Civil Code, adopted in 1926, was based on the Swiss Civil Code of 1907 and the Swiss Code of Obligations of 1911. Although it underwent a number of changes in 2002, it retains much of the basis of the original Code. The Criminal Code, originally based on the Italian Criminal Code, was replaced in 2005 by a Code with principles similar to the German Penal Code and German law generally. Administrative law is based on the French equivalent and procedural law generally shows the influence of the Swiss, German and French legal systems.^[1]

^ Tarman, Z. Derya (2012). "Turkey". In Smits, Jan M. (ed.). Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law (2nd ed.). Edward Elgar. p. 940. ISBN 978-1849804158.

[1] Tarman, Z. Derya (2012). "Turkey". In Smits, Jan M. (ed.). Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law (2nd ed.). Edward Elgar. p. 940. ISBN 978-1849804158.

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