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TURKEY: CHP Head-'Far Off' Opening Constitution Talks w/Erdogan

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Reuters has published an interviewwith Ozgur Ozel, head of the main opposition centre-left secular Republican People's Party (CHP), in which he claims that he is 'far off' the prospect of opening talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about the prospect of a new constitution for Turkey. Speaking at his party HQ, Ozel said that "It would be a waste of time to discuss a new constitution while there has been so much violation of the constitution by the ruling party...If the ruling party abides by the current constitution, we would get closer to discussing a new one. We are far-off from that point at the moment,"

  • Ever since Erdogan's re-election in June 2023 there has been speculation that a new constitution, or constitutional amendments, could be used to give the president another term in office. At present Erdogan is term limited to the 2028 general election. 
  • The strong results for the CHP in the 31 March local elections (winning/retaining the mayoralties of Turkey's five largest cities, winning a plurality of the vote, and making major inroads in Erdogan's AKP's heartlands) have emboldened the opposition. 
  • Constitutional amendments require the support of three-fifths of the Grand National Assembly (360 of 600 seats) in two separate votes. Erdogan's right-wing populist Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its allies currently hold 320 seats, making passage reliant on gaining support of the CHP or the nationalist Good Party (IYI). 
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Reuters has published an interviewwith Ozgur Ozel, head of the main opposition centre-left secular Republican People's Party (CHP), in which he claims that he is 'far off' the prospect of opening talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about the prospect of a new constitution for Turkey. Speaking at his party HQ, Ozel said that "It would be a waste of time to discuss a new constitution while there has been so much violation of the constitution by the ruling party...If the ruling party abides by the current constitution, we would get closer to discussing a new one. We are far-off from that point at the moment,"

  • Ever since Erdogan's re-election in June 2023 there has been speculation that a new constitution, or constitutional amendments, could be used to give the president another term in office. At present Erdogan is term limited to the 2028 general election. 
  • The strong results for the CHP in the 31 March local elections (winning/retaining the mayoralties of Turkey's five largest cities, winning a plurality of the vote, and making major inroads in Erdogan's AKP's heartlands) have emboldened the opposition. 
  • Constitutional amendments require the support of three-fifths of the Grand National Assembly (360 of 600 seats) in two separate votes. Erdogan's right-wing populist Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its allies currently hold 320 seats, making passage reliant on gaining support of the CHP or the nationalist Good Party (IYI).