Constitution

Turkey 1982 Constitution (reviewed 2017)

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PART FIVE. Miscellaneous Provisions

I. Preservation of Reform Laws

ARTICLE 174

No provision of the Constitution shall be construed or interpreted as rendering unconstitutional the Reform Laws indicated below, which aim to raise Turkish society above the level of contemporary civilization and to safeguard the secular character of the Republic, and whose provisions were in force on the date of the adoption of the Constitution by referendum:

  1. Act No. 430 of March 3, 1340 (1924) on the Unification of the Educational System,
  2. Act No. 671 of November 25, 1341 (1925) on the Wearing of Hats,
  3. Act No. 677 of November 30, 1341 (1925) on the Closure of Dervish Monasteries and Tombs, the Abolition of the Office of Keeper of Tombs and the Abolition and Prohibition of Certain Titles,
  4. The principle of civil marriage according to which the marriage act shall be concluded in the presence of the competent official, adopted with the Turkish Civil Code No. 743 of February 17, 1926, and Article 110 of the Code,
  5. Act No. 1288 of May 20, 1928 on the Adoption of International Numerals,
  6. Act No. 1353 of November 1, 1928 on the Adoption and Application of the Turkish Alphabet,
  7. Act No 2590 of November 26, 1934 on the Abolition of Titles and Appellations such as Efendi, Bey or Pasha,
  8. Act No. 2596 of December 3, 1934 on the Prohibition of the Wearing of Certain Garments.
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