Kocaeli senators and their activities in the Republic senate

The Turkish Grand National Assembly, created with the double chamber system in the 1961 Constitution, continued its work in two wings: the National Assembly and the Senate of the Republic. The Senate of the Republic, established to perform supervisory duties, continued its work for 19 years. The members of the Senate of the Republic do not consist only of members elected by the public, as in today's single-system parliament. This Assembly consists of three groups of members: Natural members, Members Elected by the President, and Members Elected by General Vote. Between 1961 and 1980, a total of 26 Natural Members, 60 Quota Members and 412 senators elected by universal vote served. All Kocaeli senators consist of four senators elected by universal suffrage. Kocaeli, located in the Group B constituency among the A, B, and C election groups, was represented by two senators each legislative year. In this thesis study, where the activities of Kocaeli Senators were examined, it was seen that the emphasis was on Turkey-wide activities rather than local ones. As the senator of Kocaeli during this 19-year period in which social, economic, internal, and external problems were experienced, especially the political crises that broke out in the country with the May 27 Revolution, Lütfü Tokoğlu, Fatma Hikmet İşmen, Abdullah Köseoğlu and Rifat Özdeş expressed their opinions on various issues and participated in the activities.