Turkey government
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Ministry of Justice
Courts, prisons and legislative drafting.
What this authority does
Turkish law is a deliberate wholesale reception: the Civil Code was adapted from Switzerland in 1926, the Criminal Code from Italy and the Commercial Code from Germany. This ministry administers the resulting system.
Services for the public
- Court administration
- Legal aid
- Criminal records
- Enforcement offices
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