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Thursday, April 20, 2017

Turkey Referendum: Parliamentary System Eroded Through Fraudulent Elections

Turkey Referendum: Parliamentary System Eroded Through Fraudulent Elections

The approval of sweeping changes to Turkey’s political system last Sunday threatens Turkey’s nearly a century and half long parliamentarian legacy, according to Ankara native Evren Celik Wiltse, an assistant professor of political science at South Dakota State University. “Almost all high-ranking bureaucrats are directly appointed by the president. More importantly, the president directly or indirectly determines over 70 percent of the judiciary.”

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