nd the
cabinet
cabinet: Council of Ministers was appointed by the president on
nomination of the prime minister

Legislative branch: unicameral
Grand National Assembly of Turkey: (Turkiye Buyuk Millet Meclisi)
elections last held 24 December 1995 (next to be held by December
2000); results - RP 21.38%, DYP 19.18%, ANAP 19.65%, DSP 14.64%, CHP
10.71%, independent 0.48%; seats - 550 total) RP 158, DYP 135, ANAP
133, DSP 75, CHP 49
note: seats held by various parties are subject to change due to
defections, creation of new parties, and ouster or death of sitting
deputies; current seats by party are as follows: RP 158, DYP 135,
ANAP 126, DSP 75, CHP 49, BBP 7

Judicial branch: Constitutional Court, judges appointed by the
president; Court of Appeals, judges are elected by the Supreme
Council of Judges and Prosecutors

Political parties and leaders: True Path Party (DYP), Tansu
CILLER; Motherland Party (ANAP), Mesut YILMAZ; Welfare Party (RP),
Necmettin ERBAKAN; Democratic Left Party (DSP), Bulent ECEVIT;
Nationalist Action Party (MHP), Alparslan TURKES; New Party (YP),
Yusuf Bozkurt OZAL; Republican People's Party (CHP), Deniz BAYKAL;
Workers' Party (IP), Dogu PERINCEK; Nation Party (MP), Aykut
EDIBALI; Democrat Party (DP), Murat UZMAN; Grand Unity Party (BBP),
Muhsin YAZICIOGLU; Rebirth Party (YDP), Hasan Celal GUZEL; People's
Democracy Party (HADEP), Murat BOZLAK; Main Path Party (ANAYOL),
Gurcan BASER; Democratic Target Party (DHP), Abdulkadir Yasar TURK;
Liberal Party (LP), Besim TIBUK; New Democracy Movement (YDH), Cem
BOYNER; Labor Party (EP), Abdullah Levent TUZER; Democracy and Peace
Party (DBP), Refik KARAKOC; Freedom and Solidarity Praty (ODP), Ufuk
URAS

Other political or pressure groups: Turkish Confederation of Labor
(Turk-Is), Bayram MERAL; Confederation of Revolutionary Workers
Unions (DISK), Ridvan BUDAK; Moral Rights Workers Union (Hak-Is),
Salim USLU; Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association
(TUSIAD), Halis KOMILI; Turkish Union of Chambers of Commerce and
Commodity Exchanges (TOBB), Ali Osman ULUSOY; Turkish Confederation
of Employers' Unions (TISK), Refik BAYDUR; Independent
Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (MUSIAD), Erol YARAR

International organization participation: AsDB, BIS, BSEC, CCC,
CE, CERN (observer), EBRD, ECE, ECO, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC,
ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS