Editing President of Turkey (section)

==Duties and responsibilities==
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The president's duties are stated in the Articles 104 of the [[Constitution of Turkey|Constitution]].
*The president shall deliver the opening address of the [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey|Grand National Assembly]] on the first day of the legislative year,
*The president may summon the [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey|Grand National Assembly]] to meet, when deemed necessary,
*The president may promulgate laws or return laws to the [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey|Grand National Assembly]] to be reconsidered (i.e. veto),
*The president shall appeal to the [[Constitutional Court of Turkey|Constitutional Court]] for the annulment of laws or certain provisions thereof, and the Rules of Procedure of the parliament on the grounds that they are unconstitutional in form or in content,
*The president shall appoint and dismiss the [[Vice President of Turkey]] and [[Cabinet of Turkey|public ministers]],
*The president serves as Commander-in-Chief of the [[Turkish Armed Forces]], on behalf of the Grand National Assembly, and defend Turkey's sovereignty and territorial integrity,
*The president shall appoint high-ranking officers of the [[Turkish Armed Forces]], including the [[Chief of the Turkish General Staff]], and regulate the procedure and principles governing the appointment thereof by executive order,
*The president shall appoint [[List of diplomatic missions of Turkey|ambassadors of Turkey to foreign states]], and to receive [[List of diplomatic missions in Turkey|foreign ambassadors]] appointed to Turkey,
*The president may negotiate, conclude, ratify and promulgate [[List of treaties of Turkey|international treaties]],
*The president may submit legislation regarding amendment of the [[Constitution of Turkey]] to a referendum,
*The president may commute or pardon criminal sentences imposed on persons, on grounds of chronic illness, disability, or old age,
*The president may call new elections to the Grand National Assembly (by ordering its dissolution) and the presidency, thereby relinquishing the term currently being served, 
*The president shall deliver a budget proposal to the [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey|Grand National Assembly]] for approval,
*The president shall call and preside over the [[National Security Council (Turkey)|National Security Council]] of Turkey,
*The president may proclaim the state of emergency, subject to the approval of the [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey|Grand National Assembly]] (in a state of emergency, the presidential decree requires parliamentary approval),
*The president may sign executive orders, which may not regulate fundamental rights included in Constitution and matters which the Constitution stipulates to be regulated exclusively by statute, or matters explicitly regulated by statute, (The statute prevails in the case of it conflicts with an executive order and the executive order becomes null and void if the [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey|parliament]] enacts a law on the same matter.)
*The president appoints the members and the chairman of, and instruct the [[State Supervisory Council]], to carry out inquiries, investigations, and inspections,
*The president shall appoint twelve of the fifteen members of the [[Constitutional Court of Turkey|Constitutional Court]], one-fourth of the members of the [[Council of State (Turkey)|Council of State]], the Chief Public Prosecutor and the Deputy Chief Public Prosecutor of the [[Court of Cassation (Turkey)|Court of Cassation]] and four out of 13 members of the [[Council of Judges and Prosecutors]].

The president performs also the duties of selection and appointment, and other duties conferred by the [[Constitution of Turkey|Constitution]] and statutes.