Reason to be wary of Erdogan’s plans
Given his religious outlook, a new constitution may very well undermine the secular principles of Turkey
Published: 17:05 November 7, 2015
It’s been a week since Turkey’s AKP, the party of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, won 317 seats in the 550-member parliament — a good enough result to return the country to single-party rule, but short of the 330 needed to amend the nation’s secular constitution. Last June’s election saw the Kurds make parliament inroads to reduce the AKP to a minority — hence last week’s fresh election. Erdogan is bent on drafting a new constitution that would give him greater powers. Rightfully, opposition parliamentarians are concerned over the prospect that this could easily devolve into authoritarian rule.
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