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Turkey, country, Asia and Europe, Turkey Political Geography
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Turkey, Turk. TUrkiye[tUr´´kEye´] Pronunciation Key - Government
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Turkey is a parliamentary democracy governed under the constitution of 1982. The executive branch consists of a president, who is elected by the national assembly for a seven-year term, and a prime minister, who is appointed by the president. Members of the unicameral national assembly are popularly elected by proportional representation to serve five-year terms, but a party must receive at least 10% of the vote to be seated in the assembly. There is a cabinet, but the senior policy-making body is the national security council, which is dominated by the military.
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