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Grand National Assembly of Turkey
The
Grand National Assembly of Turkey
, usually referred to simply as the
TBMM
or
Parliament
, is the
unicameral
Turkish
legislature
. It is the sole body given the legislative prerogatives by the
Turkish Constitution
. It was founded in
Ankara
on 23 April 1920 in the midst of the
Turkish War of Independence
. The parliament was fundamental in the efforts of
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
and his colleagues to found a new state out of the remnants of the
Ottoman Empire
in the aftermath of
World War I
.
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