Turkish order of precedence

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The following is an incomplete list of Turkish order of precedence fixed by the Directorate of Protocols of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 26, 1999 and recorded by the Turkish Grand National Assembly on November 2, 1999.[1] It is a hierarchy of officials in the Turkish Republic used to direct protocol.

  1. The President of Turkey (Abdullah Gül)
  2. The Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly (Köksal Toptan)
  3. The Prime Minister of Turkey (Recep Tayyip Erdoğan)
  4. The Chief of the Turkish General Staff (Yaşar Büyükanıt)
  5. The leader of the major opposition party (Deniz Baykal)
  6. Former Presidents of Turkey , in order of appointment (Kenan Evren, Süleyman Demirel, Ahmet Necdet Sezer)
  7. The President of the Constitutional Court of Turkey (Haşim Kılıç)
  8. First President of the High Court of Appeals of Turkey (Hasan Gerçeker)
  9. The Chief Justice of the Turkish Council of State (Sumru Çörtoğlu)
  10. Ministers of the Government
  11. Chiefs of the Turkish Armed Forces
  12. Generals and Admirals
  13. The President of the Turkish Higher Education Institution (Yusuf Ziya Özcan)
  14. Deputy Speakers of the Parliament
  15. Leaders of the political parties in the Parliament
  16. The President of the Audit Court of Turkey
  17. The Chief Prosecutor of the High Court of Appeals of Turkey (Abdurrahman Yalçınkaya)
  18. The Chief Prosecutor of the Turkish Council of State (Tansel Çölaşan)
  19. The Vice President of the Constitutional Court of Turkey (Osman Alifeyyaz Paksüt)
  20. Justices of the Court of Jurisdictional Disputes
  21. Justices of the Constitutional Court of Turkey
  22. Justices of the High Court of Appeals of Turkey
  23. Justices of the Turkish Council of State
  24. The President of the High Commission for Elections
  25. Governors, in their cities
  26. Rectors of universities
  27. Mayors, in their cities
  28. The President of the Turkish Academy of Sciences
  29. The Governor of the Central Bank of Turkey (Durmuş Yılmaz)

[edit] References

  1. ^ [1]] (Turkish)
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