| Author (Person) | Aries, Quentin |
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| Series Title | Politico |
| Series Details | 16.01.17 |
| Publication Date | 16/01/2017 |
| Content Type | News |
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Turkey's parliament approved on 15 January 2017 a set of constitutional reforms aiming to expand powers of the country's president. According to parliamentary rules, new talks and a second round of voting on the proposed law would follow after a two-day break. The proposal required 330 positive votes to be adopted, a scenario which was likely to happen due to an agreement between the leading AK Party and the Turkish nationalist MHP. Turkey's parliament formally approved the controversial constitutional reform package in a final set of votes on the 21 January 2017. The 550-seat parliament approved the new 18-article constitution with 339 in favour and 142 against. A referendum to approve the constitutional reform would take place in April 2017, almost certainly at a time when the country's state of emergency was still in force. The country's president approved the amendments on 10 February 2017. |
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| Source Link | http://www.politico.eu/article/turkish-parliament-moves-forward-with-erdogans-constitutional-reforms/ |
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| Countries / Regions | Turkey |
