An examination on the dual parliamentary system in Turkey

In this study, the question of whether the bicameral legislative model is vital for pluralist democracy is examined both by examining the developed countries that use this model and by evaluating the positive and negative opinions put forward about the second chambers. As well as it is evaluated that the structures, powers, reasons for the formation and periods in which bicameral parliamentary system were implemented in Turkish political life, the Ayan and Mebusan Assembly, which were formed within the parliamentary general assembly with the 1876 Kanun-i Esasi, and the Republican Senate and National Assembly, which were formed within the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye with the 1961 Constitution.