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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	TurkeyReviewed	DR CongoReviewed	LithuaniaReviewed
Legal family	Civil law	Civil law (Belgian tradition)	Civil law
System of government	Unitary presidential republic	Unitary semi-presidential republic	Unitary semi-presidential republic
Constitution	Constitution of the Republic of Türkiye	Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo	Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania
In force since	1982	2006	1992
Capital	Ankara	Kinshasa	Vilnius
Official languages	Turkish	French, Lingala, Swahili, Kikongo, Tshiluba	Lithuanian
Currency	Turkish lira (TRY)	Congolese Franc (CDF)	Euro (EUR)
Population	85,300,000	102,300,000	2,860,000
Division of powers	Unitary. 81 provinces administered by centrally appointed governors, alongside elected metropolitan and district municipalities with their own mayors and councils. Local government has genuine budgetary weight in the large cities but no legislative competence.	Semi-presidential: a directly elected President, a Prime Minister from the parliamentary majority, and a bicameral Parliament. The 2006 constitution split the former Supreme Court into three separate apex courts.	Semi-presidential government with a directly elected President focused on foreign and security policy, a Government answerable to the Seimas, and a separate Constitutional Court.
How law is made	Bills are introduced by members or the executive, examined in committee and passed by the Assembly. The President may return a law once for reconsideration; if the Assembly re-adopts it unchanged the President must promulgate it or refer it to the Constitutional Court. Presidential decrees take effect on publication in the Official Gazette but lapse where the Assembly later legislates on the same subject.	Bills pass both chambers; persistent disagreement is resolved by a joint commission or a final National Assembly vote. The President promulgates within the constitutional period, and the Constitutional Court may be seised beforehand.	Bills are adopted by the Seimas and signed by the President, who may veto and return a bill for reconsideration.
Legal profession	A single profession of avukat, admitted after a four-year law faculty degree and a one-year traineeship, with compulsory membership of a provincial bar association under the Union of Turkish Bar Associations. Representation by counsel is mandatory for companies in most litigation. Judges and prosecutors form a separate career entered by examination and the Justice Academy, and notaries hold a licensed monopoly over authenticated instruments — property transfers require both notarial and land registry formality.	Avocats admitted to provincial bars under the national Ordre des avocats after a law degree and traineeship; défenseurs judiciaires assist in lower courts.	Advocates belong to the Lithuanian Bar Association; notaries handle property, company and succession formalities.

A comparison table flattens nuance by design. Where a difference matters to a decision you are making, open both portals and read the section in full — the constitutional detail behind a one-line summary is often the part that governs the outcome.