In this article, we will briefly discuss the concept of law and the developments that have taken place in this field from past to present. It is assumed that the word for law/statute, which we use today, passed into our language from Arabic, and originally from the Ancient Greek word ‘kanon’, meaning ‘rule’. While law in a broad sense is described as rules that must be followed in social life or within a particular field of science, in the field of legal science, a statute is defined as binding rules enacted by the legislator in order to preserve social order and regulate relations between individuals.

The Code of Hammurabi, written in Babylon around 1760 BC, is the oldest and best-preserved legal text in history. The most important source we have today about the laws that were valid in Classical Roman Law is the collection of laws compiled by Emperor Justinian I in the 6th century. While laws in European countries gradually took on a more local and regional character with the reforms carried out from the 15th to the 18th centuries, Following the French Revolution, efforts began to establish a national framework for laws, and the most prominent product of these efforts, the French Civil Code, came into force in 1804 as the first national law. Similar laws, which later spread to other European countries, also began to be introduced into the Ottoman legal system, which was fundamentally dominated by Sharia and customary laws, during the Tanzimat period. The most significant advancement in this area was the enactment of the Mecelle in 1869, referred to as the Ottoman Empire's first Civil Code. Following the establishment of the Republic and the ensuing revolutionary process, laws in force in some European countries were adopted and implemented in Turkiye. The Civil Code adopted from Switzerland, the Criminal Code adopted from Italy, and the Code of Criminal Procedure adopted from Germany are prime examples of this.

Under the system currently in force in our country, proposals relating to the budget and final accounts laws are submitted to the Grand National Assembly of Turkiye by the President, while all other law proposals are submitted by members of parliament. Laws passed by the General Assembly are promulgated by the President and enter into force. On the other hand, the constitutionality of laws can be reviewed by the Constitutional Court. Considering these characteristics, it can be said that the current law-making process in our country is close to the level of developed democratic countries. It is clear that this level can be further advanced by strengthening mechanisms that increase participation and enhancing the legislative body's supervisory authority over the executive.