The administration in Turkey is based on the principles of centralization and local administration. There are legislative, executive, and judicial bodies. There is a unity of jurisprudence and laws in the State, and maintaining this unity is the duty and responsibility of the central administ-ration. The central administration is comprised of the Prime Minister’s Office and the other ministries.

The administrative services of the country are carried out, besides the central administration, by local administration organizations enjoying public juristic entities, duties, authorities and assets, such as the provincial administ-rations, municipalities and villages. A supervisory implemen-tation called “administrative trusteeship” has been adopted to ensure that political party interests do not affect the activities of local administrative units, that the principle of equality and uniform services is not violated, and that conformity with law is observed. The administrative trusteeship is also considered as a means providing the integrity between the central administration and the local administrative organizations.

Election System and Political Parties

A 10% nationwide threshold is practiced in elections. Those political parties failing to receive at least 10% of the valid votes throughout the country in general elections, and throughout an electoral milieu in by-elections, cannot be represented in the parliament. The barraged "d’Hont system" applies for the distribution of deputies among the parties according to the election results.