Order of the Republic (Turkey) explained

Order of the Republic Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Cumhuriyet Nişanı
Awarded By:	President of Turkey
Type:	State Orders
Eligibility:	Foreign Prime Ministers, Ministers and foreign representative members
For:	"Given to people for the development of friendly relations and with the Republic of Turkey."
Status:	Currently awarded
Date:	7 August 1988
First Induction:	07 December 2010 Yousaf Raza Gillani
Last Induction:	25 July 2019 Mahathir Mohamad
Total:	8
Higher:	Order of the State
Lower:	Order of Merit

The Order of the Republic (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Cumhuriyet Nişanı) is the second highest state order after the Order of the State.^[1]

The Order is conferred by the President of Turkey, upon the decision of the Council of Ministers, to the prime ministers, ministers and members of foreign missions in recognition of their contributions for bringing the nations closer and enhancing the amicable relations between their respective countries and the Republic of Turkey.

Recipients of the Order of Republic

Year appointed	Nationality	Recipient	Office when awarded	Conferred by	Ref.
2010		Yousaf Raza Gillani	18th Prime Minister of Pakistan	Abdullah Gül	^[2]
2012		Jack Straw	Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom	Abdullah Gül	^[3]
			Former member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom	Abdullah Gül
2013		René van der Linden	Member of the Senate of the Netherlands	Abdullah Gül	^[4]
			Former President of the Senate of the Netherlands
			Former President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
2013		Nawaz Sharif	20th Prime Minister of Pakistan	Abdullah Gül	^[5]
2014		Mustafa Dzhemilev	Member of Parliament of Ukraine	Abdullah Gül	^[6]
			Former president of Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People	Abdullah Gül
2014		Carlo Marsili	Former Ambassador of Italy to Turkey	Abdullah Gül	^[7]
2016		Muhammad bin Nayef	Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	^[8]
2019		Mahathir Mohamad	7th Prime Minister of Malaysia	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	^[9]

External links

• Web site: Madalya ve Nişan Üretimi. Darphane. 2013-12-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20190311185552/http://www.darphane.gov.tr/tr/content.php?parent_id=203&content_id=203. 2019-03-11. dead.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Devlet Madalya ve Nişanları Yönetmeliği (Turkish) - Law of Medals and Orders of State. Prime Ministry of Turkey. 1988. 2013-07-30.
2. Web site: Gilani of Pakistan Bestowed Republic Medal of Turkey. Presidency of Republic of Turkey. 2010-12-07. 2013-12-10.
3. Web site: Gül Decorates Jack Straw with the Order of the Republic Medal of Turkey. Presidency of Republic of Turkey. 2012-10-12. 2013-12-10.
4. Web site: Dutch senator decorated with Turkish order of republic medal. Anadolu Agency. 2013-02-14. 2013-12-10.
5. Web site: Turkey Medals Pakistan's Prime Minister Sharıf. Newsweek. 2013-09-18. 2013-12-10.
6. Web site: Cumhurbaşkanı Gül'den, Kırım Tatarları Lideri Kırımoğlu'na Cumhuriyet Nişanı (Turkish). Presidency of Republic of Turkey. 2014-04-15. 2014-04-15.
7. Web site: President Gül Attends Order of Republic and Order of Merit Presentation Ceremony at the Çankaya Presidential Palace. Presidency of Republic of Turkey. 2014-06-11. 2013-06-13.
8. Web site: Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Nayef at the Presidential Complex. Presidency of Republic of Turkey. 2016-09-30.
9. Web site: In rare honour, Dr M becomes first SE Asian leader awarded with Turkish Order of the Republic. Malay Mail. Zurairi Ar. 25 July 2019. 26 July 2019.