PNN – There has been no official mention of the text of the Turkish constitutional amendments, but according to Erdogan, the first four articles of the constitution, including Türkiye’s form of government (secular), language, and flag, will not change.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, yesterday (Tuesday), Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, referring to the need to draft a new constitution, said: He has assigned 10 lawyers to study the process of drafting a new constitution, because the current constitution was drafted in 1982 under the influence of a coup, and the country will be freed from the effects of the coup by drafting a “civil constitution.”
There are several points to note in this regard: First, the new constitutional proposal requires one-third of the votes of representatives (200 votes), which is the number of votes the ruling party has.
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To pass an indirect vote (i.e., to approve and submit the bill to a referendum), three-fifths of the votes of the representatives (360 votes) are required, which is inconsistent with the current votes of the Republican Coalition (325 votes).
But if the Republican Alliance can win over the Peoples’ Democracy and Equality Party (DEM), it can use their 56 votes. This is achievable with relative success in the Kurdish-Turkish dialogue process and the announcement of the dissolution of the PKK.
However, for this bill to be directly approved, 400 parliamentary votes are required, which is currently beyond Erdogan’s reach and requires a coalition with other parties.
There has been no official mention of the text of the constitutional amendments, but according to Erdogan, the first four articles of the constitution, including Türkiye’s form of government (secular), language, and flag, will not change.
But regarding the situation of the Kurds in the political and educational spheres, as well as the situation regarding the election of the president, we should probably see some changes. It is even said that the law for electing the president may change from 50+1 to one-third of the votes of the voters.
Although the details of the changes cannot be known until the constitution is drafted, in general, it can be said that presidential elections, judicial reforms, and possibly changes in the status of the Kurds can be considered among the changes.