Government of Turkey

Government of the Republic of Turkey
Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Hükûmeti
Formation29 October 1923 (1923-10-29)
Founding documentConstitution of the Republic of Turkey
JurisdictionTurkey
Websitewww.turkiye.gov.tr
Legislative branch
LegislatureParliament
Meeting placeGrand National Assembly
Executive branch
LeaderPresident
HeadquartersPresidential Complex
Main organPresident
Departments17
Judicial branch
CourtSupreme Court
SeatAnkara

The Government of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Hükûmeti) is the national government of Turkey. It is governed as a unitary state under a presidential representative democracy and a constitutional republic within a pluriform multi-party system. The term government can mean either the collective set of institutions (the executive, legislative, and judicial branches) or specifically the Cabinet (the executive).

In its multi-party system era, the longest-governing and still governing party is the AK Party under former Prime Minister and now President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. He abolished the Parliamentary system in favour of a Presidential system with the controversial 2017 Turkish constitutional referendum.

However, as of 2026, there have been concerns from the European Union regarding the state of the Copenhagen criteria and democracy in Turkey, which ended up indefinitely pausing Turkey's EU membership talks. Freedom House has considered Turkey not free since at least 2017. The end of Turkey's EU membership talks contributed to the abolishment of the Ministry of the EU from the Turkish cabinet, along with cabinets that were abolished or reshuffled after the 2013 corruption scandal in Turkey.