A searchable bibliography of Turkish journal articles provided by the National Library of Turkey. Covers more than 5,000 Turkish journals, on law and other subjects, from 1923 to the present. Basic and advanced search facilities are available. The bibliography is entirely in Turkish.
This article, on the 2017 amendments made to the 1982 Constitution of the Republic of Turkey, is written by Serap Yazici who is Professor of Constitutional Law at Istanbul Sehir University. The article was published in 2017 on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The author has written an earlier guide entitled ‘Guide to Turkish Public Law and Legal Research’ which focuses on the Constitution itself and amendments adopted between 1987 and 2010 (described in a separate record).
Collection of links to resources for the law of Middle Eastern jurisdictions, provided by the Cornell Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School. Covers 15 countries. Includes links to constitutions, government websites, some judicial sites, a few collections of laws and other materials relating to the law and legal systems of the Middle East. Most of the materials linked to are in English, but some are in Arabic and some in French.
This website provides full-text files of the legal agenda in Turkey in recent years as well as legislative documents (often sourced from government websites) relating to a wide variety of topics such as administrative regulation, arbitration, employment, telecommunications, the judiciary system, trade, tax, trademarks, and environmental practice. Also provides sample legal documents relating to sales, partnership, merger, rental, employment and trademark agreements. Both the website and documents are available in English and Turkish.
The Grand National Assembly's website has information in English and Turkish on the law-making process in Turkey, including introduction of bills, committee deliberation, budgetary process, ratification of international treaties and publication of laws. It also provides English translations of key documents including the Constitution of the Republic of Türkiye and the assembly's Rules of Procedure. Content in Turkish only includes the verbatim report of proceedings, a legislation database and a database of assembly resolutions.
Official website of the Turkish Ministry of Justice. The English-language version of the site includes translated legislation, including the Constitution and Penal Code. There is also information about the judicial system, administrative justice and links to courts and prisons.
Free online access to statutes, laws, regulations and repealed laws of Turkey, plus brief details of treaties. The site is hosted by the Turkish government’s General Directorate of Law and Legislation and is available in Turkish only.
Website of the Turkish Official Gazette made freely available online by the General Directorate of Legislation Development and Publication. The Gazette can be searched back to 1921 and can be viewed in Turkish only.
Section of WorldLII's Countries service covering the Republic of Turkey. A full range of browse and search features is available on the site. Browse sections highlight links relating to Courts, Government, Legislation, Other Indexes, Parliament and Treaties and International Agreements. Additional browsable subject areas include Capital Markets, Foreign Investment, Competition, Intellectual Property and Privatisation. A collection of stored searches will automatically search for materials relating to Turkey on all of WorldLII.
An annotated research guide to Turkish government and law internet sources compiled by the US Law Library of Congress and made freely available on the web. The guide is aimed at legal researchers with the emphasis on websites providing the full-text of laws, regulations and court decisions. There are links to sites in both Turkish and English. Areas covered by the guide include the constitution, the executive, legislation, legal guides and general sources including background, economic and country information.
