| The President of the Republic is the Head of the State. In this capacity he/she shall represent the Republic of Turkey and the unity of the Turkish Nation; he/she shall ensure the implementation of the Constitution, and the regular and harmonious functioning of the organs of State.
To this end, the duties he/the shall perform, and the powers he/she shall exercise, in accordance with the conditions stipulated in the relevant articles of the Constitution are as follows:
A) Those relating to legislation:
To deliver, if he/she deems it necessary, the opening address of the eTurkish Grand National Assembly on the first day of the legislative year,
To summon the Turkish Grand National Assembly to meet, when necessary,
To promulgate laws,
To return laws to the Turkish Grand National Assembly to be reconsidered,
To submit to referendum, if he/she deems it necessary, legislation regarding the amendment of the Constitution.
To appeal to the Constitutional Court for the annulment in part or entirety of certain provisions of laws, decrees having force of law, and the Rules of Procedure of the Turkish Grand National Assembly on the grounds that they are unconstitutional in form or in content,
To call new elections for the Turkish Grand National Assembly.
B) Those relating to the executive functions:
To appoint the Prime Minister and to accept his/her resignation,
To appoint and dismiss ministers on the proposal of the Prime Minister,
To preside over the Council of Ministers or to call the Council of Ministers to meet under his/her chairmanship whenever he/she deems it necessary,
To accredit representatives of the Turkish State to foreign states and to receive the representatives of foreign states to the Republic of Turkey,
To ratify and promulgate international treaties,
|
| To represent the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Turkish Armed Forces on behalf of the
Turkish Grand National Assembly,
To appoint the Chief of the General Staff,
To call the National Security Council to meet,
To preside over the National Security Council,
To proclaim martial law or state of emergency, and to issue decrees having force of law,
in accordance with the decisions of the Council of Ministers under his/her chairmanship,
To sign decrees,
To remit, on grounds of chronic illness, disability, or old age, all or part of the sentences
imposed on certain individuals,
To appoint the members and the chairman of the State Supervisory Council,
To instruct the State Supervisory Council to carry out inquiries, investigations and
inspections,
To appoint the members of the Higher Education Council,
To appoint rectors of universities.
c) Those realting to the judiciary:
To appoint the members of the Constitutional Court, one-fourth of the members of the
Council of State, the Chief Public Prosecutor and the Deputy Chief Public Prosecutor of the High
Court of Appeals, the members of the Military High Court of Appeals, the members of the
Supreme Military Administrative Court and the members of the Supreme Council of Judges and
Public Prosecutors.
The President of the Republic shall also exercise powers of election and appointment,
and perform the other duties conferred on him by the Constitution and laws.
|