{"id":32027,"date":"2017-02-10T11:15:08","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T10:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/32027-turkey-sets-april-16-for-vote-to-expand-erdogan-powers.html"},"modified":"2017-02-10T11:15:08","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T10:15:08","slug":"turkey-sets-april-16-for-vote-to-expand-erdogan-powers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/32027-turkey-sets-april-16-for-vote-to-expand-erdogan-powers.html","title":{"rendered":"Turkey sets April 16 for vote to expand Erdogan powers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday rubber-stamped controversial constitutional changes that will boost his own powers, paving the way for a referendum on the legislation in April.<\/p>\n

The government says the proposals to create an executive presidency will simplify the government structure, but opponents fear they will lead to one-man rule in Turkey. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\"People will have the final say,\" Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said in comments carried by the Anadolu news agency, announcing that the referendum would take place on April 16.<\/p>\n

Parliament in January approved a new 18-article constitution to create an executive presidency in the NATO member state along the lines of the system in France and the United States.<\/p>\n

Brawls erupted between lawmakers during debates over the bill, highlighting the divisive nature of the changes, the most far-reaching constitutional shift since the creation of modern Turkey in 1923.<\/p>\n

Erdogan approved the legislation six months after an attempted coup against him by a rogue military faction in July last year. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Under the new constitution, the president will have strengthened executive powers to directly appoint top public officials including ministers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The post of prime minister, currently held by Erdogan loyalist Binali Yildirim, would be replaced with one or more vice presidents.<\/p>\n

Erdogan's supporters say the changes are necessary for effective\u00a0government and to avoid fragile and unstable coalitions that were a feature of Turkey's political scene in the past.<\/p>\n

The bill also calls for parliamentary and presidential elections to be held at the same time, with the draft giving November 3, 2019 as the date of the next ballot.<\/p>\n

- 'Unpredictable adventure'-<\/h2>\n

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The referendum campaign is due to formally kick off on February 25, with Kurtulmus expressing hope that it would reflect \"the maturity of Turkish democracy.\"<\/p>\n

\"Everyone -- those who say 'yes' and those who say 'no' will express their views,\" he said.<\/p>\n

The main opposition has accused Erdogan -- seen as increasingly autocratic after 14 years in power as both prime minister and president -- of trying to decapitate parliament.<\/p>\n

\"Now we will take power from the parliament and give it to one man,\" Kemal Kilicdaroglu, head of the secular Republican People's Party (CHP), said in a televised speech.<\/p>\n

\"Can Turkey be dragged into an unpredictable adventure? Did we found the republic for this,\" he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Erdogan, the most powerful Turkish politician since founding father Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, became president in August 2014, in the first ever direct elections for a Turkish head of state.<\/p>\n

But there have been suggestions that the clock on his presidency will start from zero from 2019 as the new constitution creates a new presidential role.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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