"Erdogan Campaigns for New Political System in Turkey
03/02/2005
The government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is pushing for the adoption of a presidential system in Turkey, on the grounds that the existing parliamentary system is inefficient and outdated.
By Fatih Baran for Southeast European Times in Istanbul - 03/02/05
In the wake of last year's EU progress report on Turkey, the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reopened a long-standing debate on the country's political structure, calling for the current parliamentary system to be replaced by a US-style presidential system.
Such a change would help bring political stability to Turkey, in turn allowing EU accession targets to be met, Justice Minister Cemil Cicek told lawmakers last month. According to Erdogan and other leaders of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), the current 75-year-old system amounts to an inefficient and bureaucratic oligarchy that should be scrapped. "
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