POLITICS

Form of Government: Republic (Established on October 29, 1923, by Mustafa Kemal

ATATÜRK , founder of modern Turkey) Turkey has been holding freely contested multi-party elections since 1946.

Head of State: President Abdullah GÜL ( Selected 2007)

Legislature: Unicameral system (550 seats / five-year term) Last general elections held on November 3, 2002

Party (AKP), absolute majority government Prime Minister: Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN (March 11, 2003)

( First President: Mustafa Kemal ATATURK)