Grand National Assembly of Turkey facts for kids
The Grand National Assembly of Turkey, usually known as the TBMM or Parliament is the unicameral Turkish legislature. It is the only body of government in the country as said in the Turkish Constitution.
It was founded in Ankara on 23 April 1920 in the midst of the National Campaign.
The current Speaker of the Grand National Assembly is Mustafa Şentop since 2019.
Images for kids
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was the first speaker of the Grand National Assembly.
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President Atatürk and his colleagues leaving the building of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (today the Republic Museum) after a meeting for the seventh anniversary of the foundation of the Republic of Turkey (1930).
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The War of Independence Museum (Kurtuluş Savaşı Müzesi), housed in the first Turkish Grand National Assembly building in the Ulus district of Ankara
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Hatı Çırpan at the rostrum.
See also
In Spanish: Gran Asamblea Nacional de Turquía para niños