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Turkey

Political Groups
G20, OECD
Global Climate Risk Index
66
Targets
World Bank Income Group
Upper middle income
Share of Global Emissions
Not available%

Documents

2025Legislative
Law 7552 - Turkish Climate Law

This law aims to address climate change in line with Türkiye’s green growth strategy and its net-zero emissions target. It encompasses efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance climate resilience, along with related planning tools, funding mechanisms, permitting, monitoring, and the overarching legal and institutional framework. The law covers mitigation and ...

2025UNFCCC Submission
Türkiye National Inventory Report (NIR). 2025

Türkiye National Inventory Report (NIR). 2025

2024UNFCCC Submission
2053 Long Term Climate Strategy - Turkey

2053 Long Term Climate Strategy - Turkey

  • 7% less GHG emissions than under the Reference Scenario by 2020Energy: Energy Efficiency · Target year: 2020Source: Climate Change Strategy 2010-2020
  • Reduce greenhouse gas emissions in new settlements by at least 10% per settlement in comparison to existing settlements by 2023Urban: Energy · Target year: 2023Source: Climate Change Action Plan 2011-2023
  • Avoided CO2 Emissions With Newly Installed Renewable Power Plants (Million Tons, Cumulative) | - | 18.0Energy: Renewable Energy · Target year: 2023Source: Eleventh National Development Plan (2019-2023)
  • Increase the amount of sequestered carbon as a result of agricultural forestry activities by 10% by 2020 against a 2007 baselineLULUCF: Carbon Sequestration · Target year: 2020Source: Climate Change Action Plan 2011-2023
  • Reduce nationwide electricity distribution losses to 8% by 2023 by 2023Energy: Energy Efficiency · Target year: 2023Source: Climate Change Action Plan 2011-2023

Legislative Process

Turkey is a republic based on democracy, secularism, social state, rule of and fundamental rights and freedoms. Legislative power is vested in the Grand National Assembly (GNAT), a unicameral parliament with 600 deputies elected for four-year terms. GNAT’s election system is based on proportional representation determined by the “D’Hondt formula”, a mathematical formula which involves the principle of highest average. A political party must have at least 10% of total votes to win seats in Parliament. Last general election was held in June 2018. The Assembly is responsible for the enactment, amendment and repeal of laws. The laws adopted by the Assembly are promulgated by the President within 15 days or referred back to the Assembly for further consideration.

The right to introduce bills belongs to the deputies and to the government. The bills introduced by deputies are described as private members’ bills. The Council of Ministers was abolished by the 2017 constitutional amendments, so the executive power is not dualist anymore. The Speaker of the Assembly designates the bill to be considered by a designated standing committee with relevant expertise, which issues a formal opinion to the Assembly before it is put to vote.

Once passed by the Assembly, the law is then transferred to the President. Then the law is sent to the Prime Ministry to be published in the Official Gazette according to the will of the President. Once published, the law takes immediate effect unless otherwise provided in the law. With the exception of budget bills the President may veto all or a portion of a bill, sending the legislation back to the Assembly for re-consideration with justification.

If the President does not approve the publication of the bill in part, the Assembly may debate only the articles that are not approved or the bill as a whole. The Assembly may adopt the text with or without amendments after this debate. If the Assembly accepts the law without amendment, the President must approve promulgation in the Official Gazette. If the Assembly accepts the law with amendments, the President has the right to send the law back to the Assembly.