kanunu
Kanunu is a term found in Turkish and Ottoman contexts that is primarily associated with law and legal codes. In Turkish, the base word kanun means law, statute, or regulation. The form kanunu appears in various constructions that convey possession or definiteness, and it also occurs in historical and formal titles where the definite sense of “the law” is required.
In Ottoman and early Turkish law, the concept of kanun played a central role as a vehicle
In modern Turkey, kanun remains the ordinary term for statutory laws enacted by the Turkish Grand National
Etymologically, kanun derives from Arabic qanun (law, rule) and spread through Persian and Turkish into a range