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AL-MONITOR: GEZI PARK PROTESTS HAVE SHARPENED DIVISION BETWEEN ERDOGAN AND GUL
17:15 18/07/2013 " IN THE WORLD
Al-Monitor has published an article titled "Turkey's 'Erdogan
Problem"~R by Tulin Daloglu. Given below is the abridged version of
the article.
What Erdogan wants is to be the country's first elected president
under a presidential system - assigning the parliamentary system to the
shelves of history. But it's not happening. Although the parliament's
constitution drafting commission has shown some progress and agreed
on 48 articles, the opposition Republican People's Party, CHP, and
Nationalist Movement Party, MHP, are adamant that AKP's insistence
on the presidential system is preventing the negotiations from moving
forward constructively.
Many in Ankara's political beltway, therefore, speculate that Turkey
has an "Erdogan problem." Some speculate that it will be best for
Erdogan to backtrack from strictly following his party regulations
for not running for office more than three times, and seek the
prime minister's post for a fourth time no matter what - as he is so
confident that AKP will score a big victory again at the next general
election scheduled for 2015.
Others, however, argue that the best way forward is to convince Erdogan
to run for president under the current system, and allow Abdullah Gul,
the president, to take over the prime minister's office.
While Gul's becoming prime minister sounds like a more rational
solution, the thing is that it also promises to be problematic.
First and foremost, Erdogan is not an easy character. There are
already so many obscure rumors about these two men. If they become the
country's two highest-level elected officials, they may end up "not"
finding ways to cover up the tension in their relationship any longer.
Whether it's for real or not, many in Ankara's political beltway are
convinced that the Gezi Park protests have sharpened the division
between Erdogan and Gul.
Turkey is a country full of surprises. AKP's victory in the next
general elections may also not be so certain.
Source: Panorama.am
17:15 18/07/2013 " IN THE WORLD
Al-Monitor has published an article titled "Turkey's 'Erdogan
Problem"~R by Tulin Daloglu. Given below is the abridged version of
the article.
What Erdogan wants is to be the country's first elected president
under a presidential system - assigning the parliamentary system to the
shelves of history. But it's not happening. Although the parliament's
constitution drafting commission has shown some progress and agreed
on 48 articles, the opposition Republican People's Party, CHP, and
Nationalist Movement Party, MHP, are adamant that AKP's insistence
on the presidential system is preventing the negotiations from moving
forward constructively.
Many in Ankara's political beltway, therefore, speculate that Turkey
has an "Erdogan problem." Some speculate that it will be best for
Erdogan to backtrack from strictly following his party regulations
for not running for office more than three times, and seek the
prime minister's post for a fourth time no matter what - as he is so
confident that AKP will score a big victory again at the next general
election scheduled for 2015.
Others, however, argue that the best way forward is to convince Erdogan
to run for president under the current system, and allow Abdullah Gul,
the president, to take over the prime minister's office.
While Gul's becoming prime minister sounds like a more rational
solution, the thing is that it also promises to be problematic.
First and foremost, Erdogan is not an easy character. There are
already so many obscure rumors about these two men. If they become the
country's two highest-level elected officials, they may end up "not"
finding ways to cover up the tension in their relationship any longer.
Whether it's for real or not, many in Ankara's political beltway are
convinced that the Gezi Park protests have sharpened the division
between Erdogan and Gul.
Turkey is a country full of surprises. AKP's victory in the next
general elections may also not be so certain.
Source: Panorama.am