`1961-constitution` Related Article Results

State Security Courts (SSC) are specially authorized courts established in the Turkish judicial system to try crimes concerning the internal and external security of the state. First established in 1973 with Law No. 1773 during the 1961 Constitution, these courts were abolished in 1976 with the annulment decision of the Constitutional Court, but were reorganized with the 1982 Constitution and operated from 1984 to 2004.Umit Gurkan. “Democracy and the Rule of Law in Turkey: The Example of State S

The May 27, 1960 Coup was a military intervention carried out by a group of officers within the Turkish Armed Forces who forcibly removed the ruling party of the time, the Democrat Party (DP). It was the first military coup in the history of the Republic of Türkiye, resulting in the suspension of the constitutional order, the arrest of elected government officials, and the dissolution of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye. During this process, Prime Minister Adnan Menderes, Foreign Minister