Turkey: New moves for a new face
Turkey’s has started drafting a new constitution aimed at consolidating the Ottoman state’s democracy and good governance to break its link with past military experiences. The current military constitution is criticized of restraining freedom. The new one will be making the citizen as the centre stage rather than the state. The civil society has been called upon to participate in the process. However, the Prime Minister’s ambition of turning Turkey into a presidential state wherein the president will be a powerful figure is likely to be met with unwelcomed reactions in a country with a powerful parliament. Although his party has the majority to pass such bill for a referendum, it is widely feared that such a move will divide the country instead of uniting it. The Prime Minister’s third term in office will come to an end in 2015.
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