It may also act as Supreme Court in hearing cases against high public officials. The first woman was appointed to the Turkish Constitutional Court in 1932. The Council of State is the highest administrative court. Turkish law is codified, with civil and commercial law originally based on the Swiss system, administrative law on the French system, and criminal law on the Italian system. Turkey today is a secular state.
All citizens enjoy freedom of religion.
Turkey has mosques, churches, and synagogues open to all, but politicians are forbidden to exploit religion for political purposes.