Presidential Decrees Within the Framework of the Constitutional Amend-ments of 2017

With the Constitutional amendments of 2017, the president has been authorized to issue decrees on the subject about executive powers. Unlike the other regulations of the executive, the presidential decrees do not have to be based on the law. With this decrees, a field that was not a subject of law before can be regulated initially. The President does not need to obtain authorization from the TBMM in order to be able to issue a decree, nor does (s)he need to present the decree to the TBMM for approval. Moreover, it is forbidden to enact laws in some fields and it is envisaged that these fields should be regulated exclusively by the presidential decree.