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The main purpose of this article is to assess the 'freedom' dimension of government systems according to Freedom House's 2016 data, which collects some of the world's countries with similar government systems, which are formed by a number of common values, into certain categories, with an objective criterion. In this study, countries with common geographical, historical and cultural characteristics will be categorized and examined comparatively based on government systems. These categories will be averaged over the points that Freedom House has determined, and it will be tried to show how much government systems affect freedom. This study will also shed light into the debate in such countries as Turkey, which seek a more appropriate government system, through finding an evidence based response to the question of "What kind of government is needed for greater freedom?”. In this way, the paper will contribute to academic literature on government systems particularly presidency and parliamentary system debate by evaluating the relationship between government systems and freedom, which is considered as an important but neglected dimension of the search for a new government system in Turkey.    

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