Turkish opposition leader calls for new constitution focusing on parliamentary democracy

19 July 2020
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey (photo credit: NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization/flickr)
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey (photo credit: NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization/flickr)
Turkey's main opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said on Sunday that the country needs a constitution based on the principles of a parliamentary democracy. [ . . . ] He said constitutional changes following a 2017 referendum, which ushered in a presidential system of government, had done away with democratic checks and balances, and weakened parliament and the judiciary.
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