By Nick Robins-Early,
4 November 2015
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (photo credit: AP)
<p>Turkey's elections this past Sunday returned the Freedom and Justice Party, or AKP, of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to majority rule, raising speculation the president will launch a new push to pass a contentious revision of the constitution. </p><p>Turkey's current constitution was drafted under military rule decades ago, and was designed to limit the power of civilian governments. Turkey's political parties have previously agreed on aspects of a new constitution that would prevent military coups, for instance, but are split when it comes to sticky issues like Turkish identity and citizenship.</p>
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