As Turkey begins process for a new constitution, parliament speaker defends presidential system

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday said that work has begun for a new and civilian constitution for the people, adding that the 1982 Constitution has lost its validity, underlining that the new constitution will be the product of a transparent process. Since 1982, the current Constitution, drafted following a military coup, has seen a number of amendments. The bloody 1980 coup, which led to the detention of hundreds of thousands of people along with mass trials, torture and executions, still represents a dark period in Turkish political history. Erdoğan on Feb. 1 had announced, "It is time for Turkey to discuss a new constitution again."
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